Hong Kong - CASBAA will stage the 15th CASBAA Convention in Hong Kong from October 28 - 30 2008. Themed “Subscribe to the Future - All Eyes are on Asia”, the three-day event will highlight the “dynamism of digital cable, high-speed broadband and mobile TV services with the realities of the DTH, linear TV and web TV businesses”.
The convention will focus on markets including Japan, Korea, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Discussions will also centre on China’s pay-TV market following the Beijing Olympics and new developments in the India market. CASBAA Convention 2008 will also emphasize pay-TV’s competitiveness over terrestrial TV and print advertising with interactive workshops on pay-TV advertising and mobile TV.
Marcel Fenez, chairman of CASBAA said, “The CASBAA Convention 2008 will create unprecedented opportunity for sponsors and delegates to experience the first-handed excitement of the latest technologies. It provides a unique bond between Asia Pacific industry leaders of the pay-TV and related communications sectors.”
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