(5 May 2008 8:30 pm)

MUMBAI: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) will stage the eighth Casbaa Satellite Industry Forum on 16 June in Singapore at the Four Seasons Hotel.

The one-day annual conference provides a platform for global and regional satellite operators, content providers, satellite manufacturers and government officials to exchange key information on the development of the satellite industry across the Asia Pacific. David McGlade and Dan Goldberg, the CEOs of global satellite operators Intelsat and Telesat, will deliver the keynote addresses.

Meanwhile, Satellite Industry Forum panellists will examine issues such as new satellite applications, customer demand, as well as government and military satcom applications.

Casbaa Satellite Industry Committee chairman David Ball says, “The increased demand for spectrum devoted to HDTV, interactive and broadband TV content is boosting the Asian satellite market. We also see unfulfilled demand from undeveloped video services such as mobile TV and Asian VSAT networks”.

Other featured speakers will include Star COO Laureen Ong, Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, Asiasat CEO Peter Jackson, Protostar CEO Philip Father and Asia Broadcast Satellite CEO Tom Choi.

Casbaa CEO Simon Twiston Davies says, “The satellite services industry grows ever stronger in Asia. The Casbaa Satellite Industry Forum remains a premier event for industry leaders to network and discuss the best strategies for business growth.”