Events

Washington, D.C. January 15, 2025 - Registration is open for the 2025 NAB Show set to bring the global media and entertainment industry together April 5-9, 2025 (Exhibits April 6-9) at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  The highly anticipated event will feature key industry trends including sports, artificial intelligence (AI), the creator economy, streaming and cloud virtualization. New this year, the Sports Summit: The Future of Sports Rights and Fan Experience is a three-day program exploring the tech and trends transforming the fan experience and driving new revenue streams.

Singapore, December 13, 2024 – From December 4-6, the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) closed off 2024 with three days of high-level meetings and conferences, covering Piracy, Policy, the annual OTT Summit alongside the advertising Upfront Showcases from leading streamers and publishers and the Annual General Meeting. The conferences brought together over 300 international and regional industry executives.

Tokyo, Japan, November 7, 2024 – The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its very first Japan focused industry event, Japan in View, on 29^th October at the Andaz Tokyo, bringing together over 130 international and regional players from across the video and streaming industry.

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Silicon Valley, Caliif., November 3, 2024--Silicon Valley Space Week organized by Satnews Events and held in Silicon Valley, California  at the end of October, covered a variety of topics, as would be expected, but for me the discussions around Direct-to-Device (D2D) were the ones that stood out the most.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, October 16, 2024 -Over 100 industry delegates from across Asia gathered at the Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) Vietnam in View conference, opened by the Deputy Director General of the Authority for Broadcast and Electronic Information (ABEI), Nguyen Ha Yen, on 9 October in Ho Chi Minh City.

Rockville, MD – October 11, 2024 – The SATELLITE 2025 Conference and Exhibition has announced its conference program, showcasing innovative insights, inspiring speakers, and a variety of sessions that tackle the current and future climate of the satellite industry. The four-day conference program will take place Monday, March 10 through Thursday, March 13, featuring general sessions, keynotes, show floor events, and discussions surrounding business and investment, connectivity, cyber and space security, launch services, engineering, military and defense, ground systems and much more.

Ho Chi Minh City, October 3, 202 –The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is proud to announce the highly anticipated Vietnam in View conference, set to take place on 9 October in Ho Chi Minh City. This event will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and key stakeholders from Vietnam’s burgeoning media and entertainment landscape to explore the dynamic developments shaping the future of the market.

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Paris, France, September 30, 2024--Nathan de Ruiter, Partner and Managing Director Novaspace, opened this year’s World Space Business Week (WSBW), held as usual in Paris, with an interesting analogy.  He compared Starlink to Apple, and the rest of the industry to Android.  Not only is it an interesting analogy, it is one that cropped up many times, during WSBW and also during Strategies in Satellite Ground Systems (SSGS), sometimes explicitly and other times indirectly.

Paris, France, September 18, 2024 – Novaspace, a merger between Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners, recognized top technical and business innovations in satellite Communications during the Excellence in Satellite Communications Awards at World Space Business Week.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 17, 2024 – IBC2024 announces that 45,085 visitors from 170 countries converged on the RAI Amsterdam on 13-16 September, bringing together the global media, entertainment and technology community to connect, showcase and discover innovations, tackle pressing industry challenges, and explore new opportunities. In addition to drawing 2,000+ more visitors than last year, the show attracted over 1,350 exhibitors – up 100 from 2023 – while the amount of exhibition space reached 46,000 square meters, exceeding the previous year’s total of 44,500 square meters. Across a bustling show floor and packed theatres, IBC2024 addressed critical trends and issues driving change across the media landscape, such as combatting false information and fake news, while offering new show features, such as the AI Tech Zone, and IBC Talent Programme.