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Englewood, Colo., February 23, 2015--DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph P. Clayton will retire from his position effective March 31, 2015. Clayton, who is a 42-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry, leaves the post he assumed in June of 2011. Clayton’s retirement from the DISH Board of Directors also will be effective March 31. DISH Co-founder and Chairman Charles W. Ergen, who has previously served as DISH’s President and CEO, will succeed Clayton in those roles.

New York, NY, February 19, 2015--The World Teleport Association today announced that Jorge Luis Villarreal Schutz, CEO of Mexico-based Elara Comunicaciones, has been named as its 2015 Teleport Executive of the Year. Villarreal will be honored during WTA’s Teleport Awards for Excellence luncheon on March 17 during SATELLITE 2015. The Teleport Executive of the Year award is presented to an individual for demonstrated entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation in the development or operation of a teleport-based business.

Paris, France, Feb 17, 2015 — Globecast has today announced that it has completed a company-wide reorganization in order to enhance its position as a fully integrated media solutions provider, operating in a truly unified manner across all its territories and addressing the changing needs of its customers.

Feb. 11, 2015 – Boeing [NYSE:BA] is consolidating management of key defense and space development programs into a new organization called BDS Developement. Jim O’Neill is named president of BDS Development.

Herndon, Va., February 10, 2015--Satellite service provider Artel has named Paul Domorski to serve as interim president and CEO in the wake of the departure of Ted Hengst, who has left the company to pursue other interests.

Steisslingen, Germany, February 4, 2015--SatService GmbH, a turnkey systems integrator based in the Lake Constance area of Germany has appointed Kai Koppenburg as Sales Director.  Koppenburg will be leading all of SatService's sales efforts worldwide.

Isle of Man,  February 3, 2015–Mark Rawlins, Eutelsat’s Director of Communication System Operations, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA), an international non-profit association of satellite operators that supports the controlled, reliable and efficient sharing of space environment and RF spectrum data.

Austin, Tex., February 3, 2015--Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC) today announced that it has appointed Raj Mellacheruvu as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of the Company.  Mellacheruvu’s appointment is effective as of February 2, 2015. In this new role,  Mellacheruvu will report to Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman & CEO of Astrotech Corporation and help lead business operations for Astrotech and its subsidiaries.

Claret, France, Feb. 3, 2015—NETIA announced the appointment of Jérémie Mekaelian as the company's head of international sales. In this new position, Mekaelian will supervise NETIA's worldwide sales force and lead continued development and implementation of sales and presales programs.

Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, February 2, 2015 Ross Video announced today that Matthew Allard has joined the company as Marketing Product Management Content Creation Manager.