Hong Kong, July 20, 2007 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced two new Patron and four Corporate Members of the Association for the second half of 2007.
The two new Patrons are based in the US: global video transmission specialist Genesis Networks and mobile technology supplier Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies.
Meanwhile, another four organisations have signed as Corporate Members, including law firm Minter Ellison, with Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong, Indonesian DTH platform PT Direct Vision, Singapore-based satellite services provider SAT-GE and Mumbai and Delhi-based news media and entertainment company Television Eighteen.
“It is exciting to see the continuous growth of our membership, reflecting strong global confidence in the Asia Pacific market,” said Simon Twiston Davies, the CEO of CASBAA.
In April six Corporate Members also joined CASBAA, including Tata Sky of India.
CASBAA now represents the interests of some 125 member companies from across 14 Asia Pacific markets, covering multiple sectors including cable, satellite, broadband and mobile TV content suppliers and platforms, as well as equipment vendors.
Upcoming programs for the rest of this year include the CASBAA Sports TV Forum in Beijing on August 24th and the CASBAA Convention 2007 in Hong Kong on October 30th – November 2nd.
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The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (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. CASBAA represents some 125 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, Australia Network, Bloomberg Television, Chunghwa Telecom, Discovery Networks Asia, Genesis Networks, Granada International/ITV Worldwide, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Macquarie, MediaFLO Technologies, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, Sun Microsystems, TrueVisions, Turner International Asia Pacific, Walt Disney Television International, Zonemedia, Al Jazeera, Amarchand Mangaldas, Asian Food Channel, BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific, Celestial Movies, ESPN STAR Sports, GMA Network Inc., GroupM, Fu Yang Media, HiT Entertainment, Hong Kong Cable, Irdeto, KDB Skylife, Lovells, Measat, Minter Ellison, MGM Channels, National Geographic, Paul Weiss, ProtoStar, PT Direct Vision, SAT-GE, Tandberg Television, Tata Sky, Ten Sports, TimeWarner, TV18, Viaccess and Zee TV.
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