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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated is the world leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age.

TI is a leader in the real-time technologies that help people communicate any time, any where. We are moving fast to drive the Internet age forward with semiconductor solutions for every aspect of your Digital Lifestyle – from wireless solutions and broadband access to digital cameras and digital audio.

TI envisions a world where every phone call, every Internet connection, every photograph you take and every song you listen to are touched by the power of TI's Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Analog technologies.

That dream is coming true. TI is making it happen right now. www.ti.com

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	Hewlett-Packard HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. HP provides consumers with a great user experience by combining ease of use, reliability and a digital DNA in ways that no other company can. HP’s unique advantage comes from its heritage in digital products – from printers and PCs to cameras and TVs, along with the networking know-how that makes them all work together anywhere, anytime. www.hp.com

	The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance HomePlug technology is the industry standard for delivering high-speed connectivity, including HDTV, with no need for end users to run new wires. Founded in 2000, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is an industry-led initiative established to create standards for home high-speed powerline networking products and command & control within the home and to the home. The Alliance accelerates demand for HomePlug-enabled products and services worldwide through the sponsorship of market and user education programs. Membership in the Alliance has grown to include over 70 international companies. HomePlug Sponsor companies include Cisco (CSCO); Comcast (CMCSK); EarthLink (ELNK); GE Security, Inc., an affiliate of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE); Intel Corporation (INTC); LG Electronics (Korea Stock Exchange: 6657.KS); Motorola (MOT); RadioShack Corporation (RSH); Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SSNGY.PK); Sharp Laboratories of America; Sony (SNE); TCL Group Holding Co., Ltd (TCL Group); and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) (TI). Contributor members include Arkados (OTCBB: AKDS), Conexant (CNXT); Gigle Semiconductor; Intellon Corporation; and SPiDCOM Technologies. Additional information about the Alliance, including a complete listing of certified products, is available at www.homeplug.org. Contact Information

	Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™) The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) is an open, industry driven initiative promoting distribution of digital video and entertainment through existing coaxial cable in the home. MoCA technology provides the backbone for whole home entertainment networks of multiple wired and wireless products. MoCA's Board of Directors include Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), Cox Communications, EchoStar (NASDAQ: DISH), Entropic Communications, Linksys, a division of Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Panasonic (NYSE: MC), Radio Shack (NYSE: RSH), Toshiba and Verizon (NYSE: VZ). For more information, please visit www.mocalliance.org. Contact Information

	Motorola Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. www.motorola.com/connectedhome Contact Information

	Peak8 Solutions Peak8 Solutions is an automation software and services company that improves the digital lifestyle user experience. Peak8 offers an end-to-end solution suite based on actual customer system information, real-time error/issue resolution libraries and adaptive rules designed to improve the productivity and effectiveness of technical support call centers. Peak8 also offers client-side software that improves the stability and performance of digital lifestyle products while empowering users with interactive self-service and self help user guides. Peak8's products and services increase customer satisfaction and reduce subscriber churn. We also allow our Broadband service provider clients an ability to capture an increased share of the multi-billion dollar digital lifestyle, service and support marketplace. Founded in 2004 and backed by a group of veteran Broadband service provider and Customer Service & Support executives, Peak8 is taking the lead in the digital lifestyle, home networking, and technical support marketplace. For more information and pricing please contact us at www.peak8solutions.com. Contact Information

	Pulse~LINK, Inc. Pulse~LINK is the first semiconductor company to deliver a solution capable of true room-to-room networking of interactive High Definition content from a hybrid wired/wireless chipset. Devices enabled with Pulse~LINK's CWave™ UWB chipset allow HD content located anywhere in the home to be shared across the existing coax backbone with wireless connectivity in each room for Set-Top Boxes, HDTVs, DVRs, DVD players, Gaming Devices, Media Center PCs, and other multimedia equipment. The ability to stream HD content throughout the home increases consumer usability of these devices and the consumption of premium content, driving up revenue for both content and service providers. CWave supports 1394, Ethernet and HDMI connections simultaneously from a common chipset and provides End-to-End Quality of Service, while still preserving content protection mechanisms. Demonstrations of Pulse~LINK’s Whole-Home Interactive HD™ solution at CONNECTIONS™ will feature IPTV functionality with menu navigation and interactive control capabilities. High-quality 1080p HD content will be streamed across hundreds of feet of standard RG59 coax to replicate room-to-room connectivity. Also demonstrated will be CWave’s unmatched wireless performance, showing high data rate wireless streaming of 1080p content with “Trick Play” capabilities for pause, fast-forward and fast-rewind functionality. Pulse~LINK is a member of the 1394TA, HANA, and DLNA. www.pulselink.net Contact Information

