The ANGA Cable Show will open with a new top mark of 440 exhibitors on June 12, 2012 in Cologne, Germany. Key topics of the event are smart TV, hybrid networks, VOD, IPTV and Connected Home. This year’s motto is Where Broadband meets Content.
Dr. Peter Charissé, managing director of ANGA, said in a statement: “We are especially pleased that also this year all leading fixed network vendors will be attending, many of them with an expanded presence. The combination of networks and content is gaining more and more importance in the market and has been our brand mark for a long time. No other event than ANGA Cable brings network operators, vendors and content providers closer together.“
This year´s congress programme for the first time provides three summit events. Highlight of the international congress track is the new International Technology Summit on the second day of the event. CEOs and CTOs from Arris, ComHem Sweden, Kabel Deutschland, Liberty Global, NDS, SCTE, Time Warner Cable USA, YouSee Denmark, ZON Multimedia Portugal and the Japan Cable Television Engineering Association will discuss strategies and technologies for the Connected Home. This summit will be chaired by Broadband TV News’ Julian Clover.
The TV Summit kicks off the German congress track. Michael T. Fries (Liberty Global), Dr. Adrian v. Hammerstein (Kabel Deutschland), Prof. Dr. Karola Wille (MDR), Dr. Christian P. Illek (Deutsche Telekom), Brian Sullivan (Sky Deutschland), Conrad Albert (ProSiebenSat.1), Wolfgang Elsäßer (Astra) and Jens Redmer (Google) will discuss under the headline Smart TV and Video on Demand – Chance or Risk for the Traditional TV?.
The following Broadband Summit focuses on the question Cable, Fiber and LTE – Strategies for the Broadband Roll-Out. Wilhelm Dresselhaus (Alcatel-Lucent), Robert Hoffmann (1&1 Internet), Dr. Iris Henseler-Unger (Federal Network Agency), Dr. Christian P. Illek (Deutsche Telekom), Dietmar Schickel (Tele Columbus), Lutz Schüler (Unitymedia), Theo Weirich (wilhelm.tel) as well as Thomas Braun, president of the Association of German Cable Operators (ANGA) as the host of the event will be present on the podium.
The eight strategy panels will deal with video on demand, smart TV, multiscreen solutions, IPTV, connected home, catch-Up TV, city carriers and housing industry, as well as current topics in media and telecommunication law. The agenda of the eight technology panels lists topics such as fiber, hybrid TV, Next Generation Services, IPv6 and cloud services. There will be seven English language events. All congress events will be translated simultaneously (German/English).
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