Hong Kong, April 26, 2007 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) today announced five new Corporate Members of the Association drawn from India, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the US.
Two new members have signed up as CASBAA Corporate Members from India: broadcaster Zee Entertainment Enterprises, headquartered in Mumbai and law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., an intellectual property rights specialist based in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, Taiwan cable operator Fu Yang Media Technology, a division of the Fubon Group and formerly known as Pacific Broadband, has also signed as a Corporate Member of CASBAA, as has Hong Kong-based technology advisory group ITSun. The fifth new Corporate Member of CASBAA is Asia-Pacific focused regional DTH satellite operator ProtoStar headquartered in San Francisco.
“We believe the new memberships, especially those in India and Taiwan reflect the new internationalization of our industry, as well as the effective work that CASBAA undertakes as an industry voice,” said Simon Twiston Davies, the CASBAA CEO. “Leading content players are looking beyond immediate domestic agendas, while infrastructure specialists see new value in international best practice and regional experience. Our industry is reaching a new level of maturity thanks to new capital and technological change.”
The CASBAA membership now includes more than 125 member companies drawn from 14 markets, running from Japan to India, and China to New Zealand.
While CASBAA’s advocacy work continues across its multiple markets, the Association’s events program for 2007 includes the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum (Singapore, June 18th), the CASBAA China Sports TV Forum (Beijing, August 23rd) and the CASBAA Convention 2007 in Hong Kong (Oct 30th – Nov 2nd).
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The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia is an industry association dedicated to the promotion of multi-channel television via cable, satellite, broadband and wireless video networks across the Asia-Pacific region. CASBAA represents some 120 Asia-based corporations, which in turn serve more than 3 billion people. Member organisations include AETN International (History Channel), Asia Broadcast Networks, Asia Broadcast Satellite, AsiaSat, ASTRO (Malaysia), Australia Network, Bloomberg Television, Chunghwa Telecom, Comverse, Discovery Networks Asia, EMC, Granada International, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Macquarie Bank, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, Sun Microsystems, TrueVisions (Thailand), Turner International Asia Pacific, Walt Disney Television International, Zonemedia, Anytime, BBC Global Channels, ESPN STAR Sports, Eurosport, Hallmark Channel, Indovision, Irdeto, Kabelvision, Harmonic, Lovells, Mabuhay, National Geographic, Paul Weiss, Seagate, Shin Satellite, Standard Chartered Bank, Synovate and TimeWarner.
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