ConnecTechAsia Show Daily - Day 2, 2019 - 53

Wednesday 19 June 2019 | Show Daily

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Incorporating:
MARINA BAY SANDS & SUNTEC SINGAPORE

Innovation Through Collaboration:
The Key Priorities in APAC
T

he pay-TV industry faces significant
disruption from a rapidly evolving
and increasingly competitive landscape,
particularly
in
Asia-Pacific.
Growing
competition from OTT service providers and
easier access to pirate services is squeezing
pay-TV revenue. In fact, piracy has become
such a large problem that some even believe
it to be a long-term threat to the industry's
sustainability. Android TV is also splitting
opinion. While widely seen as a tool to reduce
costs and accelerate time to market when onboarding new content services or adding new
user experience features like voice search,
it's also viewed by some executives at larger
operators as a risk, as they fear that too much
control is ceded to the internet giant.
At NAGRA, we believe the key to
overcoming such challenges is through more
innovation and collaboration in technology
and business models. In 2018, the Pay-TV
Innovation Forum identified three top priorities

in Asia-Pacific that need to be addressed
through innovation and collaboration if
service providers are to maintain growth:
*	 Invest	 in	 the	 next	 generation	 of	 paid-for	
video services: Pay-TV providers need to offer
a more diverse selection of packages and
services at a wider range of price-points and
across different devices, leveraging existing
pay-TV infrastructure and fixed and mobile
broadband networks.
Providers must also address the growing
demand for flexible content pricing and
packaging, low-cost offerings, global
and local content, and personalized user
experiences across multiple devices. This
will enable pay-TV providers to compete
against new entrants, reinforce their role as
the central aggregators of choice, and offer
content in an integrated and user-friendly
experience.
*		 Re-think	 the	 relationship	 between	 payTV service providers and content owners:

With content owners increasingly selling
their assets direct to consumers and
without exclusivity, the challenge for payTV is to defend its value proposition and
differentiation based on content. To do that,
pay-TV providers and content owners need to
re-think how they work together to support a
more diverse range of products and services,
including more flexibility and a willingness to
share risks and rewards.
*		 Combat	 streaming	 piracy:	 The	 industry	
recognizes more needs to be done to combat
piracy, and there are opportunities to work
together to develop new approaches to
monitor, track and stop the distribution of
illegal content.
By increasing investment in effective
technological solutions, supporting antipiracy initiatives, lobbying to improve legal
frameworks and government enforcement,
the industry can tackle the pirates, especially
when done so alongside developing more
affordable, appealing and user-friendly
legitimate video services. See us at Stand:
1J2-01 MBS. dtv.nagra.com

UK Companies at ConnecTechAsia2019
A

total of 35 UK companies will demonstrate
the best of British technology and
innovation at this year's ConnecTechAsia.
"UK-based companies, who are traditionally
the front-runners in technical innovation,
are still leading the way in the Asian
marketplace," said Mark Birchall, Managing
Director of Tradefair.
"Each company we are supporting
has either direct or related expertise
for the various specialized areas that

ConnecTechAsia will promote, and all are
showing products designed to encourage
growth, ensure sustainability, and reinvigorate
business models."
ConnecTechAsia is Asia's mega technology
show, which encompasses three specialist
shows; BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia, and
NXTAsia.
There will be a UK Pavilion in all three
shows. There is also a stimulating program
with recognized speakers and an assortment

of activities establishing ConnecTechAsia as
Asia's future for technology.
The UK Pavilions at CommunicAsia and
NXTAsia, held at Singapore's Marina Bay
Sands Expo and Convention Centre, will
demonstrate solutions for Telecoms, 5G,
Broadband, Satellite, AI, Cyber Security,
IOT, Blockchain, Cloud, Big Data, and Smart
Cities.
The UK Pavilion at BroadcastAsia, which
takes place at Suntec Singapore Convention

ViaLite Debuts
C-Band Link
V

iaLite is exhibiting at
CommunicAsia for the
first time.
One of the products the company is
showcasing at the event is its new C-Band
Link.
Providing the widest frequency band of
all ViaLite's RF over fiber links, with an
operational range of 500 MHz - 7.5 GHz,
the C-Band Link is suitable for use in a wide
range of satcom and broadcast applications,
as well as some surveillance and weather
radar systems.
By removing the need for a downconverter
to convert signals to an IF band, the
C-Band Link reduces deployment costs and
complexity. Another benefit is that there is
no signal attenuation across the site from the
dish to the operations center.
The Link is available as a rack chassis card
or purple OEM module.
See us at Stand: 1V1-12 MBS.
www.vialite.com

and Exhibition Centre, will showcase the latest
in IP Broadcasting, Live Production, Audio,
Film,	 Cameras,	 Lenses,	 Tripods,	 UDR	 /	 HDR	
and OTT.
Organized by Tradefair on behalf of techUK,
the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland
Pavilion will welcome 14 new companies
to the show and 16 eligible companies
will receive a grant through the Tradeshow
Access Programme (TAP), a Department for
International Trade (DIT) supported program
that assists UK companies in attending
certain overseas events.
http://dtv.nagra.com http://www.vialite.com https://www.mediakind.com/ https://www.mediakind.com/
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