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Denver,Colo., July 9, 2013--Harris Broadcast has appointed Charles Vogt as CEO. The 25-year information technology and communications leader joins Harris Broadcast following nine years as President and CEO of GENBAND where he led a company transformation that encompassed six acquisitions, including Tekelec SSG, NextPoint Networks and Nortel’s VoIP Business.

View video interviews with key executives from the Satcom Africa 2013 exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa.   Featuring interviews with: Felix Damiba, Managing Director, Africa  Asia Broadcast Satellite; Nabil al Shanti  COO, ARABSAT; Omar Trujillo,VP-Africa and Latin America,O3b Networks; Jerome van der Putt, CCO and Fulvio Sansone, CTO, SatADSL and  Pradeep  Unni, EVP–Marketing and Sales, MEA,Thaicom.  To view the videos click here.

At the NAB 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador interviewd key industry executives including: Brian Morris, SVP-Media and Entertainment, Globecomm Systems; Roger Franklin, President, Crystal Solutions; Arnaud Perrier, VP-Solutions Marketing, Envivio; Lisa Coelho, CEO, GlobeCast Americas; and  Thomas Wrede VP– Reception Systems, SES.  To view the videos, click here.

New York City,  May 1, 2013--Lou Zacharilla goes back and forth with with Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks.  His venture is designed to empower large numbers of people where they live, whether “home” is a remote Pacific Basin community or one in the hills of Pakistan or Africa.  We discussed the vision of a profoundly interconnected world.

During Satellite 2013 in Washington, D.C. Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives including Steve Collar, CEO, O3B Networks ;Jack Waters, CEO of Xiplink; Ofer Greenberger, CEO of Orbit Communications Systems ; Dolores Martos, VP-Sales, Latin America and Steve Bunke, VP-Sales, North America of SES ; Timofey Abramov, Commercial Director of Intersputnik ; Jordi Bosom, Director of Strategy and Business Development of Hispasat and Hagay Katz, Head of VSAT business, Gilat Satellite Networks.  To view the videos click here.

During Cabsat 2013 in Dubai, UAE Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with key executives including Baozhong Huang, EVP-Sales and Marketing, APT Satellite Co. and Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Program Development, GVF who provided a summary of the proceedings of the two-day GVF Satellite Summit @ Cabsat 2013.

by Lou Zacharilla

Washington, D.C., March 5, 2013-During the Christmas holidays, the Satellite industry received a “gift” from the United States Senate, which had voted to remove certain International Trade in Arms regulations (ITAR) enforced upon the USA’s satellite industry since 1998.  The ITAR regulation (over-regulation, in the view of many), classified all forms of satellite hardware as “munitions.” The classification effectively put handcuffs on large swaths of the domestic industry.  It is claimed that international partnerships evaporated, innovation slowed and the global industry was impacted.   

New York City,  January 2, 2013--The Society of Satellite Professionals International's (SSPI) current Director of Development, Lou Zacharilla spoke with previous SSPI chairpersons of the SSPI, Ellen Hoff (President, W.L. Pritchard & Co.), Maury Mechanick (Counsel, White & Case LLP) and Clayton Mowry (President, Arianespace USA) to share their views on this most social of social networks. 

by B.H. Schneiderman

Los Angeles, Calif., November 8, 2012--In-flight broadband is set for takeoff. In our bandwidth-hungry world, consumers expect to have broadband access anywhere, anytime, including when they’re in the air on long-haul flights. To shed light on this growing market Satellite Executive Briefing contributor B.H. Schneiderman spoke with executives from two satellite operators and an in-flight broadband service provider.  Follows are excepts of the exchange with James Collet, Director of Mobility Services Product Management, Intelsat;  Alexander Geurtz, Vice-President Services Development, SES; and Travis Christ, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Row 44.

by Lou Zacharilla

New York City, NY, September 4, 2012--As the satellite industry heads into a season of  forums, conferences and networking events, we get a chance to examine what the industry believes are its most important issues.  Because there are many voices and advocates for the key niches in our industry, I thought it would be useful to engage the leadership of key trade associations and special interest groups.  Each represents an important tract in a diverse “Satellite Nation.”  We begin on the ground, with a conversation with M. Brett Belinsky, the chairman of World Teleport Association.