Events

Dubai, UAE, Jan. 23, 2011--With the Middle East television audience set to rise by almost 20% over the next three years*, 19 new satellites due for launch by 2013 and 90% satellite TV penetration**, there has never been a more important time to be aware of the latest broadcast technology and business practices. To address those trends and assist in realising the potential in the Middle East, CABSAT MENA, running from 8 – 10 February 2011 at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, has transformed its conference for 2011, making it more detailed and more international in its scope. The two-day programme will feature industry leaders from some of the most experienced markets in the world, including Europe and the USA, plus the most recent papers from the International Broadcasting Convention.

Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 21, 2011--CASBAA’s Thailand in View forum, organised in association with the Satellite Television Association of Thailand, concluded on January 20, 2011 with an endorsement of the power of pay-TV by H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand. The Prime Minister opened the conference examining the opportunities and challenges affecting the broadcasting sector by championing regulatory change to support the growth of the cable and satellite broadcast industry as a constructive and ethical medium in Thailand.

Satellite and the Middle East/North Africa Horizontal and South East Asia Vertical Markets

by Martin Jarrold

London,UK, January 17, 2011-- Readers of this column who will be attending the CABSAT MENA & Satellite MENA 2011 exhibition at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center (DICEC) over 8^th to 10^th February will be interested to know that the Editor-in-Chief of this very publication will feature in a prominent role during one of the conferences embedded within the event.

by Virgil Labrador, Editor-in-Chief 

Las Vegas, Nev., January 10,2011-- The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 6-9 was a dazzling, one can say  “over the top” way to start the new year (more on that later) for the broadcasting industry. The world’s largest consumer technology trade show, the CES was attended by over 140,000 industry professionals from over 80 countries.  No other industry show demonstrates the pulse of consumer demand for information and entertainment devices than the CES show. 

by Martin Jarrold

London, UK, December 20, 2010-As noted in my column last month, the program for the recent GVF Oil & Gas Communications conference in Kuala Lumpur included a session entitled Cloud Computing and Future Oil & Gas Industry Networking.  This was the first time the topic of the Cloud had been introduced to any of the GVF-EMP vertical market-focused series of conferences, though not the first time that a Cloud-related topic had been included in one of the GVF’s horizontal-market events – specifically the MENASAT Summit held at the time of the Satellite MENA exhibition during the first quarter of 2010, where satellite Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization was investigated from the point of view of improving bandwidth-usage efficiencies.

Miami,Fla., December 11, 2010--IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 recently held its most successful meeting in the conference’s 53-year history with more than 2,500 scientists, researchers and academia attending nearly 2,000 presentations dedicated to the advancement of global communications designed to increase the quality of life worldwide. Held from 6 – 10 December 2010 in Miami, Florida, this annual flagship event of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) committed its entire agenda to “The Age of Mobile Interactivity” and the newest methods for lowering network costs, reducing carbon footprints, increasing efficiencies, expanding services and producing anytime/anywhere usage for users everywhere.

Johannesburg, South Africa, December 1, 2010--The opportunities  for satellite communications in Africa has never been greater.  We saw a glimpse of this in June this year during the World Cup finals held in South Africa. The successful holding of the World Cup in South Africa demonstrated to the world that Africa is coming of age in the world’s stage. 

by Virgil Labrador and Elisabeth Tweedie

New York, NY, October 15, 2010--  The SATCON Conference and Expo,  one of several exhibitions and conferences held concurrently under the umbrella Content and Communications World (CCW) event focused on business solutions for content creation, production and post production, media management, distribution and delivery, infrastructure management, and a wide range of communications solutions including satellite, fiber, hybrid networks, IPTV and other delivery formats. 

by Elisabeth Tweedie

London, October 1, 2010--There were three recurring themes running through the Comsys VSAT Conference in London: helping close the digital divide, Mobility – Maritime in particular and integrated service provision.