Satnews Daily
December 29th, 2013

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) + JD Events—Acquiring Minds Wish To Know, SATCON and CCW Purchased (Business)


[SatNews] The National Association of Broadcasters announced it has purchased the assets of the Satellite Communications Conference and Expo (SATCON) as well as Content and Communications World (CCW) from JD Events, a leading trade show organizer.

SATCON and CCW, held annually in November, are co-located at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The two events will complement NAB's existing trade shows and events, including NAB Show, held in Las Vegas annually in April.

SATCON offers education and exhibits serving companies in the satellite-enabled communications and content delivery industry. CCW is a leading media, entertainment and communications technology event held in New York, with a focus on content creation, management and delivery technologies. The 2013 CCW (which included SATCON) broke all previously held event attendance records with 6,898 attendees, a 22% increase from 2012.

"We have made these additions to the NAB event family with the goal of growing both the attendee and exhibitor base of what has emerged as an important East Coast venue for the content community," said Executive Vice President of NAB Conventions and Business Operations, Chris Brown. "We look forward to developing this event and serving the unique needs of this very important media market."

Joel Davis, founder and CEO of JD Events, said, "The JDE team has worked extremely hard to build these two shows to where they are today. Along the way we have had the pleasure to work with hundreds of wonderful exhibiting companies and thousands of passionate industry professionals. We believe the shows have now grown to the point where they require a larger more experienced owner, with much deeper industry reach and relationships, to take them to the next level. We are excited to place the future of CCW and SATCON into the very capable hands of the NAB."

JD Events was represented by The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., a New York City-based investment bank that specializes in the media, information, marketing services and related technology industries.

NAB information is available at their infosite: http://www.nab.org/