The roll-call for the CASBAA Convention 2008 in Hong Kong from October 28th-30th has received a major boost to global headliners Barry Diller (IAC), Bill Roedy (MTVNI), Roma Khanna (NBCU) and Darren Childs (BBC Worldwide Channels) — they will now be joined by the Asia Pacific pay-TV's top leadership of Converged Carriers and Content including:

• Alexander Arena, Group MD, NOW
• Steve Marcopoto, President & MD, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific
• Terry Clontz, CEO, StarHub, Singapore
• Shyue-Ching Lu, Chairman, Chunghwa, Taiwan
• Todd Miller, EVP & MD, Asia, Sony Pictures Television International
• Rahadi Arsyad, President Director, CEO, Telkomvision
• Jonathan Spink, CEO, HBO Asia
• Abe Peled, Chairman, NDS
• Mushtaq Malik, Chairman, PEMRA
• Tom Keaveny, EVP & MD, Discovery Asia Pacific
• Rudy Tanoesoedibjo, CEO, Indovision
• Rob Gilby, SVP & MD, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific)

Asia’s 280 million subscription television subscribers are served by more than 500 pay-TV networks scrambling to serve almost 100 pay-TV platforms and 3 billion consumers. During the Convention, there is a “must attend” back-to-basics debate for Asia Pacific regional industry leaders to deconstruct the building blocks for revenue generating linear pay-TV services, including subscription and advertising. The Convention panelists will also examine the new generation of Asian pay-TV platforms such as IPTV in terms of costing, pricing models and government regulation.

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