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Washington, D.C.,  April 1, 2015--Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I) today announced the promotion of two seasoned executives to the company’s executive leadership team. Kurt Riegelman, 51, has been named Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing while Michael J. DeMarco, 44, has been named Senior Vice President, Operation. The moves come as Stephen Spengler officially assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer on 1 April from Intelsat’s now executive chairman, Dave McGlade.

New York City, April 1, 2015--The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced the election of four new members of its Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning April 1, 2015: David Ball, Chief Technology Officer, NewSat Limited; Marzio Laurenti, Chief Executive Officer, Telespazio Brasil S.A.; Ben Vine, Vice President, Media and Broadcasting Solutions, PCCW Global and Alan Young, Chief Technology Officer, Encompass Digital Media.

Petah Tikva, Israel, March 24, 2015 – Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ: GILT) announced today that Erez Antebi, has decided to step down from the position of CEO. Dov Baharav, Gilat’s Chairman of the Board will assume the position of interim CEO until a new CEO is appointed. The transition between  Baharav and Antebi will take place during the second quarter of 2015. Baharav will remain Gilat's Chairman of the Board.

Hauppauge, N.Y. – March 9, 2015 -- Globecomm is proud to announce Mr. Jason D. Juranek has joined their executive team as Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Keith Hall, Chief Executive Officer.

New York City, March 9, 2015--Globecast today announced that it has appointed sports business expert Rick Horrow as a key industry advisor on a consultancy basis. Horrow and his team will work with Globecast executive staff to identify unique content solutions, development and distribution opportunities, top business targets, and key media, technology, sports, and entertainment industry events, as well as facilitate overall strategic growth in the North American market and elsewhere.

San Jose, Calif. March 4, 2015--Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced the appointment of Xiaojun Dou as managing director of China sales. In his new role, Xiaojun will provide strategic direction for Harmonic's business in China and lead the company's China sales team in executing strategies key to meeting regional business goals and objectives.

New York, NY – March 3, 2015--The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected James Trevelyan, Sales Director at Arqiva Satellite & Media, as its new Chairman effective April 1.  Mr. Trevelyan replaces M. Brett Belinsky, Managing Director of EMEA at Encompass Digital Media, who has served as Chairman of the Board since 2011 and is stepping down from the Board at the end of his final term.  

Nevada City, California, March 3, 2015 – Telestream, a provider of video transcoding and workflow automation solutions, today announced expansion of its sales management team to address sales growth for its enterprise-class video products in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. The company reports that overall sales of its Enterprise Products and Services in EMEA and APAC regions have grown by almost 50 percent in the last two years.

Hemel Hempstead, UK, March2, 2015–VISLINK, a technology provider specialising in the collection, management and delivery of high quality video and associated data, today announced the addition of John Aslett to its Dubai office as General Manager. John will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the office, heading up a team which is focused on sales into the Middle East and Africa.

Betzdorf, Luxembourg, March 2, 2015--SES announced today that Christophe De Hauwer has been appointed by the Board of Directors of SES as Chief Development Officer (CDO) and member of the company’s Executive Committee, effective 1 August 2015.