Hong Kong, September 9, 2008 – The roll-call for the CASBAA Convention 2008 in Hong Kong on October 28th-30th, has received a major boost to global headliners Barry Diller (IAC), Bill Roedy (MTVNI), Roma Khanna (NBCU), Dr. Abe Peled (NDS) and Darren Childs (BBC Worldwide Channels), who will now be joined by the Asia Pacific pay-TV’s top leadership of Converged Carriers and Content including:
* Alexander Arena, Group MD, NOW
* Steve Marcopoto, President & MD, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific
* Terry Clontz, CEO, StarHub, Singapore
* Shyue-Ching Lu, Chairman, Chunghwa, Taiwan
* Todd Miller, EVP & MD, Asia, Sony Pictures Television International
* Rahadi Arsyad, President Director, CEO, Telkomvision
* Jonathan Spink, CEO, HBO Asia
* Mushtaq Malik, Chairman, PEMRA
* Tom Keaveny, EVP & MD, Discovery Asia Pacific
* Rudy Tanoesoedibjo, CEO, Indovision
* Rob Gilby, SVP & MD, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)
Asias 280 million subscription television subscribers are served by more than 500 pay-TV networks scrambling to serve almost 100 pay-TV platforms and 3 billion consumers. During the Convention, there is a must attend back-to-basics debate for the Asia Pacific regional industry leaders to deconstruct the building blocks for revenue generating linear pay-TV services, including subscription and advertising.
The Convention panelists will also examine the new generation of Asian pay-TV platforms such as IPTV in terms of costing, pricing models and government regulation.
“The CASBAA Convention 2008 programme couldn’t be stronger,” said Marcel Fenez, Chairman of CASBAA. “Our industry’s Annual Meeting is leveraging Asia’s central role as the global growth powerhouse for the worldwide media and telecoms industry. CASBAA 2008 has already broken all its previous records for speakers, sponsors and delegate registration set over a 15 year period. This year’s show will blow you away.”
Meanwhile, CASBAA is pleased to announce CNBC as the sponsor of CASBAA Golf Masters at Discovery Bay’s Golf Course on October 27th, the day prior to the Convention.
For more information about the CASBAA Convention 2008 please visit www.casbaaconvention.com.
The CASBAA Convention 2008 will be held at an innovative venue – The CASBAA Dome at the POP TV Arena in West Kowloon, Hong Kong
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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 130 member organisations in the pay-TV business, which in turn serve more than three billion people. Patron members include Asia Broadcast Satellite, AsiaSat, ASTRO, Australia Network, Bloomberg Television, Chunghwa Telecom, Discovery Networks Asia, Disney ABC International Television, Genesis Networks, Granada International/ITV Worldwide, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Lionsgate, Macquarie Group, MediaFLO Technologies, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, NDS, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SES NEW SKIES, SingTel, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, TrueVisions, Turner International Asia Pacific and VOOM HD Networks Asia. To view the full list of CASBAA members, please visit here.
For enquiries, please contact:
CASBAA
Helen Shek/ Carmen Mak
Tel: +852 2854 9943
Fax: +852 2854 9530
Email: pr@casbaa.com