More than 18,000 broadcast and production professionals are expected to descend on Singapore for this year’s edition of Broadcast Asia, which takes place from June 2-5 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
The event is expected to attract more than 650 international exhibitors including ARRIS, Axon Digital Design, Clear-Com, Ericsson, Evertz Microsystems, EVS Broadcast Equipment, GoPro, Harmonic, LiveU, PCCW Global, Ross Video and Sony, to name a few.
The exhibition will be complemented by conference sessions with keynote speeches and panel discussions focusing on topics such as:nextgeneration broadcasting, including IP, OTT, hybrid and cloud; 4K / UHD; sportscasting; multi-platform streaming; satellite, terrestrial and cable broadcasting; video content delivery networks and more.
On the first day of the show, delegates including Ramki Sankaranarayanan, CEO of Prime Focus Technologies; Narinder Chhibber, president, Telescan Global Connect; Jeremy Kung, executive vice president, New Media, and CEO, Telekom Malaysia will discuss the convergence of the broadcast and telecommunications ecosystem.
The overall event will also have a heavy focus on global mobile connectivity and multiscreen viewing, and how these trends are affecting broadcast. Indeed, global mobile connections have passed the seven billion mark – a figure akin to the global population. Multi-screen consumption of content has thrown control to the hands of the consumer like never before.
Enterprise mobility has become ingrained in consumers’ lives and transformed the workplace where employees not only have choice in devices, but applications too. Once thought to be a thing of the future, driverless cars are to become a reality in everyday lives.
Mobile explosion has given rise to dramatic changes in the consumption of technology, data and applications – the hyper-connected consumer and workforce and ease of connectivity proliferated possibilities and realities of Internet of Things (IoT).
Asia Pacific’s total IoT spending is expected to reach $59 billion by 2020, a trend that points to the opportunities in the areas of digitised landscape monetisation, wearable technology enablement, big data and analytics and even the IT infrastructures in place for greater agility, flexibility and scalability required for business and national growth.
“The trend of IoT continues to impact ways of life on both consumer and business fronts, bringing about opportunities and challenges for businesses in the areas of mobility management, big data analytics, media consumption and more.
Aligned with the global phenomenon, 2015’s CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia will provide international audiences access to insights, latest technologies and solutions ranging from connected devices, smart living, TV-everywhere realities, satellite applications, enterprise mobility and more,” said Victor Wong, project director, from event organiser Singapore Exhibition Services.
Running in parallel with Broadcast Asia is CommunicAsia2015 and SatComm2015, a platform for the satellite communication industry. SatComm2015 will attract over 160 satellite-based companies to address key issues within Asia-Pacific’s mobile ecosystem. Representatives include Intelsat, Inmarsat, SES, Siemens, ST Electronics, and more from over 20 countries and regions around the world.
Broadcast Asia in 2014
Asia’s most comprehensive and integrated broadcasting, digital multimedia and entertainment event in Asia, came to a successful close on 20 June 2014 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
Last year, the event attracted a total of 17,596 attendees from the broadcasting, film, pro-audio and live entertainment event industry from over 87 countries / regions, an 8.1% increase from its last edition in 2013.
BroadcastAsia2014 had 668 exhibitors from 42 countries / regions showcased their latest technologies such as 4K / UHD, Broadcast Automation / Playout, Content Security, Digital Media Asset Management, Multi-screen Streaming, OTT, Sportscasting and many more.
