Hong Kong, January 30, 2007 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) will stage the seventh annual CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum in Singapore on Monday June 18th 2007. The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum traditionally acts as a curtain-raiser for the CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia trade shows in Singapore.
Themed “Converging on Satellite”, issues to be addressed during the one day high-profile meeting of global and regional industry leaders include the impact on satellite markets of proposed Wimax deployments, the real story behind the satellite-to-mobile TV opportunity and the demand drivers for HDTV services.
Invited satellite industry leaders include Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva, David McGlade, CEO of the world’s largest satellite system operator, Intelsat in the US and Dan Goldberg, the CEO of innovative North American market leader Telesat.
As always, there will be a sharp focus on satellite market development within Asia, with leading speakers drawn from some of the fastest growing markets in the world – India, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Malaysia – sharing their insights.
Meanwhile, the regulatory environment underpins our industry and a close examination of that environment will provide new insights on the future of the Asia-Pacific market.
“Given the opportunities provided by the changing Asian landscape and the challenges from new technologies, we are seeing unprecedented development within Asia,” said David Ball, Chairman of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee and Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, for Intelsat.
The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum is the premier forum in Asia for satellite market strategy discussions,” said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO CASBAA. “This year will be a banner year for Asia Pacific satellite services as their value as primary carriers for video and back up for data services is reinforced.”
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CASBAA is an industry-based advocacy group dedicated to the promotion of multi-channel TV via cable, satellite, broadband and wireless video networks across the Asia-Pacific. It represents some 110 Asia-based corporations, which in turn serve more than three billion people. Members include AETN International (History Channel), Asia Broadcast Networks, Asia Broadcast Satellite, AsiaSat, Astro (Malaysia), Australia Network, Bloomberg Television, Comverse, Chunghwa Telecom, Discovery Networks Asia, Granada, EMC, HBO Asia, IBM, Intelsat, Macquarie Bank, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, Sun Microsystems, Turner International Asia Pacific, UBC True, Walt Disney Television International, Zonemedia, Arianespace, Asian Food Channel, BBC Prime, Boeing Space Systems International, EADS Astrium, ESPN STAR Sports, Eutelsat, HSBC Bank, ILS, Intelsat, JSAT, Lockheed Martin, Loral Skynet, Mabuhay Satellite, MEASAT, National Geographic, NDS, Orbit Satellite TV & Radio Network, Paul Weiss, Satlink Communications, SES Global, Shin Satellite and Starhub.
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