Tom Keaveny, President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, has been honoured at the recently concluded CASBAA convention in Hong Kong. The region’s PayTV association bestowed Keaveny with the Chairman’s Award for his contribution to the industry. CASBAA Chairman, Marcel Fenez, who presented the award, thanked Keaveny, “For his contributions to the development of PayTV in the region and his tireless work explaining the value of PayTV to advertisers as Chairman of the CASBAA Advertising Committee (ATAC).” The Chairman’s Award is given out annually to individuals or organizations for their outstanding work in the Asia-Pacific multi-channel cable, satellite and broadband TV industries. Other nominees this year included, William Pfeiffer, CEO of Tiger Gate Entertainment, HBO Asia and SkyCable in the Philippines. Along with his work with CASBAA, Keaveny – based in Singapore – is also an advisory board member of the Asian Television Awards. Before joining Discovery he worked for Channel 4 and Eurosport in the UK.