November 28th & 29th, 2005
Four Season Hotel, Hong Kong

The IPTV market in the Asian region overall is predicted to grow to a value of $300 million during 2005. The number of IPTV subscribers in the Asia/Pacific region (excluding Japan) is expected to grow from nearly half a million subscribers in 2004 to over 20 million subscribers by 2009. Providers have unveiled IPTV services, or are running market trials in seven out of the thirteen Asia-Pacific economies.

Building the Business Case for IPTV in Asia

In many parts of Asia, the ability to offer video content at competitive prices is the next logical venture into truly new business opportunities, as the TV landscape in some countries has long been either too fragmented or operating under monopoly conditions.

But whatever technology and roll-out standards exist in each region, the key to success is developing a clear business case appropriate to local needs. As a part of the IPTV Asia Forum we will examine how as triple play becomes the rule rather than the exception, and the move to the provision becomes necessary as a defensive measure in reducing churn and increasing ARPU, how can telcos make their service provision a success?

Technology, Content and Regulatory Challenges

Offering the triple play for telco’s inevitably leads to the problem of the set-top box, a global issue not simply an Asian one. Control of the set-top box will be the key to control of the the home network, with IPTV provision providing only the first step for providers into this much broader market.

These issues and challenges in the rapidly growing IPTV market will all be examined during the IPTV Asia Forum. To register please Click Here

Speakers Include:
Amyn Chagan, CEO netTV, Atlas Interactive, India
Ken Lo, Vice President, Business Development, Asia, Sony Pictures Television International
Jonathan Spink, CEO, HBO Asia (Singapore)
Belinda Chan, VP Operations and Technology, NOW Broadband TV, PCCW
LI Huaiyu, GM of SMG broadband TV Co. Ltd, China
Ms Liu Junqing, General Manager, CCTV IPTV Ltd, China
Ricky Wong, Chairman and Co-founder, City Telecom
Eric Li, Regional Sales Director in Asia Pacific, Microsoft TV
Paul Berriman, Head of Strategic Market Development, PCCW, Hong Kong
Jeffrey Soong, Chief Executive Officer, Broadband Network Systems, Hong Kong
Francesca Mari, Director of Marketing and iTV services, Fastweb, Italy