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Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 25, 2013 — Production & Satellite Services, Inc. (PSSI), a satellite transmission and event management company, has hired Matt Scalici as its new general manager.

Redmond, Wash., October 17, 2013 – Kymeta Corporation, the company commercializing innovative metamaterials-based antennas for satellite communications, today announced the appointment of an advisory board of industry luminaries to assist in the growth of Kymeta as it moves toward bringing its innovative satellite antenna products to market.

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.

Englewood, CO, Oct. 11, 2013 — Surrey Satellite Technology US has named Doug Gerull as its Chief Operating officer. In this capacity, Gerull will be assisting SST-US in building out its U.S. manufacturing capacity and cultivating the markets for satellite technology within the U.S. commercial, civil government, and Department of Defense sectors.

New York City, NY, October 9, 2013—Globecast announced today that Mr. Michele Gosetti will take on the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer of Globecast Americas, effective immediately, following the departure of Lisa Coelho.

Rockville, Md, October 4, 2013 — Astrium Americas has appointed Ed Spitler as president of its subsidiary Astrium Services Government, Inc. Spitler, who served as Astrium Services Government, Inc.'s chief operating officer since May 2012, brings more than 25 years of senior executive level experience in military, government and commercial satellite operations. He will be responsible for leading the development and execution of the company's overall business strategy.

Washington D.C., October 3, 2013 – Euroconsult announced the appointement of Marc Welinski as Deputy Director of Broadcast & Broadband. In this new position, Welinski will oversee and further develop Euroconsult activities in the fast-converging environment of broadcast and broadband businesses.

Pineville, NC, Sept. 25, 2013 — Dan Waite has rejoined the SDN Global as Director of Sales, bringing his extensive experience within the satellite industry, ranging from technical support to design and implementation of VSAT solutions.

Bethesda, MD, Sept. 16, 2013 — Skot Butler has been named Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Intelsat General Corp., responsible for managing the team that serves all of the company’s customers and partners, including the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, various civil agencies, and commercial enterprises within the United States and Europe.

Claret, France, September 11, 2013 — NETIA has appointed Peter Fong as area sales manager for the Asia-Pacific region and Jeffrey Jaworski as area sales manager for North America.