Location: Suntec, Singapore
Contact:   Ingrid Anusic
                  Tel: + 44 (0) 117 3116 224
                  Fax: +44 (0)117 3116 221
                  Email: ingrida@junction-group.com
                  Web: http://www.iptv-asia.net/


Across Asia, telecoms network operators are evolving into service providers, and service providers into television companies, and some IP television companies into media giants. Day One of the conference looks at the market prospects for IP-based television in the region and investigates the impact video is having on the companies delivering it, and the local markets they serve.

Up until now, IPTV operators have been playing catch-up, trying to force their way into the television business by offering the same thing, only better. But media/communications trends are moving in their favor, introducing content mobility and exploiting IP and IMS to enable integrated cross-platform services. Increasingly, it could be the telcos who are setting the agenda
IPTV is many things to many people. Urban centers and rural villages have very different networks but both can be targeted as markets for digital interactive TV, with services optimized for each. Some telcos are buying into cable and companies who built their media businesses on cable have turned their attention to IPTV. Eventually cable operators will turn to IP switching, and maybe even DSL or wireless to expand their footprint.

Day three of the conference highlights the value of pragmatism.
Internet video has been making steady progress for several years, thanks to increased broadband speeds, maturing DRM solutions and the advent of portable video players that rely on internet-originated content delivered via the PC. Major content owners are now taking this distribution 'platform' seriously, while established Pay TV platforms have started to exploit the internet for video. The internet has the potential to seriously disrupt the media marketplace and this one day conference will
explore some of the challenges and opportunities being presented to content owners and platform operators from both the traditional and new TV markets.

To view the conference program click here: http://www.iptv-asia.net/images/stories/iptvwfasia_8pp_161107.pdf