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Hiroshi Asami

Hiroshi ASAMI
Executive Vice President
Japan Cable Television Association Engineering Association (JCTEA)

Hiroshi Asami received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1980 and the M.S. degree in engineering economic systems from Stanford University, CA, in 1985.
He joined the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (currently Ministry of International Affairs and Communications), Tokyo, Japan, in 1980; since then he has been engaged in telecommunication and broadcasting policies and regulations. During his career in the Ministry, he has been active in developing Japanese digital television standards, and taking leading role to promote full digital migration as Director of Broadcasting Technology Division.
He moved to Japan Cable Television Engineering Association (JCTEA) in 2008; JCTEA is an organization for establishing standards and human resource development for cable television.


2011 Speakers Included:

  • Aljit Joy, Senior Vice President, Comcast Innovation Labs, USA
  • Anthony Rose, CTO, tbone, UK
  • Benjamin Schwarz, Owner, CTO Innovation Consulting, France
  • David Ririe, Manager Access/DOCSIS Engineering, Cox Communications, USA
  • Fernando Meco, Director TV New Business Development, ONO, Spain
  • Frank den Hartog, Senior Innovator at TNO and Deputy-Chair at HGI, Netherlands
  • Frédéric Sitterlé, CEO, mySkreen, France
  • Gary Lauder, Managing Partner, Lauder Partners LLC, USA
  • Hiroshi Asami, Executive Vice President, Japan Cable Television Engineering Association, Japan
  • Ignacio Garcia, Vice President Product Management TV, Telenet, Belgium
  • Israel Madiedo, CTO Telecom, Cablevision México, Mexico
  • Jean-Francois Mule, Vice President, IP Technologies & Services, Cable Labs
  • Jeff Finkelstein, Director Network Architecture, Cox Communications, USA
  • John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
  • Jonathan Dann, Director and Head of Telecommunications Research Europe, Barclays Capital, UK
  • Jørgen Michaelsen, CTO, YouSee, Denmark
  • Kevin Baughan, Director of Technical Strategy, Virgin Media, UK
  • Leandro Boschelle, Director Strategy & Planning, UPC Cablecom, Switzerland
  • Lorenz Glatz, CTO, Kabel Deutschland
  • Martin Kull, CTO, Com Hem, Sweden
  • Mike Johns, President, Digital Mind State, USA
  • Nuno Sanches, Television Products Director, ZON TV Cabo, Portugal
  • Paul Larbey, President Velocix, Alcatel-Lucent
  • Peter Percosan, CTO, Cable Europe Labs
  • Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
  • Ravi Mansukhani, Managing Director, Incablenet, India
  • Richard Kastelein, CEO, Agora Media Innovation,
  • Rodrigo Modesto Ortiz Duclos, Innovation and Development Director, Net Serviços, Brazil
  • Roger Blakeway, President, SCTE
  • Stefan Beberweil, Director Product Management, Kabel BW, Germany
  • Stuart Thomson, Editor Digital TV Europe, Informa Telecoms and Media
  • Suveer Kothari, Head of International TV – Google TV, Google, UK
  • Ted Laverty, Representative of DLNA, Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), USA
  • Terry Denson, Vice President, Content and Programming, Verizon Communications, USA
  • Thomas Helbo, Head of Development, Stofa, Denmark
  • Tom Schnarr, Director of OSS Solutions Architecture - CTO Office, Sigma Systems
  • Victor Liu, General Manager, Nantian Cable TV, KBRO MSO, Taiwan

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