Speakers announced for inaugural indonesia tv summit

By Peter Olszewski
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Media Partners Asia is hosting the inaugural Indonesia Broadcasting Summit in Jakarta on May 4, which it claims “comes at a prescient time. As the Indonesian economy has prospered in recent years and consumption has grown, the domestic broadcasting sector has soared.”

Media partners Asia says the Indonesian broadcasting sector generates less than US$1 billion per annum in net terms, less than 0.3 percent of Indonesia’s nominal GDP. The sector’s economic contribution could grow exponentially in the future as TV networks tap local and regional advertising; pay-TV distribution and competition accelerates; digitization gathers momentum along with broadband digital convergence; and multiple broadcast media content and distribution owners proliferate within Indonesia’s borders with the capability and capital to also grow overseas.

Some of the summit’s leading keynote speakers have now been finalized, including:

Prof. Dr. Ir. Mohammad Nuh Dea; Minister, Ministry of Communication Information Technology;Republic of Indonesia

Freddy H. Tulung; Director General of Information & Communication Facilities; Ministry of Communication Information Technology, Republic of Indonesia

Professor Sasa Djuarsa Sendjaja; Chairman, Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia

Hary Tanoesoedibjo; CEO, Global Mediacom / Media Nusantara Citra

Fofo Sariaatmadja; President Director, Surya Citra Media

Paul Aiello; CEO, Star Group

Sutanto Hartono; President Director, RCTI

Rudy Tanoesoedibjo; CEO, Indovision

Ranjana Singh; CEO, GroupM Indonesia

Prof. Dr. Yen Hsu; CEO, First Media

Rahadi Arsyad; President Director / CEO, Telkomvision

Supeno Lembang; CEO, Mediatama Anugrah Citra

Sue Taylor; SVP, NDS Asia Pacific

B.S. The; VP & MD, Seagate Technology

Ian Carroll; EVP, Turner Broadcasting A-P

Simon Spalding; CEO, Europe & Asia Pacific for FremantleMedia

Michelle Guthrie; CEO, Providence Equity Partners

David L. Goldstein; CEO, Emtek Group

Sander Hamersma; Director, TMT, Barclays Capital