Hong Kong, October 20, 2008 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) today announced the addition of two new Corporate members – Manila-based media service provider Mediascape (part of leading Philippines telco PLDT) and Malaysian Internet and multimedia solutions provider TM Net Sdn Bhd (TM Net).
CASBAA also announced that China Entertainment Television (CETV), a Mandarin Chinese-language satellite TV channel in the Greater China region, has upgraded its Corporate membership to Patron status under the brand name “Tom Group”.
“To date, some 20 organisations have joined the Association in 2008, taking total membership to 135 companies,” said Marcel Fenez, Chairman of CASBAA. “This is a record for annual growth in the Association’s 17-year history.”
According to CASBAA, the continued upward curve in membership is a clear indicator that the market remains confident of the future of Asia’s communications industry. “This also reflects the increasing value of the CASBAA membership,” said Fenez.
Meanwhile, CASBAA has seen more European networks entering in the Asian market. “Reflecting this, during next week’s CASBAA Convention 2008 in Hong Kong, we will be looking at this outbreak of Euro Euphoria,” added Fenez.
Senior executives from European channels including Philippe Cayla, President, Euronews and Peter Iacono, President of ITV Global Entertainment will participate in keynotes and panel discussions at the CASBAA Convention 2008 to share insights on the Asia market, as well as their positioning strategies.
For more information about the CASBAA Convention 2008 please visit www.casbaaconvention.com .
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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 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, Disney-ABC International Television, Genesis Networks, Granada International/ITV Worldwide, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Lionsgate, Macquarie Group, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, NDS, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SES NEW SKIES, SingTel, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, 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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