Events

ITU Telecom World 2013 Focuses on Radical Transformation of ICT Industry


Geneva, Switzerland,March 26, 2013 – ITU Telecom World 2013 is continuing the ‘one conversation that matters’ this year in Thailand under the theme ‘Embracing Change in a Digital World’. This is supported by a new website launched today to complement the event’s focus on high quality discussion and debate.

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Creative Content Production Conference 2013 will Uncover Smart Solutions for Effective Production and Distribution of Content in Asia

Singapore, March 19,2013--The way content is now delivered has rapidly advanced in leaps and bounds. Demand from viewers for better content on multiple platforms has prompted many producers in Asia to seek ways to produce good and right content that has global appeal. With the massive amount of content out there, good quality content has become essential in order to stand out among the competition, as well as pull in and retain viewers’ attention.

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The GVF MENASAT Summits @ CABSAT 2013: High-Capacity & Interference Prevention

by Martin Jarrold

Dubai, UAE,  March 5, 2013--Many readers of this edition will no doubt be thumbing the pages or scrolling a tablet screen at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center (DICEC) at CABSAT 2013. Hoping that I’ve caught your attention earlier during CABSAT rather than later, I’d like to invite you to spend some time participating in the GVF MENASAT @ CABSAT Summit programs. The Summits, which are free to attend, take place in the Exhibition Center’s Meeting Room Hatta G & H, located above exhibition Hall 2, on March 13th & 14th.

CASBAA puts Myanmar in View

Hong Kong, March 5, 2013 – CASBAA’s first Forum of 2013 lifted the covers off the emerging market of Myanmar. Held in Singapore on February 27, 2013, the Myanmar in View forum attracted over 100 delegates and speakers eager to explore the opportunities and pitfalls of the multichannel TV industry in the country.

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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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