| MUMBAI:
The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has announced
that Zee Entertainment Enterprises chairman and founder Subhash Chandra will be
a keynote participant in the Casbaa Convention 2009 in Hong Kong on 4 November.
Chandra,
a change-making pioneer for India's booming pay-TV market, will feature in an
In Conversation segment of the Convention 2009 programme with Turner International
Asia Pacific president Steve Marcopoto.. According
to Casbaa, Zee helped to spearhead the Indian television miracle which now has
more than 500 million viewers worldwide. Analysts have long described Chandra
as 'Starting to think where others stop'. With
28 pay-TV channels in India and network distribution in more than 167 countries
plus investments in DTH, cable operators, newspapers, theme parks and movie theatres,
Chandra will provide unique insights into the development of the Indian media
and telecom market.
Chandra will top a bill that already includes UTV Software Communications CEO
and founder Ronnie Screwvala and IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi. . Capped
by a Bollywood themed Casbaa Charity Ball, the Convention 2009 will also feature
an in-depth plenary session examining the Indian TV market of today and tomorrow
for subscription and advertising supported services. Bag Network chairperson Anurradha
Prasad, Digicable Network MD and CEO Jagjit Singh Kohli, Discovery India senior
VP, GM Rahul Johri, and Ortel Communications MD Jagi Mangat Panda will be among
the panelists. The
Casbaa Convention 2009 is supported by more than 100 sponsors and partners including
the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) of the HKSAR Government; AGB
Nielsen Media Research; Al Jazeera; Arianespace; AsiaSat; Bloomberg Television;
Celestial Movies; CNBC Asia; Comcast Int’l Media Group; Discovery Networks
AP; Disney-ABC Int’l TV; Eurosport; GlobeCast; Harmonic; HBO Asia; Playboy
TV Int’l; PricewaterhouseCoopers; SES World Skies; Sony Pictures Television;
Synovate; Tiger Gate Entertainment; Travel Channel and Turner International. | 
