SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that Vishal Mathur has joined the satellite operator’s Asia team as Senior Sales Director. Vishal brings with him almost 20 years of experience in the satellite and broadcasting industry in the region.

Announced today by SNL Kagan, a division within S&P Capital IQ and SNL, global set-top box (STB) shipments maintained elevated levels in 2015, buoyed by demand in emerging market such as China and India. Worldwide STB shipments are on track to reach 253.1 million in 2015, up marginally from 248.6 million in 2014, as the global multichannel market swelled to an estimated 959 million subscribers, according to SNL Kagan estimates for global volumes.

Highlights from the SNL Kagan report:

For the quarter ended December 31, 2015, Netgem announces a consolidated revenue of € 18.2 million, bringing total consolidated revenue for 2015 to € 78.8 million, up 9% compared to 2014.

During the last quarter, Netgem won the Fast Mode 2015 #TopTechVideos, telecom’s largest web event, for its #TelcoTV ​multiscreen experience, linking television, smartphone and tablets.

The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) announced six new inductees for the 2016 Satellite Hall of Fame.  They will join more than 40 Hall of Fame members including Dr. Arthur C. Clarke, Dr. Harold Rosen, Olof Lundberg, Eddy Hartenstein, Frederic d'Allest, Sidney Topol, Takayushi Yoshida, Mary Ann Elliott, Mary Frost, Peter Jackson, Dick Tauber, Dirk Breynaert, Mark Dankberg, Susan Irwin and Robert Berry. 

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released The Teleport of Tomorrow, a new research report. In the report, WTA asks the thought leaders of the business today about how a successful teleport will look in the year 2020. The speed of technology and market change suggests that it will differ in many ways from what we think of as a teleport today, and that its personnel and business leaders will need different skills to be successful.  

The standout CES 2016 trend towards multiscreen TV experiences is supported by new research, which finds that mobile devices are the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content, with 66% of consumers globally preferring to access Internet TV via a mobile, tablet or laptop.

Intelsat has appointed Narendra Mansharamani as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

In his role, Mansharamani will lead Intelsat’s finance team in further enhancing and sustaining a strong analytic framework that will bridge strategy and operations with finance and accounting to support the company’s business objectives.

CES® 2016 wrapped today as the most expansive CES, breaking records across the board and providing unparalleled opportunities for companies big and small to launch innovation to the world market.

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released Reducing the Energy Load, a new research report on the design, engineering and technology strategies that teleport operators are taking to reduce their energy consumption and which approaches are delivering the biggest impact for the money invested.

Inview Technology Ltd. today announced that Raza Ansari will be leading business development, sales and operations in the Asia Pacific region.