Hong Kong, November 10, 2008 – In the wake of the CASBAA Convention 2008, the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has added two Corporate members – Islamabad-based information and communication technology provider Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Indonesian pay-TV platform Aora TV (PT Karyamegah Adijaya).
Meanwhile, Netherlands-based content security specialist Irdeto and broadcaster NBC Universal Networks Asia Pacific have upgraded their CASBAA memberships to Patron status.
“It is greatly encouraging that, while building their domestic businesses, the leading players in emerging markets such as those in Indonesia and Pakistan, are looking outwards to regional relationships and experience,” said Simon Twiston Davies, the CEO of CASBAA. “Once again these additional CASBAA memberships demonstrate a new maturity for the Asia Pacific pay-TV industry.”
Meanwhile, according to Twiston Davies, “global broadcasters such as NBC Universal are also reaffirming their commitment to the region, supported by technology providers such as Irdeto. These may be challenging times for global markets, but the Asia Pacific regional growth curve remains clear.”
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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 135 + member organisations in the pay-TV business, which in turn serve more than three billion people. Patron members include Al Jazeera International, Asia Broadcast Satellite, AsiaSat, ASTRO, Australia Network, Bloomberg Television, Chunghwa Telecom, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Disney-ABC International Television, Genesis Networks, Irdeto, ITV Global Entertainment Ltd., HBO Asia, Intelsat, Macquarie Group, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, NBC Universal Networks Asia Pacific, NDS, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SES NEW SKIES, SingTel, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, Tiger Gate Entertainment, Tom Group, TrueVisions, Turner International Asia Pacific and VOOM HD Networks Asia. To view the full list of CASBAA members, please visit here.
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