Hong Kong, 6 March, 2009 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) today announced the participation of decision-making government officials from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) and Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the CASBAA India Satellite Forum in New Delhi on March 17, 2009.
The CASBAA Forum will this year feature Mr A. Bhaskaranarayana, Scientific Secretary, ISRO, with the opening address, Sri Sushma Singh, Secretary, MIB and Dr Ashok Chandra, Wireless Advisor, DoT.
Tagged “Satellite Communications: A new era for India”, the programme also features the industry leadership drawn from the satellite TV and cable TV platforms along with the leading content providers, including:
– S.B.Iyer, Director-CM & LS, Antrix Corporation
– SS Sirohi, Deputy Director General, Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL)
– Vikram Kaushik, CEO, Tata Sky
– N. Arjun, Executive Director, Bharti Telemedia Ltd.
– David Ball, Chairman, CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee & Regional VP, AP, Intelsat
– K. Krishna, CTO, Hughes Communications India Limited
– Rajesh Chharia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India
– Jorn Christensen, President, J. Christensen Consultants
– Ravi Mansukhani, MD, Indusind Media & Communication Ltd. (IMCL)
– Sujata Dev, CEO & MD, Time Broadband Services
– Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO, MEASAT
– Sabrina Cubbon, GM Marketing, AsiaSat
– Deepak Mathur, VP, Sales South Asia, SES NEW SKIES
– Stephen Tom, Director Business Development, Intelsat
– Jagi Panda, MD, Ortel Networks
– Kunal Bajaj, MD, BDA Connect Pvt Ltd
– Salil Kapoor, COO, Dish TV
– Amitabh Kumar, Director, Corporate, Zee Television
– Jagit Singh Kohli, CEO & MD, Digicable Network (India)
– Prithipal Singh, VP, IPTV India Forum
“Thanks to the long-term commitments of industry and government, the development of the satellite and digital communications sector in India remains assured,” said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA.
The one-day CASBAA India Satellite Forum will be staged at The LaLit (formerly the Grand Intercontinental) in New Delhi. Senior executives from leading telecoms carriers, pay-TV platform operators and content providers will also be among the participants.
Meanwhile, CASBAA is delighted to announce two new members of the Association – India’s national space technology and application developer Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), as an Institutional member, and the Vietnam-based satellite services provider VinaSat, as a Corporate member.
“The depth of the CASBAA Membership, both in terms of geography and in terms of sectoral interest, demonstrates the resilience of the cable, satellite and telecoms markets despite the recent economic challenges,” added Twiston Davies.
For registration and the full programme for the CASBAA India Satellite Forum, please visit: http://www.casbaa.com/EventDetail.aspx?id=96e48d1876e94c7faa691e710813a9eb
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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 some 130 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, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Disney-ABC International Television, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Irdeto, ITV Global Entertainment Ltd., Macquarie Group, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia, NBC Universal Networks Asia Pacific, NDS, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies, 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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