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	Intel Intel is a world leader in silicon innovation and develops technologies, products, and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. At Intel, we constantly push the boundaries of innovation in order to make people's lives more exciting, more fulfilling, and easier to manage. Our unwavering commitment to moving technology forward has transformed the world by leaps and bounds. We're a company that's always in motion, fueling an industry that never rests. We inspire our partners to develop innovative products and services, rally the industry to support new products, and drive industry standards. We do this so that we can collectively deliver better solutions with greater benefits more quickly. www.intel.com

	Macrovision Macrovision provides distribution, commerce and consumption solutions for software, entertainment and information content to the home video, PC games, music, cable/satellite, consumer software, enterprise software and information publishing industries as well as middleware solutions to enable the development of connected devices. Macrovision holds approximately 240 issued or pending United States patents and more than 1,200 issued or pending international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new and innovative technologies in related fields. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. with other offices across the United States and around the world. More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.

	Zoran Corporation Zoran Corporation is a leading provider of digital solutions for applications in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio, video, and imaging applications. Zoran’s proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide. www.zoran.com Contact Information

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Zensys, Inc.

Zensys is a leading provider of wireless networking technology for control and status reading applications. The company's Z-Wave® technology is a proven, affordable and interoperable wireless mesh networking technology that is the standard in wireless home control and is available in more than 100 wireless home control products today. Zensys offers a family of low-cost, low-power, integrated MCU/Transceiver chips embedded with Z-Wave, as well as a suite of development tools and services making it easy for companies to develop wireless products for residential and light commercial applications. Z-Wave brings many benefits to everyday life including remote home monitoring, safety and security, and energy conservation by controlling a wide array of home devices including lighting, appliances, HVAC, entertainment, and more. www.zen-sys.com

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	Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with Consumer Electronics companies to help them become high-performance businesses. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 146,000 people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$16.65 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2006. www.accenture.com Contact Information

	Active Response Monitoring (ARM) Active Response Monitoring (ARM) is an innovative new platform that will enable remote monitoring services and access to live video – a revolution in security services. This cutting-edge technology allows you to choose which features and aspects best compliment your business and customers. With ARM you will be able to strengthen your brand, differentiate yourself with new and improved service offerings, and achieve growth from within and beyond your customer base.

	Affinegy Affinegy provides software solutions that help service providers offer digital home services profitably to grow consumer revenue. Affinegy’s InstaLAN™ is the only universal, hardware independent platform for secure WiFi and home networking that makes effortless the sharing of files, printers, music, and more, whether at home or on the go. With InstaLAN, average consumers set up their home networks in minutes and keep them working seamlessly through its automated repair and configuration agents. Our customers, including Time Warner Cable, Cox, and Charter, gain unique insights into their consumers’ digital lifestyles interests, and profit from silenced support desks and reduced churn. www.affinegy.com Contact Information

	Allegro Software Development Corporation Allegro Software Development Corporation is the premier provider of Web and UPnP/DLNA networking technologies specifically targeted at embedded devices. Since 1996, Allegro has been a force in the evolution of device management solutions with its RomPager embedded web server toolkit. As an active contributor to UPnP/DLNA initiatives, Allegro also supplies a range of toolkits that offer portability, easy integration and full compliance with UPnP/DLNA device specifications. Allegro is a headquartered in Boston, MA. www.allegrosoft.com Contact Information

	Armchair Media Armchair Media is a brand development consultancy that provides branding strategies, marketing communications planning and execution, and turnkey website consulting to a select group of media companies and top-flight marketers. From launching new brands to reenergizing existing ones, Armchair Media specializes in helping companies to actively engage their target audiences, resulting in predictable increases in sales and profits. www.armchairmedia.com

	AwoX AwoX is the European leader in network media solutions. The company's core business is developing software and electronics products for license to OEMs, operators, and consumer electronics manufacturers. AwoX helps its customers to rapidly market DLNA-compliant network media device by either integrating its patented modular SDK, or adapting AwoX's hardware reference designs, or customizing AwoX's finished product. www.awox.com Contact Information

	Bedrock Learning Bedrock Learning is the recognized industry provider of training materials for the residential installation market. Developed by industry experts, detailed and engaging online courses, live workshops, and printed learning materials deliver the fundamentals on all residential systems including structured wiring, distributed audio, home networking, and home theater. Training helps prepare for DHTI+ Certification. Management and sales resource materials focus on the business of installation, offering solutions to increase efficiency, productivity, and profitability. www.bedrocklearning.com Contact Information

