Hong Kong - CASBAA has welcomed four additional companies to its membership: MCOT Public Company Limited of Thailand, Times Television Network of India, Great Wall Industry Corporation of China and Dolby Laboratories of the United States. MCOT, a new Patron member of the Association, is a Bangkok-based multi-media company encompassing television stations, including Channel 9 and Modernine, and a burgeoning multi-channel television platform. Times Television Network is an English-language, … [Read more...] about New members at CASBAA
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New power in Thai pay-TV
Hong Kong - CASBAA is starting the new year with its first major event of 2011, the Thailand in View seminar in Bangkok on 20 January at the Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld. Thailand's newly thriving cable and satellite TV industry has reached more than 50 per cent penetration - with more than 10 million connections out of a total of 20 million TV households and with ad expenditure estimated at nearly two billion baht (US$60 million) in 2010. In a country with so much … [Read more...] about New power in Thai pay-TV
CASBAA rebrands for the times
CASBAA has formally announced re-branding for the Association with the roll out of a refreshed logo, a re-fashioned tagline and a new mission statement. “With our new look, supported by dynamic animation and flexible web tools, we have re-defined the Association’s identity and direction for the second decade of the 21st century,” said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA. These communications devices reflect the evolving world of content creation and delivery through a … [Read more...] about CASBAA rebrands for the times
CASBAA honours Peter Jackson
Hong Kong - CASBAA presented its Lifetime Contribution Award 2010 to Peter Jackson during the CASBAA Charity Ball on October 28. The award was in recognition of Jackson’s long-time commitment to the development of Asia’s pay-TV and communications industries. Before stepping down from the CASBAA Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting on October 28, Jackson, the Executive Chairman of AsiaSat, had served on the CASBAA Board for more than a dozen years and had been Treasurer … [Read more...] about CASBAA honours Peter Jackson
Lionsgate, Hulu, Microsoft, Google hit the CASBAA trail
Hong Kong - With a record sign up for the CASBAA Convention 2010 in Hong Kong, October 25-28, the Asia Pacific pay-TV industry coalition has announced a list of late entry thought leaders drawn from global market makers, Lionsgate, Microsoft, Hulu, Google and Adobe. On October 26 Opening Keynote speaker Michael Burns, vice chairman of US next generation film and television production studio Lions Gate Entertainment, will outline the global challenges and opportunities for the producers of hit … [Read more...] about Lionsgate, Hulu, Microsoft, Google hit the CASBAA trail
CASBAA: Pay-TV fine tuning “won’t work”
Hong Kong - In response to the latest proposals by the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore, the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) reiterated that the new regulations remain contrary to the interests of Singapore’s pay-TV subscribers and the industry at large. According to CASBAA, incentives for content innovation will be suppressed, with particular damage to the business of producing or acquiring “marquee pay-TV programming, which by its nature is … [Read more...] about CASBAA: Pay-TV fine tuning “won’t work”
