Moving On Up — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has named longtime Washington State legislative staffer David Schumacher as the Company's director of State and Local Government Relations. Schumacher reports to Fred Kiga, vice president for State and Local Government Relations and Global Corporate Citizenship for The Boeing Company. Schumacher is responsible for fostering and maintaining relationships with state and local government officials on public policy affecting Boeing in the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Hawaii and Alaska.
SATELLITE — Less than two months after the launch of its AMC-21 satellite, SES AMERICOM has announced that the Ku-band spacecraft is operational and delivering content and connectivity for leading broadcasters and mobile broadband service providers. Anchor tenant PBS, which serves 356 public television stations and millions of viewers nationwide, has transitioned its complete programming lineup to AMC-21. PBS has enlisted AMC-21 to deliver everything from its popular children’s programming to its wide range of news, public affairs, arts, science and documentary programs to homes across America. AMC-21 is also the backbone of PBS’s Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS), the distribution infrastructure platform for public television. In addition to supporting PBS and other top broadcasters, the spacecraft is enabling the delivery of mobile broadband services, including distribution to the oil and gas industry, the U.S. government, as well as maritime broadband users across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Moving On Up — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has named longtime Washington State legislative staffer David Schumacher as the Company's director of State and Local Government Relations. Schumacher reports to Fred Kiga, vice president for State and Local Government Relations and Global Corporate Citizenship for The Boeing Company. Schumacher is responsible for fostering and maintaining relationships with state and local government officials on public policy affecting Boeing in the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, Hawaii and Alaska.
SATELLITE — Less than two months after the launch of its AMC-21 satellite, SES AMERICOM has announced that the Ku-band spacecraft is operational and delivering content and connectivity for leading broadcasters and mobile broadband service providers. Anchor tenant PBS, which serves 356 public television stations and millions of viewers nationwide, has transitioned its complete programming lineup to AMC-21. PBS has enlisted AMC-21 to deliver everything from its popular children’s programming to its wide range of news, public affairs, arts, science and documentary programs to homes across America. AMC-21 is also the backbone of PBS’s Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS), the distribution infrastructure platform for public television. In addition to supporting PBS and other top broadcasters, the spacecraft is enabling the delivery of mobile broadband services, including distribution to the oil and gas industry, the U.S. government, as well as maritime broadband users across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.