	Casero Casero offers white label solutions to carriers looking to include personal digital media management and sharing into their service offerings. The Casero Digital Media Suite provides secure storage of personal digital media such as photos, videos and music, while encompassing both social networking and mobile applications. These solutions allow the carriers to create their own online communities and offer premium services such as storage, photo-finishing, and video monitoring. www.casero.com Contact Information

	Control4 Control4 makes Everyday Easy. We give you simple and practical control of your music, movies, lights, temperature and security system from anywhere in your home, or anywhere in the world. Our wired and wireless, easy to use products make your home your favorite place to be by bringing a new level of effortless entertainment, peace of mind and comfort and convenience to you and your family. www.control4.com Contact Information

	CopperGate Communications CopperGate Communications develops chipsets designed to revolutionize home networking and networked entertainment. CopperGate is the leading provider of standards-based technology for distributing high speed IP data throughout the home over existing phone wires and coaxial cables. CopperGate’s ITU G.9954 compliant HomePNA 3 products, integrated into leading residential gateways, ONTs and set-top boxes, are enabling the deployment of triple play IPTV services by major Telcos today. www.Copper-Gate.com Contact Information

	DARTdevices Corp. DARTdevices is a developer of new enabling software technology that unleashes the potential markets for communicating applications and devices. The company was founded by successful entrepreneurs responsible for creating and bringing to market some of the world's leading operating systems, enterprise DRM systems, security technology and media players. DARTdevices is a private company, funded, in part, by Motorola. For more information, visit www.dartdevices.com. Contact Information

	DIRECTV, Inc. DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television service provider, presents the finest television experience available to more than 16 million customers in the United States, through exclusive content, industry-leading customer satisfaction (which has surpassed cable for six years running) and superior technologies. Each day, DIRECTV subscribers enjoy access to over 250 channels of 100% digital picture and sound, exclusive programming and the most comprehensive collection of sports programming available anywhere, including NFL SUNDAY TICKET™ and MLB EXTRA INNINGS®. DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) also leads the digital television technology revolution with exclusives such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET SuperFan™, US Open Interactive and YES Network Interactive and will soon have the capacity to offer over 150 channels in HD. For the most up-to-date information on DIRECTV, please visit www.directv.com.

	Exceptional Innovation Life\|ware™ from Exceptional Innovation seamlessly merges control of your home with your world of digital entertainment. Life\|ware™ is integrated into both Microsoft® Windows Vista Media Center, which means you get all of Media Center’s great functionality, and using the same remote control, you can control your home’s lighting system, thermostats and security systems. You can distribute your music around your entire house, check your cameras, enact user-defined Life\|scenes™ or share media across the network. www.life-ware.com Contact Information

	Exent Exent is the leading global market solutions provider for broadband-based monetization of PC and video games. Exent delivers technologies and products for game publishers, broadband service providers, advertising agencies, consumer electronics manufacturers, media companies, brand owners, consumer portals, retailers and others. Exent's product line supports multiple solutions, including digital distribution of video games, cross-platform enablers, in-game advertising and community building solutions. Exent's digital distribution solutions supports both 2' and 10' environment and all standard business models - ad-based, purchase, subscription, rental, and try-before-you-buy, utilizing its leading streaming and DRM platform. www.exent.com Contact Information

	Gyration Gyration is a technology innovator whose products are revolutionizing the way people interact with PC’s and CE devices in the growing ecosystem of digital media devices. Based on their breakthrough gyroscope technology, Gyration’s products enable intuitive cursor control from a couch or across a room by tracking natural hand motion. Gyration boasts the only cursor control allowed under Microsoft’s “Green Button” specification, and markets remotes and mobile devices to OEM and retail customers. www.gyration.com Contact Information

	Hillcrest Laboratories Hillcrest Laboratories (a.k.a. Hillcrest Labs) has created the first pointer-based, interactive media system for TV. Hillcrest Labs enables CE manufacturers, service providers and Internet content companies to deliver the most visually engaging and intuitive way to browse, discover, and interact with digital media throughout the home. Components of Hillcrest Lab’s interactive media system can be embedded across a wide range of in-home entertainment devices including PCs, DVRs, media adapters, and more. The company won a 2006 International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award, presented by the Consumer Electronics Association. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Hillcrest Labs was founded in 2001 by Dan Simpkins. The company is funded by NEA, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital. For additional information, visit www.hillcrestlabs.com. Contact Information

	iControl Networks Award-winning iControl offers remote home monitoring products and web-based service that enables consumers to remotely monitor their property, control their home and keep up with their family from any web browser, cell phone or PDA. Finally, consumers can see, know and respond to what’s happening in their homes when they’re away. iControl partners with service providers who wish to increase monthly revenues by offering a branded remote home monitoring service to existing and potential customers. www.icontrol.com Contact Information

