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View a video of the The 2013 Vision Awards Ceremony and interviews with key executives at SATCON and MILCOM 2013 including: David Hershberg,, CEO, Globecomm Systems;  Mohamed Youssif, COO, ABS; David Anhalt, VP & GM, Iridium PRIME; Jamie Smith, Director of Marketing and Sales EM Solutions.  To view the videos click here.

View videos of the pre-launch briefing of the SES-8 satellite with Spacex Chief Designer and CEO Elon Musk  in Cape Canaveral, Florida as well as interviews with SES executives  Martin Halliwell, CTO;  Deepak Mathur, SVP-Asia, Pacific and the Middle East; and Elias Zaccack, SVP-Americas.  To view the videos, click here.

Herndon, VA, December 30, 2013 – Andrew Ruszkowski has been named Chief Commercial Officer at XTAR, LLC, a provider of satellite capacity to U.S. and Allied governments in the X-band frequency. In the newly created position, Ruszkowski will continue to support XTAR’s fleet development to sustain current and anticipated government and military requirements, including working with the Department of Defense to assist its acquisition and procurement of commercial satellite communications.

Dulles, Virginia, December 23, 2014--Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that Mr. Tom McCabe will join the company as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective January 6, 2014.

Bethesda, Md.,  December 18, 2013-- Lockheed Martin has appointed Lt. Gen. (Ret) Michael A. Hamel as President of Commercial Ventures, a major line of business within Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC). Hamel reports to Rick F. Ambrose, Executive Vice President of LMSSC. 

El Segundo, Calif., December 9, 2013--Boeing announced the re-assignment to new positions of four executives in its Space & Intelligence Systems (S&IS) business.  Jim Simpson replaces Steve O’Neill, who is retiring, as vice president of Commercial Satellite Systems, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, and president of Boeing Commercial Satellite Services. He will oversee all Boeing commercial satellites, ground systems, and services.

Sydney, Australia, December 2, 2013 – Globecast Australia has announced a new management team to best effect a structure for continued efficiency and innovation.

Hong Kong, December 2, 2013 — Fox International Channels (FIC) Asia has appointed Helena Choe as Vice President of Syndication, effective November 18, while Rahul Sood was also named Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Commercial, effective December 9

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Framingham, MA, Dec. 2, 2013 — International Datacasting has announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Steven Archambault and Vice President of Products, Steeve Huin. The company said it also restructured its global sales force to increase IDC's responsiveness to opportunities in rapidly-growing emerging markets.

Cork, Ireland, Nov. 22, 2013--Werbayne McIntyre has joined Digisoft.tv, a global provider of HTML5 set-top box (STB) software, as Global Head of Sales & Marketing. He leaves his role at Piksel, formally KIT Digital, where he was SVP of Global Marketing.