Events

Dubai, UAE, April 21, 2021--The organizers of CABSAT 2021 announced ahat after consultation with their key stakeholders, that a special edition of CABSAT – the region's leading media, entertainment and satellite event, shall take place on 26 - 28 October 2021 at Dubai World Trade Centre EXPO 2020.

London, UK,  April 21,  2021 – IBC today set out more details around its plans to bring the content and technology industry together again to discover the future of media and do business face to face. The world’s most inspiring content and technology event is set to lead the way in a new era of inclusive hybrid events, enabling the industry to engage and discover together, whether physically onsite in Amsterdam or online at home. IBC continues to focus on the return of a live event at The RAI in Amsterdam this year (10^th – 13^th September 2021) but also has a fall-back option of December 3^rd – 6^th  2021.

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Washington, D.C., April 9, 2021 -- Leading television and radio broadcast executives Emily Barr of Graham Media, Dave Santrella of Salem Media and Hearst Television’s Jordan Wertlieb will speak during the opening session of NAB Show Premiere on April 12 at 12:30 p.m. ET. The panel, moderated by National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Chief Operating Officer Curtis LeGeyt, will focus on the how the industry was impacted by the pandemic and other major events of the past year. NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith will deliver opening remarks for NAB Show Premiere, which is available exclusively on NAB Amplify.

Singapore, April 5, 2021--BroadcastAsia 2021 goes Hybrid this year, taking place 14-16 July at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.  An anchor event of Asia Tech x Singapore, it brings together governments, global tech leaders and communities on both physical and virtual format.  It is scheduled to be the largest Hybrid business event open to international attendees and adhere to the highest health and safety protocol.

Washington, D.C., April 1, 2021--NAB Show Premiere, a special online event, will convene top brands in media and entertainment and offer exclusive educational content on NAB Amplify, April 12—23. Program highlights include new product launches, award presentations and networking opportunities.

Singapore, March 25, 2021–The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) will be kicking off its conference calendar for the year with the OTT  Summit – The Future of Video Streaming. Alongside the OTT Summit, AVIA will also be hosting Piracy Over the Top, the companion event focused on streaming pirated services, as streaming piracy becomes the biggest competitive threat to the video industry.

Rockville, MD, March 10, 2021--The SATELLITE Conference announces the two keynote speakers, Neil Masterson, CEO, OneWeb, and Dan Goldberg, CEO, Telesat, to speak at its upcoming LEO Digital Forum, the first major satellite event of the year taking place April 6-8 on a digital event platform.

New York City, NY, March 10, 2021- Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced that it will present the first ever Inspire Award to famed science fiction author Larry Niven at the 2021 Space & Satellite Hall of Fame Celebration on March 23. The Inspire Awards honor artists in visual, literary, and performing arts whose work has inspired the people of the space and satellite industry to create the innovations, raise the funds, and overcome the enormous obstacles to lay the foundations for the space economy of the future.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, March 3, 2021--In considering the theme for this month’s column my prompt came from threads of discussion featuring in GVF’s continuing online events program (https://gvf.org/webinars/) which resumed in January, following our successful 2020 online content response to the limiting circumstances of a pandemic world.  Mid-February’s Zoom into the subject of ground segment attracted 400 registrations, 300 actual attendances from 60 countries, and over 30 live questions, in addition to the moderator-led Roundtable dialogue.