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Promoting and recognising industry innovation is a key issue for ASTRA in 2010. Our focus on innovation and growth is a great example of leading the way in terms of providing increased customer satisfaction. The recent coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games is a clear example of that leadership. Rather than providing viewers with the same old Olympic coverage, the subscription television… More…

Liberty Global President and CEO Mike Fries will be a keynote speaker at the ASTRA 2010 Conference, sharing his perspective on the unprecedented changes in media and telecommunications around the world.

A 20-year veteran of the cable and media industry, Mr. Fries has spent nearly his entire career building international distribution and programming businesses, including overseeing the development of regional subscription television provider AUSTAR from its inception in 1995. Today Liberty Global is the second largest cable TV operator in the world and the largest outside the U.S. with operations in 14 countries, spanning video, voice, and broadband Internet.

Additional international speakers featured at the conference include Eric Schrier, Executive Vice President, FX, based in Los Angeles, Phil O’Sullivan, Executive Producer, CNN based in Hong Kong, and WIRED.com Editor in Chief, Evan Hansen from San Francisco.

Sandra Levy, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Film Television and Radio School, Deirdre Brennan, Director of Programming, Nickelodeon, and Joe Pollard, Chief Executive Officer, NineMSN will be the guest speakers at the Women In Television Breakfast as part of The Future is Now ASTRA 2010 Conference on Thursday March 18.

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