SHANGHAI, August 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- TelcoTV Asia, which has already secured more than 25 speakers from 
leading Asia/Pacific carriers and CATV operators, will be jointly hosted
by the two key Shanghai media and information technology commissions

TelcoTV Asia 2009 (www.telcotvasia.com; www.telcotvasia.cn), scheduled
for October 13-14 in Shanghai, will be jointly hosted by Shanghai Municipal
Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & Television (SCRFT) and Shanghai
Economy & Information Technology Commission (SHEITC) at the Hyatt on the Bund
Shanghai Hotel. The conference and exhibition, which will be part of a
government-run information week held during the same time, has already
confirmed more than 25 speakers from leading operators around the world.

Officials from SCRFT and SHEITC will speak at the TelcoTV Asia,
presenting their blueprint for the development of China's multimedia and
information technology industry and related policies.

The Chinese central government recently announced a new policy
encouraging the joint entrance of both the broadcasting and
telecommunications industries into mobile, IPTV, and other video
opportunities. Leading operators will be attending TelcoTV Asia, looking for
new technologies to help achieve this ambitious plan and searching for
appropriate business models as well.

"TelcoTV Asia will be a great networking opportunity for telecom
carriers, cable TV companies, broadcasting companies, and the technology
companies that serve them," says Arron Xu, Associate Director of Light
Reading China.

The following industry executives are already confirmed to speak at
TelcoTV Asia 09:

-- Wang Wenbin, General Manager, CCTV International
    -- Ian Chin, Vice President, BesTV
    -- Georges Penalver, Group VP Strategic Marketing, France Telecom
    -- Yun Chao Hu, Chairman, Open IPTV Forum
    -- Jay Kishigami, Executive Director, NTT Lab
    -- Zhu Bin, General Manager, IPTV Operation Center, Shanghai Telecom
    -- Dr. Qing Xiao, Technical Expert, IPTV, Shanghai Telecom
    -- Patrick Tan, Deputy Director, IPTV Service, SingTel
    -- Kate McKenzie, Group Managing Director, Strategic Marketing, Telstra
    -- Tae Yol Yoo, Head of Economics and Management Research Lab, Korea
       Telecom
    -- Wan Qianrong, Vice President, Oriental Cable Network
    -- Yennun Huang, CEO, Vee Telecom (Taiwan)
    -- Chang Yifong, Deputy Chief Engineer, ChungHwa Telecom
    -- Xu Jiangshan, Chief Engineer, Shenzhen Topway Cable Network
    -- Qiao Xiaoyan, Vice President, Hangzhou Huashu Online
    -- Wang Bin, Project Director, Guangzhou Zhujiang Digital Media
    -- Eric Li, Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific, Microsoft
    -- Ben Silva, VP Sales and Marketing, Telairity
    -- Mark Adams, VP Asia, Accedo Broadband
    -- Anke Gill, VP Marketing, BNS
    -- Sefy Ariely, VP Sales and Marketing, Orca Interactive
    -- Charles Moon, Manager, Asia Pacific, Pyramid Research
    -- Steve Hawley, Principal Analyst, TV Strategy

    For more information about the event, please contact:

    Arron Xu
    Associate Director, Light Reading China
    Email: axu@lightreading.com.cn
    Tel: +86-21-6278-7488#8501

    Lucy Green
    Account Director, North America
    Email: green@lightreading.com
    Tel: +1-949-223-3630



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