Broadcast Cable and Satellite Eurasia: A CeBIT Event
November 20-23, 2008
Last year’s fair hosted 511 exhibitors from 27 countries. In addition to Turkey, this year’s fair has attracted companies from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, German, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, The UK and The USA.CeBIT Eurasia Homepage
Featured Speakers at this year’s event.
Global Satellite Industry Top Executive Ferdinand Kayser to Speak at International Broadcasting Conference in Istanbul
The President and Chief Executive Officer of one of the world’s largest satellite communciations providers, Mr. Ferdinand Kayser of Luxembourg-based SES ASTRA, will be speaking at the most important two-day international conference in recent times, focused on broadcasting, cable and satellite services. The conference will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, during the dates of 20 – 21 November 2008. Broadcast, Cable & Satellite Eurasia is the only platform of its kind in the region bringing together broadcasting, cable, and satellite executives, government officals, and industry solution providers from North America, Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East, to discuss current issues that are changing the landscape of broadcasting, cable, and satellite in this region.
Ferdinand Kayser has more than 20 years experience in and around the broadcasting, cable and satellite industry, which will give him the ability to provide critical information about the new challenges that broadcasters, cablecasters and satcasters are facing, as well as growth perspectives and new business models in the age of digitalisation. His presentation is scheduled to occur in the form of a keynote interview on the morning of Day 1, with industry telecom analyst, Jimmy Schaeffler, of The Carmel Group (http://www.carmelgroup.com).
About SES ASTRA http://www.ses-astra.com
SES ASTRA is the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite system in Europe. The satellite fleet currently comprises 14 ASTRA and two SIRIUS satellites. The combined satellite system delivers services to more than 117 million DTH and cable households and transmits a total of 2,295 analogue and digital television and radio channels. SES ASTRA also provides satellite-based multimedia, internet and telecommunication services to enterprises, governments and their agencies. With 42 High Definition (HD) channels available via its satellites today, ASTRA and SIRIUS represent the most important HDTV broadcasting platform in Europe. The prime orbital positions for ASTRA and SIRIUS are 19.2° East, 28.2° East, 23.5° East, 5° East and 31.5° East.
SES ASTRA is an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG). SES owns three market-leading satellite operators, SES ASTRA in Europe, SES AMERICOM in North America, and SES NEW SKIES which provides global coverage and connectivity. The company owns 90 percent of SES SIRIUS in Europe, as well as strategic participations in Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a fleet of 38 satellites in 25 orbital positions around the globe. Additional information on SES is available at: http://www.ses.com.
U.S. National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) President David K. Rehr To Speak at International Broadcasting Conference in Istanbul
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Associaiton of Broadcasters (NAB) David K. Rehr will be speaking at the most important two-day international conference on satellite, cable and broadcasting in recent years, scheduled for Istanbul, Turkey, during the dates of 20 – 21 November 2008. Broadcast, Cable & Satellite Eurasia is the only platform of its kind in the Eurasian region bringing together broadcasting, cable, and satellite executives, government officals, and industry solution providers from North America, Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, to discuss current issues that are changing the landscape of broadcasting in the Eurasia region.
David K. Rehr, with more than 20 years of advocacy experience in Washington D.C., will share with the conference delegates his experiences and ideas on the transition between analog to digital broadcasting, while he is interviewed on the afternoon of Day 2 by industry telecom analyst, Jimmy Schaeffler, of The Carmel Group (http://www.carmelgroup.com). The NAB’s website is http://www.nab.org.
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations and also broadcast networks before U.S. Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the Courts of the United States.