Events

NAB Show Brings Together Delegations and Exhibitors from Around the World

Washington, D.C., April 4, 2016--NAB Show will host 60+ international delegations this year from every continent, including first-time delegations from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe. Nearly 26 percent of the event’s more than 100,000 attendees will travel from 160+ countries to NAB Show, held April 16-21 in Las Vegas. NAB Show is the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage and distribute entertainment content across all platforms.

Renowned Futurist to Confront What it Means to be Human in a Digitally Transformed World at CommunicAsia2016 and BroadcastAsia2016

Singapore, March 17, 2016--The next 20 years are likely to bring more changes to humanity than the past 300 years – these are the words of Gerd Leonhard, Futurist and Founder and CEO of The Futures Agency – a man The Wall Street Journal has dubbed as “one of the leading Media Futurists in the world.”

 

CASBAA India Forum 2016: Focus on challenges and Opportunities; Industry and Digital India Initiative Dance in Tandem

New Delhi, India,  March 16, 2016–On March 22 CASBAA will host local and international speakers at the India Forum 2016, its annual discussion panel, who will focus on the fast-evolving Indian broadcasting industry in the advent of the Digital India initiative.

New Records, New Exhibitors, New Format, New Venue –Space Tech Expo 2016 Launches in Pasadena, May 24-26, 2016

Pasadena, Calif., March 16, 2016--As the final countdown to Space Tech Expo 2016 approaches, ‘America’s meeting place for space technology and engineering’ is garnering high expectations this year, as the show – co-located with Aerospace Electrical Systems - continues to expand in scope, as well as exhibitor and attendee numbers.

 

WTA Awards STN Independent Teleport of the Year and Skyline, Teleport Technology of the Year Awards

Washington, DC, March 8, 2016–The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the winners of the 21st annual Teleport Awards for Excellence during an exclusive luncheon at SATELLITE 2016. The awards are presented each year to organizations and individuals in the teleport industry whose achievements have been deemed exceptional by the international trade association and its awards committees, made up of industry members from across the globe.

CABSAT Opens with 950 Exhibiting Companies from 60 Countries

Dubai, UAE, March 7, 2016-- CABSAT 2016 opens at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Tuesday 8th March, with more than 950 exhibiting brands from over 60 countries due to descend on the 22nd edition of the definitive event for broadcast, satellite and entertainment content sectors across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA).

Pay-TV and OTT in Asia

Singapore, March 2, 2016–Today, at its third annual OTT Summit,  CASBAA, the Association for digital multichannel TV, content, platforms, advertising and video delivery in Asia released a groundbreaking study on Asian OTT regulation. The new publication, Same Same But Different? Video Policies for Asian Pay-TV and OTT details an “unsustainable” situation, which sees governments maintain legacy regulatory policies that disadvantage their local operators, while television supply is moving online and undergoing a “comprehensive transformation.”

Increased Satellite Capacity to Spur Video-On-Demand, HD and UHD TV and IPTV MENA market

Dubai, UAE, March 1, 2016--With the exponential growth of and consumer demand for anywhere-anytime content dominating the direction of the region’s entertainment landscape, CABSAT 2016 will see the region’s leading satellite industry players converge at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from March 8-10.

CABSAT 2016: Content Congress and Content Marketplace Attracts Leading International Content Creators/owners

Dubai, UAE, February 8, 2016--Influential decision-makers from Dreamworks, Sony Pictures, Netflix, Fox International, NBC Universal, Australia’s FremantleMedia, ITV studios, Talpa, Dailymotion, Qatar’s beIN network, the European Broadcasting Union and a host of other major Hollywood and Bollywood studios, worldwide production houses, IPTV and direct broadcast satellite providers, ad agencies, on-demand and OTT providers, and cloud-based TV network broadcasters will discuss the future of TV viewing across the MENA region at CABSAT 2016.

OTT is the New Normal

Singapore, February 4, 2016--Living in an on-demand world, a simple swipe of one’s mobile phone or a few clicks of the mouse can now bring consumers a plethora of content and applications. Direct to Home (DTH), IPTV and Over-the-Top (OTT) services are projected to grow in the next five years on the back of government support in infrastructure development including fibre roll-outs fueled by increased consumer demand across the Asia Pacific. The region is expected to become the world’s second largest for OTT SVOD services by 2018.