Events

MilSatCom Asia 2012

Singapore, April 26, 2012--The need for Military Satellite Communications is increasing in the Asia-Pacific region and GVF and its Membership are elevating the industry's profile through workshops, speaking positions and sponsorship opportuities at events such as SMi's 2nd instalment of MilSatCom Asia, to be held the 9th and 10th of May in Singapore.

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Oil & Gas Communications Brazil 2012: 21st Century Digital Oilfield & Gasfield Imperatives Onshore, Offshore, and in Deepwater

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 3, 2012--The city of Rio de Janeiro will once again be the location for the latest in the GVF-EMP Oil & Gas Communications Conference series as it launches into its 2012 global program.  Held in association with Harris CapRock, Intelsat, RigNet, Hughes, Telespazio, KVH, C-COM Satellite Systems, and with special thanks to Petrobras, ‘Oil & Gas Communications Brazil 2012: 21st Century Digital Oilfield & Gasfield Imperatives Onshore, Offshore, and in Deepwater’ will take place 25th & 26th April 2012 at the Windsor Barra Hotel.

ITU Telecom World 2012 to convene major ICT stakeholders in Dubai, UAE

Geneva, April 2, 2012--ITU’s upcoming ITU Telecom World 2012 event will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 14-18 October 2012. The event, which follows the format pioneered at World 2011, will see interactive debate, networking and knowledge-sharing placed firmly at the center of an influential discussion agenda.

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Satellite 2012 and Cabsat 2012 Highlight Continued Growth in the Global Satellite Market

by Virgil Labrador, Editor-in-Chief

Dubai, UAE and Washington, D.C., April 1, 2012--The satellite industry will continues to grow in the coming years albeit at a more modest pace.  This was the consensus  among senior satellite industry executives speaking at the Satellite 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. and Cabsat/Satellite MENA 2012 in Dubai, UAE held last month.  There are some concerns with the developing economic crisis in Europe, where three of the four major satellite operators are based, but the mood is decidedly bullish.

BroadcastAsia2012 International Conference to Discuss Key Strategies for Multi-Screen Broadcasting and Approaches in the Migration towards Digital Broadcasting

Over 80 industry speakers to deliberate on new and emerging business models and second screen strategies

Singapore, March 28, 2012--BroadcastAsia2012 International Conferencereturns with an impressive line-up of over 80 reputed industry speakers to deliberate on the most critical issues facing broadcasters today. Running from 19 to 22 June 2012 at the Suntec Convention Centre, the conference agenda foretells the ‘reinvention’ of the broadcast industry as content is re-purposed towards viewers who have become increasingly more mobile and who view content on various devices. Broadcasters are forced to reckon with this fact and gear up to cater to this growing trend.

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IP&TV World Forum Focus on Converging TV Market

London, U.K., March 26, 2012--IP&TV World Forum 2012 has been hailed a success, with more than 7,163 visitors filling the halls at London’s Olympia last week. The event, which has been rebranded to TV Connect for 2013, saw a ten per cent increase on last year’s attendee numbers and fuelled the debate on the converging TV market, further strengthening its position as the global platform for this dynamic market.

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Digitalization Proceeding on Track in India

New Delhi, India, March 23, 2012 – This week’s CASBAA India Forum mapped out the direction of the multichannel TV industry across India’s market of 120 million cable TV subscribers. Almost 200 delegates, speakers and media were on hand to discuss the most important opportunities emerging from the ongoing digital deployments.

 

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CASBAA India Forum: Digitalization and Beyond

Hong Kong, March 8, 2012--Despite a nearly US$7 billion multichannel TV market, only 60% of India’s vast population owns a television. The CASBAA India Forum 2012: Beyond Digital, staged on 20 March 2012 at the Shangri-La Hotel, New Delhi, will examine important issues affecting multichannel TV in India.

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SatComs in Oil & Gas E&P: The Broadband Connection in Emergent Exploration and Mature Production

by Martin Jarrold

London, March 5, 2012--Oil & Gas Communications Brazil 2012: ‘21st Century Digital Oilfield & Gasfield Imperatives Onshore, Offshore, and in Deepwater’ (O&GC Brazil 2012) brings the GVF & EMP Oil & Gas Communications Series to its 14th international event on 25th & 26th April in Rio de Janeiro. Just three weeks later the 15th conference in the Series, Oil & Gas Communications Europe 2012: ‘Digital Applications & Communications Dynamicsin the Mature & Emergent Northern Fields’ (O&GCE5),takes place in Aberdeen, over 16th & 17th May.

Indonesia: A Market to Watch

Hong Kong,  March 2, 2012 – Indonesia’s pay-TV market is taking off, speakers told a capacity crowd of delegates at CASBAA’s Indonesia in View: Growing Pay TV forum, held in Jakarta on February 29th. With more than 2 million paying subscribers at the beginning of 2012, a host of new distribution platforms coming online, and strong economic fundamentals, Indonesia is looking to become one of Asia’s fast-growth TV success stories.

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