Hong Kong, January 22, 2007 – With the onset of 2007, the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced a new Patron Member and four new Corporate Members of the Association.
The new CASBAA Patron Member is newly-launched pay-TV content aggregator Asia Broadcast Networks, along with new CASBAA Corporate Members children’s content specialist HiT Entertainment, Singapore-based satellite services provider Globecast, conditional access supplier Viaccess and New Zealand-based broadcaster Television New Zealand. Meanwhile, global satellite capacity supplier Intelsat has upgraded its CASBAA membership to Patron status.
“The breadth of the new memberships highlights the dynamic environment for Asia’s pay-TV market,” said Simon Twiston Davies, the CASBAA CEO. “The response to CASBAA’s year-end 2006 activities, including the CASBAA Convention in Hong Kong and the release of our year-end industry data clearly illustrates the value of the Association.”
The CASBAA members program for 2007 — which includes training schemes (the CASBAA Media College), CASBAA Market Reports (Indonesia and Taiwan, among others), IPR seminars and networking events, as well as the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum (June 18th), the CASBAA China Forum (late August) and the CASBAA Convention 2007 (Oct 30th – Nov 2nd) – will provide new value to CASBAA members and the industry at large, said Mr Twiston Davies.
“CASBAA looks forward to working with our new members in particular throughout 2007,” said Marcel Fenez, the Chairman of CASBAA. “With this type of sectoral and geographic support our effectiveness as a voice for the industry and as a networking organisation continues to grow.”
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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. The Association represents some 120 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, Anytime, BBC Global Channels, BBC World, ESPN STAR Sports, Eurosport, Hallmark Channel, Indovision, Irdeto, Kabelvision, Harmonic, Lovells, Mabuhay, Motorola, National Geographic, Paul Weiss, Seagate, Shin Satellite, Standard Chartered Bank, Synovate and TimeWarner.
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