November 2015

CASBAA Convention 2015 – Making Waves

Taking place from October 26-28, the CASBAA Convention 2015 was a tremendous success attracting delegates and speakers from across the region and the world to look into the hottest topics in the broadcasting industry today. Relive the conference through pictures here.

CASBAA Mobile App

The brand new CASBAA App is coming to your screen now.  The CASBAA app is the place to connect with your industry peers. Reach out and build those relationships with a profile page, news sharing wall and in-app mailing. Stay on the pulse by getting all the latest industry news straight to your device, including video updates from the all-knowing CASBAA team.  CASBAA has the industry community all wrapped up in a neat, instantly downloadable package.  Download it from app store or google play.

Policy Roundtable

CASBAA’s Policy Roundtable Executive Session takes place every year at the time of the CASBAA Convention. This year, regulators from 10 Asian countries and regions met with industry policy leaders for a discussion of the challenges of regulating and growing an industry that is in full technological and commercial transformation. Korea’s KCC Chairman Choi Sung-Joon, US FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and India’s TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma exchanged views on how OTT regulation and net neutrality issues are being handled in their various countries. CASBAA presented its latest survey of pay-TV and OTT rules in Asia, which pointed out that some countries are vastly overregulating pay-TV, compared to the very light touch on OTT. CASBAA members can view the presentations and prepared texts here. (Member login required.)

Asia Pacific Multichannel TV Advertising 2016
Updated for 2016, CASBAA’s yearly compendium of multichannel data provides essential statistics on homes subscribing, advertising revenue, viewing data, OTT data and an overview of TV viewing measurement services. Download your copy here.

Pay-TV and OTT Policies in Asia

Updated for 2015, CASBAA’s latest "Pay-TV Policies in Asia" website will provide you clear summaries of the Pay-TV and OTT regulatory environments in 17 Asian countries, together with the US and UK. Click here to find out more on the policy changes through September 2015. We’ve also produced a large-format printed wallchart showing summaries of Asian pay-TV policies; this is being distributed at CASBAA meetings for the rest of this year. If you’re not going to any meetings and want a copy of your own, please email Bonnie Kwan (bonnie@casbaa.com).

Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for Television
‘BAMBOO’, a documentary produced and broadcast by GMA Network, has won the 2015 Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for Television, established by CASBAA, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and UNICEF in 2001.
The award was presented to the producers onstage at the CASBAA Convention 2015 by none other than actor/director/producer Daniel Wu.

New Member – CMMB Vision

Please welcome new Member, CMMB Vision, to the CASBAA family. CMMB Vision is a satellite-to-mobile Internet multimedia service provider. It employs L-band geo-satellite with cutting-edge converged mobile broadcasting technology to deliver IP-based video, audio, and data contents directly to billions of mobile users across regions and continents with unprecedented economies of scale and universal connectivity. For more information about them, click here.

New Member – 21st Century Fox

Please welcome our next new Member, 21st Century Fox, to the CASBAA family. 21st Century Fox is the world’s premier portfolio of cable, broadcast, film, pay TV and satellite assets spanning six continents across the globe. Reaching more than 1.8 billion subscribers in approximately 50 local languages every day, 21st Century Fox is home to a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting networks and properties. For more information about them, click here.

Digital Matters 2015 – Special Discount for CASBAA Members

Digital Matters is the pioneering B2B2Fan event in Asia that demystifies the digerati and focuses on new frontiers of digital creativity, social distribution and competition. Early bird rate of USD 349 is available for CASBAA members on All-access VIP Passes. Register here using the discount code CBAASM15