Leading figures from the Middle East’s growing eSports community believe that government-backing would give the Gen Z-led phenomenon the backbone it needs to “thrive” in the UAE and wider region.

Mohammad Albanna, who is on the board of the UAE eSports Federation, and Saeed Sharaf, CEO of eSport Middle East and president of the Syrian eSport Association, led an open panel discussion at the debut eSports Pavilion at CABSAT – the region’s leading event for the satellite, broadcast and filmed content media and entertainment industry.

Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today the appointment of Julie Burguburu as Company Secretary of the Group and a member of the Executive Committee, effective March 15.

Vertice 360, the Spanish media company owned by Squirrel Capital, is set to acquire M-Three Satcom, the Italian based teleport operator founded in 2004 and acquired by Giglio Group in 2015.

M-Three Satcom will be main part of a wider agreement including the purchase by Vertice of other media assets of Giglio Group as the internationally distributed Nautical Channel and  the Italian DTT Lcn  68.

Space systems technology solutions company LinQuest Corporation has announced Timothy Dills as its new Chief Executive Officer and President.

DataPath announced today the appointment of Henrik Asbjørn of Copenhagen, Denmark, to the position of Senior Director, Head of Sales – Europe.

Asbjørn will have overall responsibility for sales and customer development for the company’s satellite and wireless communications products and systems and secure communications software.

Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, announced today that its recently launched satellite, Es’hail-2, entered commercial service to serve government, broadcast and telecommunications sectors in Middle East and North Africa.

The global Entertainment and Media (E&M) industry is in the midst of a significant shift as viewers demand a more personalised experience, both in terms of the content they consume and their platform of choice. The fast-paced development of mobile and streaming technologies have sparked a marked shift in consumer behaviour, thrusting the industry into an era analysts are referring to as Convergence 3.0. In this new wave of entertainment, technology is giving a voice to the consumer and that voice is clear - viewers are demanding bespoke content that they can consume anytime, anywhere.

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. has joined the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade’s MUNIN pilot project, which aims to develop and test technologies in automated navigation and remote control of vessels.

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has announced the appointment of Irina Petrov to serve as its Vice President for Marketing and Membership with effect on March 5, 2019.