David Sprechman has been appointed CEO of GlobeCast America, the U.S. arm of French satellite service provider GlobeCast. Sprechman will be responsible for overall direction and management of GlobeCast’s North American and Latin American operations, based at GlobeCast America headquarters in Miami. He joined GlobeCast in 1998 as the company’s COO and CFO, responsible for managing nationwide operations, capital expenditures and financial management. GlobeCast America’s former CEO, Robert Behar, will remain as president of the unit.

Separately, GlobeCast announced that Hungarian network Duna TV is available via GlobeCast’s proprietary digital direct-to-home (DTH) platform Optus B3 across Australia and New Zealand. GlobeCast, a unit of France Telecom [NYSE: FTE], is providing Duna TV with end-to-end signal backhaul from Europe to GlobeCast’s Optus B3 gateway in Australia. In addition to DTH transmission, GlobeCast Australia provides subscriber management services (SMS) for the broadcaster including a call center, reception installation and activation, installer referrals and technical support.