Hong Kong, 17 December, 2007 – Themed “It’s all about Content”, the four-day CASBAA Convention 2007, organised by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) which ran from October 30 to November 2 was a great success.
For those of you who were not able to participate in the Convention or had missed some of the presentation sessions, you can now view the speaker presentations online on the Convention page under the News & Events section on the CASBAA website or visit this address: http://www.casbaa.com/c3f_convention.asp?menu_class=3&leftmenu=6
This year’s CASBAA Convention included leading Asia-Pacific and global speakers such as and among others:
* Joong Soo Nam, President & CEO of KT Corporation
* Andy Kaplan, President of International Networks of Sony Pictures Television
* Bob Zitter, CTO of HBO
* Peter Mukerjea, CEO of INX Asia
* Tony DaSilva, COO of Sun Direct
* Jason Krikorian, Co-Founder of Sling Media
* Laureen Ong, COO, STAR Group
* Michael Kelley, Advisory Partner, US Entertainment Media & Communications Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers
* Harri Männistö, Director, Watch New Experiences, Multimedia of Nokia
* Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America
“The Association once again thanks its members, sponsors, partners and media for their continuous support and contributing to the great success of the Convention,” said Simon Twiston Davies, the CEO of CASBAA. “We look forward to seeing you next year!”
About CASBAA – www.casbaa.com
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 128 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 Group, MediaFLO Technologies, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SES New Skies, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, Sun Microsystems, TrueVisions, Turner International Asia Pacific, Walt Disney Television International, Chello Zone, Al Jazeera, Amarchand Mangaldas, Asian Food Channel, BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific, Celestial Movies, Deutsche Welle, ESPN STAR Sports, Hallmark Channel, GMA Network Inc., GroupM, HiT Entertainment, Hong Kong Cable TV, Irdeto, KDB Skylife, Lovells, Measat, MGM Networks, Microsoft Corporation, Minter Ellison, National Geographic, Network18, Paul Weiss, Playboy TV, ProtoStar, Providence Equity, PT Direct Vision, SAT-GE, Tandberg Television, Tata Sky, TBN, Ten Sports, TFN Media, TimeWarner, TV5MONDE, Viaccess and Zee TV.
For enquiries, please contact:
CASBAA
Helen Shek / Carmen Mak
Marketing Communications
Tel: +852 2854 9943
Fax: +852 2854 9530
Email: pr@casbaa.com