Fab Reviews of CASBAA Convention 2008

Favorable reports are in regarding the CASBAA Convention 2008 which attracted more than 1,700 delegates, speakers and sponsors from around the world, looking to the future of Asia’s consistently growing pay-TV market, even as some negative aspects affected other global media trends. This is the annual industry meeting organized by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) in Hong Kong that took place on October 28th – 31st.

The show was strongly supported by major players such as: Darren Childs, MD, BBC Worldwide Channels; Ben Pyne, President Global Distribution, Disney Media Networks; Dr. Abe Peled, Chairman & CEO, NDS; Barry Diller, Chairman & CEO, InterActiveCorp; Bill Roedy, Chairman & CEO, MTV Networks International; Phil Lines, Director, Media Operations and International Broadcasting, English Premier League; John Tsang, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR and Nripendra Misra, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

  A consistent message of the convention was affirmation of the strong consumer base that the Asian industry is addressing in late 2008. “We now have a customer-base of 300 million pay-TV connections across Asia Pacific creating a minimum annual turnover of more than US$20 billion year,” said Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA. “While the Asian TV ad spend may stumble in the coming months, we see few signs of a slow down in subscription revenues.” You can learn more and see videos of the sessions at this site.