|
Parks Associates and CONNECTIONS™ announce
events for 2006 International CES
Parks Associates and CONNECTIONS™ announced today they will
host a series of special events at 2006 International CES,
including a half-day
workshop and six interactive sessions. These events will offer
expert analysis on a range of topics from changing consumer habits
to the global market for digital products and services.
2006 International CES will take place January 5-8, 2006, at
the Las Vegas Convention Center. Parks Associates’ half-day
workshop
Portable
Players, Bundled Services, & the Global Landscape will
take place January 6, 2006, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. The event will
feature Parks Associates’ analysts and the company’s latest
industry and consumer research.
According to Parks Associates’ new report
Digital Entertainment: Changing Consumer Habits, the
hottest products and services – based on both recent purchases and
consumer desires – are portable media players, enhanced television
services, and mobile phone handsets with advanced features. By the
end of 2009, 16 million U.S. households will enjoy “place-shifted”
television with multiroom DVR configurations, and cumulative
shipments of hard-drive portable multimedia players (PMPs) will be
13 million.
“The home environment is changing dramatically as the digital
equation expands into an ever-increasing network of products and
services,” said
Kurt
Scherf, vice president and principal analyst for Parks
Associates. “CES offers a broad glimpse of the next year in
technology, and our workshop and sessions will enhance the
experience through detailed discussion of the trends shaping the
near and long-term future in digital living.”
The CONNECTIONS™
sessions at CES will discuss and evaluate the evolution of the
consumer music experience, portable entertainment devices, digital
distribution of media, and the management of home networks. Each
session will include a panel of expert speakers and a Parks
Associates analyst as moderator. Session titles are the following:
The date, time, and speaker invitations for these
sessions will be announced in September 2005.
Parks Associates’ half-day workshop
Portable
Players, Bundled Services, & the Global Landscape will
provide the latest consumer research on convergence in portable
products, future service strategies, and a global perspective
informed by the company’s multinational project Global Digital
Living™. For each market, Parks Associates analysts will provide
an in-depth explanation and understanding of the current market
demands, future growth opportunities, and market drivers and
inhibitors.
For more information on the workshop
Portable
Players, Bundled Services, & the Global Landscape , please
visit
www.parksassociates.com. For more information on the
CONNECTIONS™ sessions at 2006 International CES, visit
www.connectionsconference.com. |
