[Satellite Today 07-24-09] CASBAA (The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia) has added four new corporate members to its ranks, the organization said July 23.

Global sports TV agency SportFive Asia, U.K.-based broadcast technology provider SysMedia, Vietnamese satellite operator Vinasat and Papua New Guinea-based pay-TV platform HiTron joined the group

            “The breadth of the new membership reflects industry-wide confidence in the Asia-Pacific subscription TV market and reaffirms the key relationships between content, technology, distribution and pay-TV subscribers. While some media markets are struggling, pay-TV continues to thrive,” Simon Twiston Davies, CEO of CASBAA, said in a statement.