Events

Hong Kong, July 10, 2012--CASBAA’s annual flagship event will take place from October 29 to November 1, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.  This year’s theme, “18 Reasons Why,”illustrates how the CASBAA Convention is consistently the industry’s must attend event in the region.With 18 markets, 18 conference sessions, 18 data snapshots and 18 holes of golf, the CASBAA Convention 2012 will feature a powerful line-up including Opening Keynote Ben Silverman (Electus), among others.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, July 9, 2012--In my contribution to the previous edition of Satellite Executive Briefing I wrote of the maritime communications environment being fairly characterized as “highly dynamic”.  Indeed, this very dynamism was well demonstrated at the “Maritime Insights Europe 2012: Expanding Communications with Fixed & MobileNetworking Solutions to Further Horizons” conference, which took place in London on 27^th and 28^th June, and about which I also wrote in that earlier column.

Singapore, June 22, 2012--CommunicAsia2012, EnterpriseIT2012 and BroadcastAsia2012, Asia’s focal industry venue for ICT, digital broadcasting and entertainment technology industry professionals concluded today, with more than 56 countries and regions in attendance over the last four days. Close to 2,000 exhibitors presented the latest technologies in next generation fiber broadband, M2M technology, cloud security, DVB-T2, Over-the-Top Technology (OTT) and more.

Singapore, June 7, 2012--This month will see more than 100 satellite-based communications companies – an increase of seven per cent compared to 2011 – assemble at CommunicAsia2012and BroadcastAsia2012, Asia’s largest global ICT, Digital Multimedia and Entertainment event.

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, June 4, 2012--Seventy per cent of Earth is covered by the oceans, but, although only very few of us occupy this part of Earth’s surface except on a temporary basis, we increasingly look to the seas as a resource for industry, commerce and leisure. Thus, the comparative hostility of the seas, in contrast to our populated land masses, does not diminish their vital, and increasing, importance as a means of transport for our globalised trade goods, as an important source of food supplies and of vital energy resources, as well as an environment for our entertainment pursuits. Indeed, it is a combination of its hostility and the increasing importance of the sea which now renders our ability to communicate effectively whilst on its surface of paramount importance.

“Sorry We have No Crystal Ball…”

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Geneva, Switzerland, June 1, 2012-That quote from Peter Ludé, Senior VP at Sony Electronics, Inc. very neatly summed up the SMPTE Forum on Emerging Technologies held in Geneva in May.  However at the end of day one a show hands indicated that by an overwhelming majority even if they didn’t know what it was going to look like, the 130 delegates from 23 countries felt that the future was bright!

Singapore, May 30, 2012--CASBAA has announced an outstanding program of speakers and sponsors for its 12^th annual Satellite Industry Forum on Monday, 18 June at the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore reflecting the Asia Pacific’s key position “at the heart of global growth” for the industry.“ As the representative Association for multichannel TV and the communications sector in the Asia Pacific, it is vital that we hear from all aspects of the industry including the satellite services sector which continues to play such a huge role in the growth and development of the market,” said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO, CASBAA.