Lineup Revealed for Asia-Pac Pay-TV Summit

HONG KONG: FOXTEL’s Kim Williams, Astro’s Rohana Rozhan, MNC Group’s Hary Tanoesoedibjo and Tata Sky’s Harit Nagpal are among the executives slated to speak at Media Partners Asia’s second-annual Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit, set to be held in May in Bali.

Taking place May 11 to 13 at Bali’s Ayana Resort, the Summit’s confirmed speaker lineup also includes Fox International Channels’ Hernan Lopez, Disney’s Ben Pyne, DirecTV Latin America’s Bruce Churchill, Discovery Networks International’s Mark Hollinger, Dish TV India’s Jawahar Goel, StarHub’s Neil Montefiore, China Cable Network’s Jiang Qinghan, Universal Networks’ Roma Khanna; and MNC Sky Vision’s Rudy Tanoesoedibjo, among others.

“These are critical times,” said Vivek Couto, executive director of the MPA. “Media and telecom distribution platforms are re-tooling product to meet shifting consumer demand as well as the challenge that comes with broadband technology, new policies, piracy, and fragmentation. APOS 2011 brings together leaders from a wide range of geographies to gauge how platforms can conquer the consumer by building stronger partnerships with channel brands, content originators, investment groups and technology enablers.”