Spacex Chief Designer and CEO Elon Musk and SES Chief Technology Officer Martin Halliwell brief the media the day before the first launch attempt of the SES satellite in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

At SATCON 2013, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with David Anhalt, VP & General Manager, Iridium PRIME on the status of Iridium PRIME and his views of the military satellite market going forward.

Fox International Channels (FIC) Asia has appointed Helena Choe as Vice President of Syndication, effective November 18, while Rahul Sood was also named Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Commercial, effective December 9

Werbayne McIntyre has joined Digisoft.tv, a global provider of HTML5 set-top box (STB) software, as Global Head of Sales & Marketing. He leaves his role at Piksel, formally KIT Digital, where he was SVP of Global Marketing.

The German-based broadcast equipment manufacturer L-S-B has launched a new office in the U.S. with the establishment of L-S-B USA, which commenced operations on November 1, 2013. Appointed Director of Sales and head of the subsidiary is Mark Whitman.

Richard Minter has been named Chief Operating Officer of Signalhorn. Anver Anderson has also been named Chief Sales Officer.

Tedial has appointed Nigel Stoddart as Sales Director, Latin America. With more than 18 years’ experience in key account management, direct and channel sales management in the South American market, Tedial said Stoddart is well positioned to oversee and develop sales across the region.

View video and audio interviews with key satellite executives from the IBC 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Including: Peter Ostapiuk, VP-Media Product Management, Intelsat ; Doron Revivi, COO of Satlink Communications; Dr. Peter Siebert, Executive Director, DVB Project; Martin Meisunburg, Director International Sales & Marketing, and Volker Brands, Regional Sales Manager, Narda Safety Test Solutions; Bernd Lehr, Sales Director of ND Satcom; Sanford Jewett, VP-Marketing and John Huddle, Head of Media Services, Thuraya and Alessandro Alquati, Head of Global Contribution, GlobeCast.

At the IBC 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Matthew Rosenstein, Director of PR and Branding, GlobeCast on their new branding launched at the IBC.

At the IBC 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Dr. Peter Siebert, Executive Director of the DVB Project on the latest developments in video standards.