Hong Kong, 1 April, 2009 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) will stage the ninth CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum on Monday June 15th in Singapore at the Four Seasons Hotel. Decision-making executives from the satellite industry drawn from around the world will share their insights and address issues for the APAC market.
Themed “Over the Horizon”, the one day high-powered annual conference will cover critical issues including the future for satcoms technology, the latest business models and the road to profitability; how CEOs are coping with today’s financial challenges; the potential businesses of Ka-band satellite systems and satellite services for mobile users.
At the Forum, Rob Bednarek, CEO, SES New Skies and Mark Dankberg, Chairman & CEO, Viasat will deliver keynote addresses. Other featured speakers include:
- Dr Dumrong Kasemset , Executive Chairman, THAICOM Public Company Ltd
- Vikram Kaushik, MD & CEO, TataSky
- Matteo Altobelli, Marketing Director, Eutelsat
- Richard Denny, SVP, Global Networks and Engineering, Immarsat
- David Ball, Chairman, CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee & Regional VP, AP, Intelsat
- Jay Yass, VP, Business Development, Strategy and Global Marketing, Intelsat
- Pacôme Revillon, MD, Euroconsult
- Rudy Tanoesoedibjo, CEO & President, Indovision Indonesia
- Pranav Roach, President, Hughes India
- Gregg Daffner, President, G3 Global Communications
- Anthony Colucci, VP Marketing and Sales, Space Systems Loral
- Andrew Jordan, President and CEO, SAT-GE
- Tom Choi, CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite
- Peter Jackson, CEO, AsiaSat
“The new demand for spectrum devoted to HDTV, interactive and broadband TV content is driving the market. The opportunities, for both FSS and DTH, are enormous,” said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA. “On top of this, the industry also expects to see new demand emerging from still undeveloped video services such as mobile TV and the further deployment of VSAT networks.”
The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2009 is sponsored by Arianespace.
For registration and more details about the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum, please visit: http://www.casbaa.com/satellite_industry_forum.aspx
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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 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, 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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