Digital TV Central and Eastern Europe '08

Platinum Sponsor

With capacity commercialised on 24 satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31 December 2007, Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting almost 3,000 television channels and 1,100 radio stations. More than 1,100 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates services through teleports in France and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 538 commercial, technical and operational experts from 27 countries.
www.eutelsat.com

Event Sponsor

Al Jazeera English sets the news agenda. As the world’s first global English-language news channel headquartered in the Middle East, Al Jazeera English reverses the typical information flow by reporting from South to North. The channel of choice for impartial and objective reporting, its news is supported by inspiring programming that gives voice to untold stories, promotes debate, and challenges established perceptions. www.aljazeera.net/english.

Event Guide Sponsor

Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite constellation co-located at 4°W, delivers DTH, TV Distribution to Cable, and VSAT services in Central Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as well as trans-Atlantic connectivity to the US via its single-hop Atlantic-Bridge service. Spacecom is providing tailor-made and efficient solutions to its clients via a network of established local partners in every territory.

Refreshment Sponsor

Home Box Office, America’s leading premium television network arrived in the Central European Region in 1991, providing basic and premium pay television entertainment channels for Cable TV, Direct-to-Home and MMDS platforms. HBO CE is currently present in 11 countries in the region: Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro.

HBO offers five high quality movie channels (HBO, HBO2, HBO Comedy, Cinemax and Cinemax2) and an SVOD service (HBO Digital).

Visit the company’s website at www.homeboxoffice.com.

Lunch Sponsor

Associate Sponsors

Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com ) is a leader in the design, development and supply of high-quality products to the digital television market world-wide. The company has deployed over 10 million set-top boxes, across cable, IPTV, satellite and terrestrial networks, incorporating the industry’s pioneering middleware, conditional access and hardware technologies.


ADB is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with its main Research and Development facility in Zielona Gora, Poland and Operations division in Taipei, Taiwan. ADB has local representation in Australia, Italy, Singapore, Spain, the Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom.
ADB is a member of ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com )

SES ASTRA is the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite system in Europe, delivering services to more than 109 million DTH and cable households. The satellite fleet currently comprises 12 ASTRA and three SIRIUS satellites.

The combined satellite system transmits a total of 2,295 analogue and digital television as well as radio channels. SES ASTRA also provides satellite-based multimedia, internet and telecommunication services to enterprises, governments and their agencies. With 30 High Definition (HD) channels available via its satellites today, ASTRA is also the most important HDTV broadcasting platform in Europe. The prime orbital positions for ASTRA and SIRIUS are 19.2° East, 28.2° East, 23.5° East and 5° East.

Conax, a pioneer in its field and leading developer of security solutions for digital TV, provides content protection for broadcast via all types of networks in over 70 countries around the globe. Core product, Conax CAS7, is an end-to-end conditional access solution, protecting digital pay-TV premium content. Conax is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified and all products are compliant with open standards. Tapping its proven technology, broad experience and global network of customers and partners, Conax provides solutions that are easily integrated with complimentary technologies from over 300 suppliers worldwide.

Conax headquarters are located in Oslo, Norway, with subsidiaries in USA, India and Germany and sales & support offices in Russia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Brazil and Canada.

Pace Micro Technology plc (pic.l) is the leading digital TV technology company, creating intelligent and innovative products for payTV operators and consumers around the world.

With some of the most experienced engineers in set-top box technology and digital convergence, Pace develops products that enable TV content and digital entertainment services to be distributed into, throughout and beyond the home.

Pace's global headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK, with further offices in the USA, France, India and Hong Kong. For more information on Pace, please visit www.pacemicro.com.

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting is part of Telenor Broadcast, one of the three core businesses of Norway’s leading communications operator, Telenor ASA. Telenor Satellite Broadcasting provides extensive television broadcasting services for distribution, contribution and occasional applications to all the Nordic Broadcasters and many other broadcasters throughout Europe, using its hybrid network comprised of (three) satellites, terrestrial circuits and earth stations. Additionally, it provides fixed satellite communication and uplinking services for data and remote Internet applications together with VSAT and broadband services in Europe and the Middle East.

Visit the company’s website at www.telenorsbc.com.

Viaccess, a France Telecom company, delivers solutions for digital pay television and secured content distribution. Viaccess CA and DRM solutions can be deployed on satellite, cable, terrestrial, DSL, fiber, and mobile infrastructures.
Viaccess wide experience of access control management is recognised for all types of pay TV (Pay Per View, interactive television, mobile...) as well as (VoD) services. In France, Viaccess has also enabled the deployment of OrangeTV , the first and leading Pay TV and VoD service available over ADSL, with more than 1 Million subs.


Viaccess develops access and protection systems for:
- Mobile TV
- Digital Rights Management
- Digital TV: Viaccess is the encryption method used by several satellite platforms to secure their digital broadcasts, content and revenue. Currently, five versions have already been developed, the last being VIACCESS 3, "the Barca CARD".

- IPTV: Viaccess proposes both smart card-based and cardless solutions. www.viaccess.com.