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Early Sponsors Announced for CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Living Conference and Showcase
Parks Associates and CEA today announced the
early sponsors for
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital
Living Conference and Showcase, to be held at the Santa Clara
Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on May 1-3, 2007.
CONNECTIONS™,
the leading conference and showcase for the “digital living” markets,
provides a venue for learning and networking among high-level industry
executives and a showcase area featuring demonstrations of the latest
digital technologies.
These technologies have captured the interest of U.S. households and
will have strong growth in sales both now and in the coming years,
according to Parks Associates research. Over 16 million U.S. broadband
households have strong interest in connected home entertainment
applications such as whole-house DVR solutions. In addition, 39% of
broadband households with a data network and 37% of broadband households
without a data network consider multimedia networking applications highly
valuable.
“The disruptive power of today’s digital living technologies cannot be
underestimated,” said
Stuart Sikes, president of Parks Associates. “Given consumer interest
in advanced TV features, the introduction of these services into the home
will transform the set-top box into a complete service platform that
integrates entertainment, information, communications, and
commerce-related applications. At CONNECTIONS™, we will discuss the
implications of these technologies, for the short and long term, for both
consumer and for the digital living industries.”
Early sponsors for CONNECTIONS™ 2007
include the following companies:
Diamond:
Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™); Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Silver:
Allegro Software Development Corporation; Armchair Media; Nero; INSTEON™,
a SmartLabs Technology; Jungo; Staccatto Communications; Streamload
Platinum
Supporting Organizations: NOC; Wi-Fi Alliance
Supporting
Organizations: Broadband Services Forum; Home Gateway Initiative;
iHollywood Forum; ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance); JETRO; KNX
Association; LonMark International; UHAPI Forum; Wi-Fi Technology Forum
Supporting Media:
Antenna Systems & Technology; Broadband Daily; BPL Today; Casadomo; Connect-World; Converge Network Digest, HiddenWires; Home
Toys; IPTV Industry; Media Business Corp.: The Bridge, SkyReport, Telco
Media News; Screen Digest; TVover.net; Ultimate Home Design; VTECH;
World Telemedia Magazine
CONNECTIONS™
will also feature these early sponsors at
2007 International CES, where it will
host nine sessions from January 8-10, 2007. These panel session,
featuring over 60 industry executives. will address topics including the
digital home, content creation and distribution, home controls, and home
networking. For more information on attending the CONNECTIONS™ session at
CES, please visit
www.CESWEB.org. |
