SES announced today the appointment of a new Vice President, Commercial, for Latin America/North. Clemente Cabello will be based in Mexico City and will be responsible for leading SES’s commercial activities in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

In the business year of 2015 the Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT reached a figure of 219.6 million euros in total revenue, representing an 8.7% increase from the previous business year. EBITDA reached 178.9 million euros, which translates into a 10.6% increase with respect to 2014 and represents an operating margin of 81.5%, a figure that further anchors HISPASAT's position as one of the most profitable and efficient companies in the satellite sector.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced that Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast, has been named as its 2016 Teleport Executive of the Year. Mr. Beylier will be honored during WTA’s Teleport Awards for Excellence luncheon on March 8 during SATELLITE 2016. The Teleport Executive of the Year award is presented to an individual for demonstrated entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation in the development or operation of a teleport-based business.

DataPath, Inc. a  provider of remote field communications and information technology solutions to the aerospace, government, broadcast, and infrastructure markets announced today plans to expand its customer-facing functions and international footprint, on the heels of strong 2015 growth.  The expansion will include the launch of new products in the company’s portable satellite terminals business, continued development of its DataPath Services Division, as well as plans for new sales and customer service offices in the Middle East, India, Singapore and Australia.  

According to Euroconsult's newly released report, Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity, tota

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, is pleased to announce that Gregory Litinsky has joined the Company as Regional Vice President for Sales for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

NSR’s Flat Panel Satellite Antenna Analysis is the industry’s first multi-client report on this emerging technology.  Forecasting demand for lighter, low-profile, bandwidth-efficient Flat Panel Antennas (FPAs), NSR’s report sees growth reaching over $710 Million in annual revenues by 2025 from shipped units.

Space Systems Loral (SSL), and the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC), an alliance of local engineering leaders and technical organizations, today announced that SSL company president, John Celli, was selected by the SVEC for induction into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.  He will be honored at a ceremony during the annual Silicon Val

Telestream®, a  provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today announced that it has hired broadcast technology industry veteran Scott Murray as a Product Manager, working on the Company's flagship Vantage® media processing platform. Murray will be responsible for managing the development of the Vantage framework to ensure the product's continued market and technology leadership.

Indonesia’s quest to build a robust digital economy and ecosystem will get a major boost this August with the launch of a dedicated series of industry events comprising of the Indonesia ICT Summit, Communic Indonesia and Broadcast Indonesia 2016. These inaugural events will be held from 31 August – 3 September at the Jakarta International Expo, Kemayoran.