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At the NAB 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador interviewd key industry executives including: Brian Morris, SVP-Media and Entertainment, Globecomm Systems; Roger Franklin, President, Crystal Solutions; Arnaud Perrier, VP-Solutions Marketing, Envivio; Lisa Coelho, CEO, GlobeCast Americas; and  Thomas Wrede VP– Reception Systems, SES.  To view the videos, click here.

New York City,  May 1, 2013--Lou Zacharilla goes back and forth with with Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks.  His venture is designed to empower large numbers of people where they live, whether “home” is a remote Pacific Basin community or one in the hills of Pakistan or Africa.  We discussed the vision of a profoundly interconnected world.

During Satellite 2013 in Washington, D.C. Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives including Steve Collar, CEO, O3B Networks ;Jack Waters, CEO of Xiplink; Ofer Greenberger, CEO of Orbit Communications Systems ; Dolores Martos, VP-Sales, Latin America and Steve Bunke, VP-Sales, North America of SES ; Timofey Abramov, Commercial Director of Intersputnik ; Jordi Bosom, Director of Strategy and Business Development of Hispasat and Hagay Katz, Head of VSAT business, Gilat Satellite Networks.  To view the videos click here.

During Cabsat 2013 in Dubai, UAE Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives including Baozhong Huang, EVP-Sales and Marketing, APT Satellite Co., Jan Grøndrup-Vivanco, Principal, Emerald Advisers ;  and Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Program Development, GVF who provided a summary of the proceedings of the two-day GVF Satellite Summit @ Cabsat 2013.

New York City,  January 2, 2013--The Society of Satellite Professionals International's (SSPI) current Director of Development, Lou Zacharilla spoke with previous SSPI chairpersons of the SSPI, Ellen Hoff (President, W.L. Pritchard & Co.), Maury Mechanick (Counsel, White & Case LLP) and Clayton Mowry (President, Arianespace USA) to share their views on this most social of social networks. 

At SATCON 2012  in New York City we feature a video of the  First Vision Awards Ceremony as well as interviews with award winners by Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador with the Visionary Executive of Year awardee Mark Dankberg, CEO of Viasat;   Slava Frayter, VP-Americas of Newtec which won the Most Innovative Product of the Year; and David Pollack, CEO of Amos Spacecom, winner of the Most Promising Company of the Year.   To view the videos click here.

by B.H. Schneiderman

Los Angeles, Calif., November 8, 2012--In-flight broadband is set for takeoff. In our bandwidth-hungry world, consumers expect to have broadband access anywhere, anytime, including when they’re in the air on long-haul flights. To shed light on this growing market Satellite Executive Briefing contributor B.H. Schneiderman spoke with executives from two satellite operators and an in-flight broadband service provider.  Follows are excepts of the exchange with James Collet, Director of Mobility Services Product Management, Intelsat;  Alexander Geurtz, Vice-President Services Development, SES; and Travis Christ, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Row 44.

At the IBC 2012 show in Amsterdam, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador interviewed key executives including Kurt Riegelman, SVP-Global Sales, Intelsat; Lisa Coelho, CEO,GlobeCast Americas; Dr. Peter Siebert, Executive Director,DVB; Axel Daiber, VP-Sales and Marketing, ND Satcom; Mylan Tanzer, Director of Sales,Satlink Communications; To view the videos click here.

by Lou Zacharilla

New York City, NY, September 4, 2012--As the satellite industry heads into a season of  forums, conferences and networking events, we get a chance to examine what the industry believes are its most important issues.  Because there are many voices and advocates for the key niches in our industry, I thought it would be useful to engage the leadership of key trade associations and special interest groups.  Each represents an important tract in a diverse “Satellite Nation.”  We begin on the ground, with a conversation with M. Brett Belinsky, the chairman of World Teleport Association.

At CommunicAsia 2012 show in Singapore, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador interviewed key executives including Deepak Mathur, Senior VP-Commercial. Asia-Pacific and Middle East, SES; Pierre Cardinal, VP-Global Sales of Advantech Wireless; Kai Koppenburg, Director-Sales and Marketing, Work Microwave; and Simon Twiston Davies, CEO, CASBAA. To view the videos click here.