IPTV World Forum 2009

The IPTV World Forum 2008 – www.iptv-forum.com – being held from the 12^th – 14^th March 2008 at Olympia, London is selling out fast with 3000 visitors pre-registered, and the event on track to vastly supersede last years attendance of 5000.  The event’s principle conference, The IPTV World Forum, is nearing full capacity with over 70% of conference passes sold out.

Key speakers at the event include Jean Charles De Keyser the Executive Chairman of the Board at Skynet Belgacom TV;  Vincent Dureau the Head of TV for Google in the USA; Tim Pearson the Director of Digital TV at Orange UK; Marc Watson, Commercial Director, BT; Rahul Chakkara the Controller of TV Platforms for BBC; Marc Schwarze the IPTV Senior Manager of Deutsche Telekom in Germany; Stefane France the Vice President of TV International from France Telecom; Franz Kurath the Director of Business Development for AT&T, of the USA;  Hugo Suidman the Marketing Manager of Interactive TV at KPN.

With the migration of IP video into other broadcast mediums, Junction have designed new conference streams to allow an in-depth study of these emerging markets.

·         IP Cable – www.ip-cable.net , 12^th – 13^th March

·         Mobile TV World Summit – www.informatm.com/newt/l/mobiletv/world_summit

 ·         TVoverNet 08 – www.tvover-net.com , 12^th March

·         Interactive TV Advertising – www.interactive-tv-advertsing.com , 13^th March

·         Satellite 2.0 – www.iptv-forum.com/satellite , 14^th March

·         The Connected Home – www.the-connected-home.co.uk , 14^th March

Alongside these exciting conference programmes there will be a trade exhibition including over 150 leading technology companies from the telecommunication, cable, satellite and broadcast industries.  Key companies exhibiting are Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Microsoft Media Room and Alcatel Lucent.  The exhibition is free to attend and can be booked online at www.iptv-forum.com.

“With 3000 pre-registered visitors, and a month to go, the event looks set sell out in the next couple of weeks”. Ian Johnson, Managing Director of Junction Ltd.  Johnson further commented,  “The event’s success reflects the ascendancy of the global IPTV industry and the interest in the new conference streams demonstrates the impact of IP Television across all platforms.”

Booking can be completed online at www.iptv-forum.com, or by calling the booking hotline on +44 (0) 203 377 3201