Events

Robert Greenblatt

Washington, D.C., February 12, 2020–The 2020 NAB Show Executive Leadership Summit (ELS) will feature a keynote conversation with WarnerMedia Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt on Sunday, April 19 at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas. In a Q-and-A with Variety Business Editor Cynthia Littleton, Greenblatt will discuss opportunities for WarnerMedia and plans for the newly aligned sister companies HBO, TNT, TBS, truTV, Otter Media and soon-to-launch HBO Max.

​​​​​​​​​​​Geneva, Switzerland, February 11, 2020--Ten years remain to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development ​Goals (SDGs). Leaders in AI and humanitarian action will convene at the 2020 AI for Good Global Summit with strong intent to ensure that 'AI for Good' solutions achieve a scale matching that of the ambitions captured by the SDGs.

London, UK, February 4, 2020 – GVF and Century 21 Communications (C21) have announced preliminary details of the speaker line-up for the ‘Satellite & The Cloud 2020: Deployments Across the Satellite Driven Value Chain’ conference. Taking place at London’s Leonardo Royal Hotel Tower Bridge on 3rd March, the conference programme – which is supported by principal sponsor Kratos, and Corporate Sponsors Hughes and Comtech EF Data – the objective being to analyse the extent to which Satellite and the Cloud is a match made, if not quite in heaven, then in GEO, MEO and LEO orbit.

Washington, D.C., February 2, 2020 -- NAB Show is introducing The Streaming Experience, a new content showcase curated by noted streaming and online video expert Dan Rayburn that will feature more than 50 OTT platforms and streaming devices, giving NAB Show attendees a first-hand look at the latest streaming video services. Located in the Central Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center, The Streaming Experience is open to all registered attendees during exhibit hours, starting Sunday, April 19.

Dubai, UAE, February 2, 2020-- CABSAT – the leading specialist event for the broadcast, satellite, digital media and filmed entertainment industries for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) –  is entering its 26th edition with a newly evolved format that will bring the entire content, satellite, broadcast, digital media and entertainment ecosystem under one roof.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, January 3, 2020--A new addition to the GVF-C21 Partnership’s conferences and roundtables portfolio, Satellite and the Cloud, will be introduced in London on 3rd March 2020.  Whilst not “a match made in heaven” the affinity between the two is a match made in – GEO, MEO, LEO – orbit.

by Naoakira Kamiya

Tokyo, Japan, December 15, 2019--The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) held the 55th International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (InterBEE2019) for three days from November 13 to 15 at Makuhari Messe Convention Center located at Chiba City, near Tokyo. Under the slogan of “Conveying the Possibilities of New Media to the World,” a record number of 1,158 companies and organizations including 632 from 37 countries and regions overseas, exhibited at 2,125 booth spaces. JEITA proudly announced that the total visitors marked 40,375.

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 20, 2019​​​--The 38^th ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) has adopted a new innovative milestone-based regulatory approach for the deployment of non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) satellites in specific bands and services.

London, UK, November 19, 2019--The GVF-C21 Partnership has announced details of the opening keynote addresses to be given at the HTS Roundtable: GEOs, MEOs, LEOs – Enabling a Brave New World on 2nd December 2019 at ETC Venues-St Pauls, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD.

Cape Town, South Africa, November 18, 2019 – More than 15 000 visitors, over three content-packed days, attended this year’s AfricaCom, and is a record for the event that turned 22 in 2019.  AfricaCom is the world’s largest and most influential Africa-focused technology, media and telecommunications event and the presence of so many industry heavyweights, emphasised the significance of the role that technology is playing and will continue to effect, on the way the world progresses.