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Whitley, Hampshire, UK, August 24, 2013 —RF specialist company Cobham Broadcast announced the appointment of Sam Medler as technical services manager - Broadcast. Medler will be a direct liaison for existing and prospective Cobham Broadcast customers worldwide, providing pre- and post-sale technical expertise. 

Reston, Va., August 23, 2013 — International Launch Services (ILS) has appointed Kirk Pysher as vice president of mission assurance and product development.ILS said Physer will be in charge of bolstering ILS’ focus on performance with responsibility for the overall quality review and monitoring of the Proton Quality Management System (QMS), oversight of Proton production processes and procedures.

Middletown, R.I., August 23, 2013--KVH Industries, Inc., announced that  Mark Guthrie has joined the company as Vice President, Global Mobile Broadband Sales to manage the continuing development of the mini-VSAT Broadband network and related products and services.

Herndon, VA, August 22, 2013 – Inmarsat Government, a provider of secure, global, mission-critical telecommunication solutions to the U.S. public sector, announced the appointment of Susan Miller as president and chief executive officer. In this role, Miller will be responsible for the overall business strategy and direction for Inmarsat Government, a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Inmarsat plc, responsible for all direct U.S. government business.

Sydney, Australia, August 19, 2013--NewSat Limited announced the appointment of Don Brown as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning.  Brown was formerly Vice-President for Business Development for Intelsat General.

Dubai, UAE, 19 August 2013--Former Siemens Enterprise Communications and Gulfsat Communications executive Eric Van Hoecke has been appointed by satellite communications specialist Newtec to lead many of its sales activities in the Middle East.

Kuala Lumpur, 16 August 2013 – MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced today the promotion of Vishal Mathur from Director (South Asia) to Senior Director, Sales and Marketing.  In his new role, Vishal will be responsible to build the MEASAT’s customer base with a focus in the broadcasting and DTH customer segments.  

Los Angeles, Calif., August 15, 2013--Robert N. Wold, who left a successful career as an advertising executive to become a pioneer in the use of satellite technology for broadcasting, died Saturday, August 10^th, 2013 in Irvine, Ca.  He was 87.

London, UK,  August 15, 2013 - WRN Broadcast announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as the company’s Head of Sales and Business Development.  Davies joins WRN Broadcast from TSL Middle East, where he was General Manager and instrumental in winning and delivering a number of high profile projects – including the award-winning, multi-million dollar Sky News Arabia project.

London, UK, August 14, 2013-- Vislink announced a significant strengthening of its sales management staff with the hiring of John Dulany as Business Development Manager for the Broadcast Division and Richard Harvey as Product Line Manager for Satellite & Video Compression Solutions.