Asia Pacific Pay-TV Leaders Join CASBAA Lineup

HONG KONG, September 9:
The regional heads of leading pay-TV channel brands across Asia Pacific,
including Discovery, HBO and Turner Broadcasting, have signed on for this
year’s Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association
of Asia (CASBAA) conference.

During the
convention, which runs from October 28 to 30, there is a back-to-back debate
for the Asia Pacific regional industry leaders to deconstruct the building
blocks for revenue-generating linear pay-TV services, including subscription
and advertising. The convention panelists will also examine the new generation
of Asian pay-TV platforms in terms of costing, pricing models and government
regulation.

Those set to
participate include Steve Marcopoto, the president and managing director of Turner
Broadcasting System Asia Pacific; Todd Miller, the executive VP and managing director for Asia
at Sony Pictures Television International; Tom Keaveny, the executive VP and managing director of
Discovery Asia Pacific; and Rob Gilby, the senior VP and managing director of Disney-ABC International
Television (Asia Pacific).

For the platforms’
perspective, Terry Clontz, the CEO of StarHub in Singapore will be on hand, as
well as Shyue-Ching Lu, the chairman of Chunghwa in Taiwan, and Rudy
Tanoesoedibjo, the CEO of Indovision in Indonesia, among others.

These executives join the
previously announced headliner lineup with IAC’s Barry Diller, MTVNI’s Bill
Roedy, NBC Universal International’s Roma Khanna and BBC Worldwide Channels’
Darren Childs.

"The CASBAA
Convention 2008 program couldn't be stronger," said Marcel Fenez, the
chairman of CASBAA. "Our industry's annual meeting is leveraging Asia's
central role as the global growth powerhouse for the worldwide media and
telecoms industry. CASBAA 2008 has already broken all its previous records for speakers,
sponsors and delegate registration set over a 15-year period. This year's show
will blow you away."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski