Events

TV Connect Addresses the Future of Connected Entertainment

London, UK, March 28, 2013--The TV Connect conference and exhibition took the rapidly converging content and TV market into a new era, as thousands of visitors filled the Olympia in London last week. The stellar speaker line-up and calibre of exhibitors and delegates reflected the evolving nature of the industry, specifically focussing on integrating media to monetise the multiplatform environment.

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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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GVF Oil & Gas Communications Brazil Conference, to be Held in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 8, 2013– The GVF-EMP Conference Partnership have today announced further details of the GVF Oil & Gas Communications Brazil Conference, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro over 16th and 17th April 2013 at the Windsor Plaza Hotel, Copacabana.

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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.

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.

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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Opening Day of TV Connect Sets Event Agenda and Future of Connected Entertainment

London, 12 December 2012– TV Connect (formerly known as IP&TV World Forum) is to unite the world’s biggest gaming, telcos and high rising OTT players, as it addresses the rapidly converging TV market and future of connected entertainment. CXO level executives from Electronic Arts, AT&T and Spotify will kick-start the three-day event, which builds on the heritage of IP&TV and its legacy within the evolving ecosystem.

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