DS Air Publications, a leading media publishing house and marketing platform for the global satellite industry, today announced the appointment of Stephen Gardner to the position of VP Multimedia Sales, with the aim of continuing the company’s rapid growth in the new media arena. He will be focusing specifically on DS Air’s flagship satellite television service, SatTV.

Stephen, 42, from Dorking, comes to SatTV with over 17 years of business and sales experience, working for both large companies like British Airways and running his own business. Stephen will work to extend the global reach of DS Air’s industry leading televison news service, SatTV, and grow the company’s portfolio of multimedia services.

DS Air Publisher, Richard Hooper, said “ We are extremely happy that Stephen has agreed to join the DS Air team working exclusively on our multimedia offerings, which of course includes SatTV. Since it’s launch last June, SatTV has become our strongest digital offering and we are confident that with Stephen’s help it will continue to grow throughout 2008.”

SatTV is part of the DS Air Publications portfolio, which also includes leading industry publications including, Satellite Evolution Asia, Satellite Evolution EMEA and Global Military Communications, as well as a web portal, html newsletters and CD-ROMs. For more information visit www.satellite-evolution.com. SatTV’s brand new website, launched last month is available at www.satellite-evolution.com/TV/.