Events

CASBAA India Forum 2013 – Digital Visions and Dividends

Hong Kong, February 26, 2013 – As India hurtles towards inevitable digitisation, the intricacies of broadcasting are becoming ever more apparent. The CASBAA India Forum 2013, on March 7 in New Delhi, brings into focus the disparate voices of various television industry stakeholders, who each have an interest in a thriving India.

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Bridging Communication Boundaries Through a Common Vision

Refreshed CommunicAsia, BroadcastAsia conference format features joint Visionary Addresses and new tracks

Singapore, February 21, 2013--For the first time, delegates from both the CommunicAsia2013 Summit and BroadcastAsia2013 International Conference will be participating in a two-part visionary address on 19 June 2013. The first is the Governmental Visionary Address by the Minister for Technology, State Government of Victoria, Australia, The Hon. Gordon Rich-Phillips. This is followed by the Industry Visionary Address by Mr. Karim Temsamani, Head of Asia Pacific, Google.

TV Connect Addresses the Future of OTT in Connected Entertainment

 World leaders in the OTT space will come together to discuss the importance of OTT and its future in the industry 

London, UK, February 15, 2013 – Bob Zitter, EVP and CTO of Home Box Office (HBO) and Daniel Danker, General Manager of On Demand at the BBC, leading industry players in the OTT space, are set to deliver keynotes at next month’s TV Connect in London. The conference and exhibition, now in its ninth year, has evolved to reflect the changing nature of the converging connected entertainment ecosystem, which increasingly looks towards services, content and user-experience, rather than just technology, to drive the market.

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GVF Certified Products To Be Featured at CABSAT 2013

London, UK, February 5, 2013--As part of a broader initiative to prevent signal interference, GVF today announced that it is working with the organizers of Cabsat in Dubai to highlight satellite communications equipment that has been tested and approved in co-ordination with a global product-certification initiative.

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CABSAT 2013: Platform for a Critical Satellite Industry Agenda

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, February 4, 2013--When writing under a leaden winter UK sky during January the subject of CABSAT in the rather warmer month of March in the UAE is a very easy one to turn to, and indeed there’s much on the critical agenda on which to be informed. Thus, this year GVF has a very busy CABSAT week, focused on both the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center (DICEC) and the GVF/MenaNets Training Facility in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone.

BroadcastAsia2013, CommunicAsia2013 and EnterpriseIT2013 Promises Unique Exposure to Industry’s Leading and Budding Players

Asia’s largest industry event to feature international experts and showcase wide array of latest technology innovations and business updates across the ICT and broadcast industries

Singapore, January 23, 2013--BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia, and EnterpriseIT – Asia’s largest and most established media communications and information communications technology (ICT) events – are set to return this year to showcase the latest technologies and trends for the entire communications ecosystem.

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From Ka in London to HTS in DC: Satellite Service Provision Game-Changer in Action for Multi End-User Market

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, January 3, 2013--Following the conclusion of the widely applauded GVF Ka Roundtable Assembly 2012: Satellite Service Provision Game-Changer in Action event, which took place in London on 5th & 6th December 2012 with approximately 100 delegates attending, the satellite industry has now called for a further platform to facilitate extended industry and end-user dialog about high-capacity and high-throughput satellite systems, new ground infrastructures, and advanced networking applications. This further platform will be called the GVF High-Capacity Satellite Roundtable Assembly, and it will take place in Washington DC on 21st & 22nd May 2013.

Plans Laid for the Biggest CABSAT yet as Regional Media Landscape Advances

Dubai, UAE, December 19, 2012-CABSAT, the leading digital media event in the region, and third largest on the global calendar, is set to be bigger, better and more compelling than ever. The 2013 edition of CABSAT runs from March 12 to 14 at Dubai World Trade Centre and comes at a time of transformational change in the broadcast and media industry in the region. The event boasts a 15% increase in size and is set to welcome leading broadcast and satellite technology companies from around the world.

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CASBAA Upfronts Hits Jakarta

Jakarta, Indonesia, December 17, 2012 – CASBAA ended its TV Upfronts tour of Southeast Asia with its final event of the year in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 13, 2012. Held in association with Campaign Asia-Pacific and in-market partner First Media, exclusive screenings by Pay TV networks for over 100 media buyers, agencies and clients promoted the benefits of multichannel TV advertising and presented the best of the upcoming programming from regional networks across the region.

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Global Broadcasting Solution Providers Make Up 85 per cent of BroadcastAsia2013 Exhibitor Line-Up

Singapore, December 11, 2012-- BroadcastAsia2013, Asia’s largest integrated trade show for the Film and TV industries will return with an impressive international line-up of exhibitors. BroadcastAsia is the only event in Asia that houses more than 85 per cent of international broadcasting manufacturers as part of the show’s stellar line-up of exhibitors. Running from 18 to 22 June 2013, BroadcastAsia2013 will be staged to join CommunicAsia2013 and EnterpriseIT2013 at the Marina Bay Sands Singapore.

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