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The
eighth Asian International Broadcast and Multimedia Technology
Exhibition and Conference, BroadcastAsia2002 that took place
in Singapore from 18 to 21 June saw only a marginal increase
in the number of visitors this year. The reason - World
Cup soccer, of course.
An official release says that of the 10,951 attendees this
year, there was a significant increase in the number that
came in from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, Japan and
China. Group delegations for the event rose from five in
2001 to a record 16 this year, says the release.
Broadcast
Asia Statistics
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Change
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2001
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2002
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%
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Local
Visitors
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6,460
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6,037
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-6
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Overseas
Visitors
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3,736
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4,914
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+31
|
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Total
Visitors
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10,196
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10,951
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+7
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Exhibiting
Companies
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705 (85% overseas)
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649(86%
overseas)
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-7
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The
event played host to a world-class conference, a conference
networking session, a CEO roundtable, facility tours and even
a computer animation and digital art contest. Held in conjunction
with CommuncAsia2002, the two events raked in nearly 50,000
trade visitors. The BroadcastAsia2002 International Conference
that kicked off a day earlier, on 17 June, had a new focus
that appealed not only to engineers but also to those involved
in the strategic and policy aspects of media business, says
the release.
Themed Worldcasting, the BroadcastAsia International
Conference cast a wide net indeed in presenting 13 various
sessions over five days - ranging from traditional engineering
topics to new technologies and strategic business issues.
Held alongside were two ComGraphics and Animation workshops
and an audio technology seminar.
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