Expo & Conference - ABTA 2016
Expo & Conference - ABTA 2016
One of the most traditional events on pay TV and digital services in Latin America will took place this month in São Paulo at Transamerica Expo Center, from 29 June to 1st July, the ABTA Expo & Conference 2016.
In the year of the Olympic Games in Brazil, ABTA completes 24 years bringing innovations in pay-TV, broadband and media market, focusing on innovation in video services, new technologies, on-demand content distribution platforms such as IPTV and OTT, advertising, satellites, TI, and distribution of linear, non-linear and high-definition content. The Conference will had presentations and panel sessions by highly qualified speakers with professionals from channels, ad agencies, operators, regulators and government. The immersion in technology and management trends will be available in Pay-TV Seminars (STAs), also training seminars with presentations of case studies and market solutions, that is essential to know what is new about technologies and pay-TV tools.
The issues to be addressed in the STAs are: The new consumer of video, DOCSIS 3.1, Advances in multiplatform delivery, The new generation of headends, Sincab, The Internet of Things (IoT), Technology that makes new business models possible, User interfaces for set-top boxes, The road to delivery of content on multiple platforms, How pay TV will develop in the next five years, CxOs and The evolution of pay-TV services.
In the Conference program, we have in strategic panels: The reality of the industry and the policy/regulatory outlook, Pay TV in a year of Olympics and challenges, From set-top to cell phone: how pay TV services evolve, Advertising and the Olympic Year, The value of digital services to consumers. In Thematic Sessions we have: The Internet: from the reality of services to regulatory models, User experience and digital services, Audiovisual regulation: from SeAC to VOD, Tackling digital clandestinity, The importance of sports programming to pay TV, Programming in the age of ultrasegmentation, Advertising: consolidation and the role of pay TV, Embracing the reality of on-demand content, Why local production is flourishing, What has happened to C class consumers?, From TV to 4play: the evolution of bundles and offerings and Growing in turbulent times.
Local and international exhibitors did showcase their brands and developed new business leads in an exhibition space of 9000 square meters.
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Expo & Conference - ABTA 2015
The ABTA 2015 takes place in a year that promises many challenges for the sector. The growth levels that Brazil, as a country and also in the broadcasting sector, experienced in previous years might not be shown this year, but there is a lot of development going on. At the same time, Brazil continues to receive investments of, for example, cable operators that are implementing new networks, and launching new satellites for Direct To Home (DTH) content delivery. On the programming front Brazil sees several launches of international and national channels, that will have to compete for space at the broadcasters. New companies are aiming at the national market, such as AT&T, with the acquisition of SKY's parent company, and Dish, which still has plans in Brazil.
ABTA will take place in the Transamérica Expo Center in São Paulo (SP), on August 4, 5 and 6 , 2015. At the ABTA Conference, there will be debates on the future of pay TV, focusing on innovation in video services. Highlights at the event, will be technology showcases and content distribution solutions such as video on demand, IPTV and over-the-top platforms (OTT), as well as advertising, satellites and IT, and the innovations in linear and high-definition content distribution. Besides that, there are technologies and business in the field of video on-demand platforms, cloud DVR, new user interfaces and innovations in IT and access control.
This year, there will be a large exhibition space with more than 100 exhibitors from Brazil and the rest of the world, using the opportunity to showcase brands and leverage new business opportunities. Last year, some of the exhibitors were:
During the conference there will also be panels and discussions on markets, regulation, new technologies and trends, with the participation of executives and key representatives of industry and government. There will also be Pay TV Seminars (STA) with case studies and market solutions.
ABTA Expo & Conference has this year the following program:
Tuesday, Aug. 4:
PANEL 1: Sectoral policies and current challenges.
With the sessions: The present and future of the pay-TV market; Free-to-air channels: what changes with digital; The challenges of regulation in the non-linear world; Consumer rights, RGC and service quality; Rights, IP and financing in pay-TV programming; Signal theft: approaches and results
Wednesday, Aug. 5:
PANEL 2: Programming and regulation: results and adjustments;
PANEL 3: Pay TV, the media market and the future of advertising.
With the sessions: The performance of audiences and channels; New formats for advertising; Economic scenarios and growth: where the industry is heading; Pay-TV advertising success stories; Churn and customer loyalty: challenges of a competitive scenario; The future of pay-TV advertising
Thursday, Aug. 6:
PANEL 4: Non-linear TV: a concrete reality.
With the sessions: FTTH, satellite and OTT: directions taken by new operators; Lessons of international experiences; Broadband: strategies beyond bundling; Multiplatform programming.
ABTA 2015 is expected about 9.500 people on average in the three-day event, 3.000 more than last year, with more than 10,000 square meters of exhibition space.
Transamérica Expo Center is located close to the city’s main business centers and office districts, and only 12 km from Congonhas Airport, with easy access to Marginal Pinheiros and Av. Washington Luis in Av. Dr. Mário Villas Boas Rodrigues, 387 Santo Amaro – São Paulo – SP – Brazil.
In YouTube Magazine TV channel you can view some of ABTA 2014 and what's to come in 2015.
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Info on lectures and more you can find accessing the official website.
We would like to thank Marcel Almeida for writing for us.
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