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New York City, NY, January 27, 2015--The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) announced four new inductees for the 2015 Satellite Hall of Fame, to be honored on March 17 during SSPI’s annual Gala Benefit Dinner.  They will join more than 40 Hall of Fame members including Dr. Arthur C. Clarke, Dr. Harold Rosen, Olof Lundberg, Eddy Hartenstein, Frederic d'Allest, Sidney Topol, Takayushi Yoshida, Mary Ann Elliott, Mary Frost, Peter Jackson, Dick Tauber, Susan Irwin and Robert Berry.

Atlanta, GA, January 27, 2015–Encompass Digital Media announced today the appointment of Chris Walters as its Chief Executive Officer. Walters will be responsible for day-to-day operations of Encompass on a worldwide basis. William Tillson will assume the role of Executive Chairman. Tillson will continue to provide executive leadership focused on global customer initiatives, technology partnerships and next-generation media delivery strategies.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,  26 January 26,  2015–MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced today that Alex Tan had been appointed as Senior Sales Director – Broadcast Sales. Tan is moving from his previous role as Senior Sales Director, Telecoms & VAS – Asia Pacific. 

Washington DC, January 22, 2015–ABS announced the appointment of Rajiv Khattar as the President - South Asia.  In this newly created role, Rajiv will be responsible for business development and sales for this market. 

Washington, D.C., January 21, 2015--Kevin Kane, Director of Congressional Relations at ATK, and Matt Kramer, Director of External Communications at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, will be leading the Coalition for Space Exploration’s advocacy efforts in 2015. Each will serve a one-year term, effective January through December 2015.

Washington, D.C. January 12, 2015 - The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today announced the election of its 2015 Executive Committee. The SIA Board of Directors elected Stacy Fuller of DIRECTV to serve as Chair for the coming year, joined by Jennifer Manner of EchoStar, as Vice Chair, and Patricia Cooper of Intelsat, as Treasurer.

Holzkirchen, Germany, Jan. 7, 2015—WORK Microwave, a leading European manufacturer of advanced satellite communications, navigation, defence electronics, and sensors and measurement equipment, today announced the appointment of Andreas Lermann as the new director of sales and marketing. Lermann is responsible for driving product strategy and global business development for WORK Microwave‘s SatCom, Defence, and Sensor units to increase the company's worldwide sales presence and revenue streams.

Bingen am Rhein, Germany, December 19, 2014--  Starting in January 2015 Broadcast Solutions GmbH, a Germany-based specialist in Ourside Broadcast (OB) vans and provider of broadcast and multimedia solutions will open a new office in Bangkok. Broadcast Solutions has appointed Tevarit Dolorfino as Sales & Marketing manager and head of the Bangkok-based subsidiary office.

London, UK, December 16, 2014--The GVF has appointed five members to its  Board of Directors. Joining the Board are Yasir Hassan of the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) and Michael DeMarco of Intelsat; re-elected to the Board are Arunas Slekys of Hughes Network Systems, Jonas Eneberg of Inmarsat, and Nancy Eskenazi of SES.  The five elected Directors join two seated Board Members: Simon Gray of Eutelsat and Timothy Shroyer of General Dynamics’ SATCOM Technologies.

Washington, D.C. December 11, 2014--Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) announced today that current Intelsat President and Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Spengler has been promoted to Deputy Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.