Via Satellite - July 2009

Measat
PROVIDED CAPACITY TO ASTRO
Measat Satellite Systems won a $189.2 million contract with
Astro All Asia Networks to supply transponder capacity on the
Measat-3a satellite.
Measat will provide Astro’s subsidiary, Measat Broadcast Net-
work Systems, with six Ku-band transponders on Measat-3a for
a period of 15 years.
The satellite, manufactured by Orbital Sciences, is scheduled
for launch in June and will be located at 91.5 degrees East.
Dish Network also appointed Robert Olsen, former CFO of
Trane Commercial Systems, as its new CFO.
Dish Network also expanded the leadership responsibilities of
Executive Vice President Tom Cullen to oversee all Dish Network
sales and marketing functions in addition to his existing man-
agement of programming operations.
Orbit
RECEIVES FRENCH NAVY DEAL
Orbit Technology Group won a contract with the French Navy
worth more than $4 million to supply Ku-Band and C-Band
marine satellite communication systems from OrSat.
The systems will provide the French Navy with continuous,
high speed, two-way connectivity for reception and transmission
of voice, data and Internet connection in harsh environments.
SeaMobile
APPOINTS CEO
SeaMobile, a provider of satellite communications services to
the maritime industry, named Jonathan Weintraub CEO.
Weintraub previously served as the company’s CFO and acting
chief executive. Before joining SeaMobile, Weintraub was a man-
aging director in the consumer products and retail group of UBS
Investment Bank.
SkyTerra
ADDS FORMER FCC OFFICIAL
Sky Terra appointed Jeffrey Carlisle vice president of regulatory affairs.
Carlisle will develop and implement the company’s regulatory
and policy strategy with the United States, governments around
the world and international organizations.
Carlisle previously served at the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) as senior co-director of the U.S. Internet Pol-
icy Working Group and a member of the U.S. Homeland Security
Policy Council.
SES Americom-New Skies
ADDS NBA, MLS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
SES Americom-New Skies won a multi-year distribution agree-
ment from In Demand for delivery of its NBA League Pass and
Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Direct Kick programming packages
to cable subscribers across the United States. Both packages
are distributed over SES’ AMC-1 satellite.
In Demand also enlisted SES’ HD-Prime satellites to deliver its
AWARDS
full programming lineup, its pay-per-view programming and the dig-
ital out-of-market subscription sports packages for Major League
Baseball, the NBA, the National Hockey League and MLS.
SES also will deliver In Demand’s range of video-on-
demand products.
Sidsa
WINS ASIA, MIDDLE EAST DIGITAL CONTENT PROTECTION
CONTRACT FROM SPEEDCAST
Satellite provider Speedcast has awarded a contract to Sidsa,
an international digital technology provider based in Spain, to
protect Speedcasts’s digital content in Asia and the Middle East.
Speedcast’s satellite platform initially will use Sidsa’s tech-
nology to protect content delivered to a large number of wireless
operators. In a second phase, the company plans to extend the
platform to other type of users, such as shipping companies.
RigNet
CEO NOMINATED FOR ERNST & YOUNG
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Mark Slaughter, CEO and president of RigNet, an enterprise com-
munications company for remote oil and gas industries, was
named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year
2009 award in the Houston and Gulf Coast area program.
The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demon-
strate “extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, finan-
cial performance and personal commitment to their businesses
and communities.”
Slaughter was selected as a finalist from nearly 550 nomina-
tions by a panel of independent judges.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Dish Network
NAMES COO; CFO
Dish Network named Bernie Han COO. Han will oversee Dish
Network’s operations, information technologies and finance
functions. Han formerly served as the company’s executive vice
president and CFO.

Skycasters

RECEIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD IN OHIO Skycasters, a broadband satellite solutions provider, won the 2009 Crain’s Leading Edge award from The Entrepreneurs Edge, a Ohio-based organization devoted to economic development through growth and entrepreneurship.