Hong Kong, 5 May 2008 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) will stage the eighth CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum on June 16th in Singapore at the Four Seasons Hotel.
The one-day annual conference provides a dynamic platform for global and regional satellite operators, content providers, satellite manufacturers and government officials to exchange key information on the development of the satellite industry across the Asia Pacific. David McGlade and Dan Goldberg, the CEOs of global satellite operators Intelsat and Telesat will deliver the keynote addresses. Other featured speakers will include:
– Laureen Ong, COO, STAR Group
– Huang Baozhong ,VP, China Direct Broadcast Satellite
– Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & CEO, Arianespace
– Rob Bednarek, CEO, SES NEW SKIES
– Peter Jackson, CEO, AsiaSat
– Dave Bettinger, CTO, iDirect Technologies
– Tony Colucci, VP Marketing & Sales, Space Systems Loral
– Philip Father, CEO, Protostar
– Shardul Shroff, Managing Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
– Wisnu Wardana, Head of IT Group, BNI
– Tim Floerchinger, Director of Strategic Development, Government Satcom Systems, Viasat
– Tom Choi, CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite
– Andrew Jordan, President & CEO, SAT-GE
– Dr Ali R. Ebadi, Vice President, Engineering & Operations, MEASAT
Themed Ahead of the Curve, the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2008 will investigate the vast potential for satellite services provided by the increasing appetite for communications products in Asia.
Meanwhile, Satellite Industry Forum panelists will examine issues such as new satellite applications, customer demand, as well as government and military satcom applications.
The increased demand for spectrum devoted to HDTV, interactive and broadband TV content is boosting the Asian satellite market. We also see unfulfilled demand from undeveloped video services such as mobile TV and Asian VSAT networks, said David Ball, Chairman of the CASBAA Satellite Industry Committee and Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, for Intelsat.
The satellite services industry grows ever stronger in Asia, said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA. The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum remains a premier event for industry leaders to network and discuss the best strategies for business growth.
For registration and more details about the CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum, please visit here.
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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 125 Asia-based corporations, which in turn serve more than three billion people. Members include Asia Broadcast Satellite, AsiaSat, Astro, Australia Network, Bloomberg Television, Chunghwa Telecom, Discovery Networks Asia, Genesis Networks, Granada International/ITV Worldwide, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Macquarie Group, MediaFLO Technologies, Motorola, MTV Networks Asia Pacific, Nokia, now TV, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SES NEW SKIES, Sony Pictures Television International, STAR Group, Sun Microsystems, TrueVisions, Turner International Asia Pacific, VOOM HD Networks Asia, Walt Disney Television International, Al Jazeera, Amarchand Mangaldas, Arqiva, Asian Food Channel, BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific, Celestial Movies, Deutsche Welle, ESPN STAR Sports, EuroNews, Eurosport, GroupM, Hong Kong Cable TV, INX Network, Irdeto, KDB Skylife, Kbro, Lovells, Measat, MGM Networks, Microsoft Corporation, Minter Ellison, National Geographic, NBC Universal Global Networks Asia Pacific, Network18, Paul Weiss, Playboy TV, ProtoStar, Providence Equity, PT Direct Vision, Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, SAT-GE, Spectrum Value Partners, Tandberg Television, Tata Sky, TBN, Ten Sports, TFN Media, TimeWarner, TV5MONDE, Universal Electronics, Viaccess and Zee TV.
For enquiries, please contact:
CASBAA
Helen Shek / Carmen Mak
Marketing Communications
Tel: +852 2854 9943
Fax: +852 2854 9530
Email: pr@casbaa.com