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Hauppauge, NY, May 21, 2014 - In his first interview since taking the helm as CEO of Globecomm Systems, Inc. in February, Keith Hall discusses the company’s acquisition by Wasserstein & Company in December 2013 and outlines a new direction for the global company.  Based in Hauppauge, New York, Globecomm maintains a far-flung group of offices outside North America, including locations or facilities in the Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.

Wuppertal, Germany, May 20, 2014 — Riedel Communications, announced that Jiou-Pahn Lee has been appointed to serve as director of R&D for Riedel Communications. In this role, Lee will be responsible for exploring and developing new technologies and evaluating their impact on achieving business goals. As director of R&D, Lee will be a member of the Management Board.

Evry, France, May 19, 2014--Isabelle Veillon, 47, joins Arianespace as its Communication Vice President. In charge of Internal and External Communication, she will report directly to Stéphane Israël, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace and will be a member of the management committee.

Hong Kong, May 13, 2014--SpeedCast announced the appointment of Michael Malone as a non-executive Board Director and the appointment of John Mackay as Chairman of the Board.  John Mackay is current SpeedCast Board Member and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TransACT Communications Pty Ltd.

Washington, D.C., May 9, 2014--Talia Limited, a teleport, satellite, and terrestrial network operator providing global IP communications with headquarters in London and offices in Germany, Nigeria, Iraq and Dubai, today announced its expansion into North America and the appointment of Senior Vice President, Joel Allen.

Backnang, Germany, May 8, 2014 – The World Teleport Association recently announced the election of Signalhorn’s Robert Kubbernus to its Board of Directors.

El Segundo, Calif, April 30, 2014--DIRECTV, announced today that Jennifer Cho has joined DIRECTV as senior vice president and treasurer, reporting to 
Pat Doyle, executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer.

View videos of interviews with key executives at NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada including: Elias Zaccack, Senior Vice-President-Americas,SES; Keith Buckley, President and CEO of ASC Signal; Gerhard Mocker, Director-Satcom Technologies, Work Microwave; and various other executives from the NAB2014 exhibition floor; plus the Hispasat Launch of the First 4K TV Channel in North and Central America.  To view the videos click here.

Englewood, Colo., April 29, 2014--DISH Network announced that it has appointed Steven Swain to lead its Programming Group. Swain, formerly a vice president of DISH’s Corporate Finance Group, is being promoted to senior vice president.In his new role, Swain will be responsible for the acquisition and renewal of programming content, including national network and cable channels, Latino content, local broadcast stations and premium services such as HBO, Showtime and Starz.

Berkshire, UK, April 23, 2014--Broadcast system integrator TSL Systems, today announced the appointment of Ben Tompsett as its new UK Sales Manager.  In this newly created role, Tompsett is responsible for driving sales of the company's expanding portfolio of systems integration services across its existing client database, as well as developing new business opportunities in non-broadcast markets for the UK and Ireland.