More CASBAA Details Unveiled

HONG KONG: This year’s CASBAA Convention, which features the theme 18 Reasons Why, has lined up speakers such as Electus’s Ben Silverman, Discovery’s David Zaslav and Turner Broadcasting System International’s Gerhard Zeiler.

Silverman, the founder of Electus, will deliver the keynote at CASBAA, which is taking place October 29 to November 1. Zaslav, the CEO of Discovery Communications, is also on the speaker roster, sharing his thoughts on the transformation of his networks with Bernie Lo from CNBC.

Zeiler, the president of Turner Broadcasting System International, is leading a lineup for Talking TV, plus a special In Conversation session with Saul Berman, the partner and VP and global strategy consulting leader at IBM Global Business Services.

“We have a truly compelling program for this year’s CASBAA Convention, with an innovative variety of formats and touching on all aspects of multichannel TV in Asia Pacific,” said Simon Twiston Davies, the CEO of CASBAA.