Jakarta, Indonesia, February 14, 2012--CASBAA’s first forum of the year, Indonesia in View: Growing Pay TV will be held on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 in Jakarta at the Hotel Mulia Senayan. The Indonesian economy grew by 6.5 percent in Q4 2011, "a level not seen since before the 1990s Asian crisis" – and the media economy is growing even faster with the country's pay-TV industry recently passing the 2-million subscriber mark. With growth spurred by innovative pricing strategies, higher quality content and new advertising strategies, there is plenty of room to expand as new players enter the landscape…but competition could be tough.
Singapore, February 3, 2012--CommunicAsia2012 and BroadcastAsia2012 will highlight pertinent industry developments and address emerging trends as well as provide enhanced networking opportunities for industry professionals from around the world. EnterpriseIT, held in conjunction with CommunicAsia, will showcase innovative applications and end-to-end solutions across the entire value chain and transform the way companies operate and communicate internally and beyond. And once again, the event will present Asia’s largest contingent of satellite companies witnessed at any single event.
London, February 1, 2012--Taking place on the second (29thFebruary) and third (1stMarch) days of CABSAT 2012, at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center (DICEC), is GVF MENASAT @ CABSAT, which this year will comprise the Satellite Interference Mitigation Forum, and the Satellite Markets & Services Summit.
San Diego, California, January 31, 2012-- In contrast to recent military shows like MILCOM in Baltimore last November and last year’s WEST show, there is more of a cautious optimism over the impending defense budget cuts now that it’s inevitability has more or less sunked in.
Geneva, Switzerland, January 23, 2012--The World Radiocommunication Conference opened in Geneva today to review and revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. The work of this international treaty-making Conference will be conducted over four weeks until 17 February to address the changes required to the regulation of orbit/spectrum resources in the interest of the users of these scarce resources, with global implications for policy-makers, regulators, the industry as well as end-users.
Jakarta, Indonesia, January 20, 2012-Indonesia's pay-TV market has crossed the 2 million subscription mark, and growth is accelerating. Innovative pricing strategies, higher quality content and new advertising opportunities are driving this expansion. It's a market with plenty of room to grow with new players entering, but competition could be tough. This will be the focus of a forthcoming one-day seminar organized by CASBAA at the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Jakarta on February 29, 2012.
Washington, D.C., January 12, 2012--High-quality marine VSAT terminal deployments are being facilitated through the collaboration of three leading industry organizations on a global online training program. The Global VSAT Forum (GVF), Sea Tel, and SatProf have announced that they will jointly launch a web-based training platform at www.gvf.org/trainingthat enables faster, more cost-effective delivery of operation and installation training for personnel who either utilize or deploy Sea Tel marine VSAT terminals.
Dubai, UAE, December 20, 2011--The CABSAT 2012 exhibition, 28th February to 1st March next year, will feature a stronger than ever GVF presence, as the global association representing some 230+ member organizations from the satellite industry sector provides the satellite communications stream of the event’s conference element. Held at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center (DICEC), the GVF Interference Mitigation Forum, and the GVF Markets & Services Summit, will take place on the second and third days of CABSAT, a key feature of the international satellite communications events calendar.
Singapore, December 15, 2011--Through an initiative designed to optimse the use of broadband solutions for seafarers, the GVF Maritime Satcom Forum is collaborating with Intermanager, the international ship-management association, to stage a joint conference programme involving leading representatives of the two sectors.
Dubai, UAE, December 8, 2011--CABSAT 2012, is bringing together the most dynamic – and lucrative – broadcast markets in the world. According to the latest research by Informa Telecoms and Media, there are 80 million television households in the Middle East and North Africa market. Today satellite television reaches 65% of them, but by 2016 that proportion will rocket to 80%.