[Satellite TODAY 02-19-10] The European Anti-Piracy Association (AEPOC) appointed Philippe-Olivier Rousseau president, the association announced Feb. 17.
     Rousseau replaces Jean Grenier, former director general of Eutelsat and executive leader at Intelsat, who retired after leading and developing the first pan-European industry initiative against audio-visual piracy over the last 13 years.
    “AEPOC unites some of the industry’s finest firms and renown experts in the name of a healthy, secure and striving European media and telecommunications market. Safeguarding innovation and growth has to be one of the key issues of European industry policies,” Rousseau said in a statement.