	Intamac Systems Ltd Intamac Systems Ltd the global leader in Internet based monitoring, messaging and control services. Founded in 2000, and based in Northampton UK, the company has developed an Internet-based communications platform that allows consumers to remotely monitor and control devices in their home. Intamac have signed contracts with major corporate partners who use their broadband services to increase ARPU, leverage broadband and reduce customer churn. With an established customer base on 3 continents, Intamac have been recognised for market leading innovation: Winner of the 2003 British Security Industry Association Excellence Awards for Best Innovation, winner of Digital Home Magazine 'Best online home service' and a Red Herring “Top 100” company for 2006. Intamac is committed to innovating with new technology products and services to improve the lives of people at home and at work. www.intamac.com Contact Information

	Jungo Jungo is a leading provider of CPE software for residential and business gateways and networking devices. We enable our OEM/ODM and Telco customers to develop innovative networking equipment. OpenRG and OpenSMB, the company’s flagship products, offer OEMs and ODMs an integrated software solution that includes a range of broadband applications coupled with extensive remote management capabilities. It is a complete suite of software technologies for residential/SOHO gateways, Triple Play gateways, VPN/Firewall router, wireless access points, cable/DSL modems and integrated access devices. www.jungo.com Contact Information

	The Media Experience Trade Association The Media Experience Trade Association is an organization of producers, artists, executives, authors, engineers and other professionals engaged in the business of user experience design for digital media. The META advocates and promotes excellence in user experience design, and seeks to improve end-user satisfaction through research and development, common design standards, applied best practices, and consumer outreach. The META establishes common means of trade, promotes competitive growth in the media design industry, and cultivates fellowship among members. www.mediaexperience.org

	Metabeam Metabeam® conceives, develops, produces and promotes new forms of entertainment with unprecedented audience control and ease of use. The company delivers entertainment technology to the world’s leading digital media artists. Metabeam invented the Metamenu™ system, a production method and consumer interface for mobile and next-generation home media. The Metamenu method is a production standard for advanced interactive and networked features for DVD-ROM, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Hollywood has chosen Metamenu technology for a diverse set of blockbuster titles including Academy Award® winner Crash and science fiction classic Terminator 2. www.metabeam.com

	Microsoft Corporation: Windows Media Center The new Windows Media Center in Windows Vista™ delivers high-fidelity visuals and surround-sound for the most advanced home-entertainment. New Online Media services will change the way you watch TV, like the SportsLounge featuring FOXSports.com, and more premium TV and movie download and streaming services. Plus, easily turn your house into a “Digital Home” by wirelessly streaming these services, live and recorded digital HDTV, and music and photo collections through Xbox 360 and future Media Center Extender-compatible CE devices. www.microsoft.com Contact Information

	Nero, Inc. Nero provides high quality software solutions for the global digital media market. With its compression technology- Nero Digital™, based on industry standard ISO MPEG-4, Nero presents a complete a/v solution for CE and mobile devices. With AVC/H.264 video and HE-AAC audio, Nero offers profiles that also include STB and HD, ISO MPEG extensions, 3GPP compliance, transcoding capabilities and outstanding audio/video quality. www.nero.com Contact Information

	NETGEAR NETGEAR has been a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products since 1996. Our mission is to be the preferred customer-driven provider of innovative networking solutions for small businesses and homes.

	NXP NXP Semiconductors is powering the revolution in the TV viewing experience by delivering solutions that process all global digital formats, offer best possible picture quality and enable a variety of audio, video, data and images to be available anytime, anywhere throughout the home and on-the-move. The TV, including PC TV and TV-on-mobile, will soon be the window to a world of new content, and NXP is unique in supporting these developments with a full range of semiconductor components, system solutions and connected systems based on industry standards. www.nxp.com Contact Information

	Octalica Octalica is a leading provider of networking solutions for the emerging Digital Home Entertainment market. Octalica’s products are highly integrated system-on-a-chips that enable high-speed digital networks over the existing coaxial infrastructure, based on MoCA specifications. www.octalica.com Contact Information

	Pacific Crest Securities Pacific Crest Securities is an independent investment bank focused exclusively on technology. Our unique approach gives us an unequaled depth of knowledge and expertise in technology and technology investing. Our consistent, long-term commitment allows us to make sense of the interrelated technology sector. We identify emerging trends and provide highly useful insights and solutions to North America and Europe's largest institutional investors, venture capitalists, and technology companies. Our success is predicated on the success of our clients. www.pacific-crest.com

	Quartics Quartics brings breakthrough technology to the wireless level, enabling seamless wireless communication between a wide array of digital media sources, including your laptop, PC, TV, projector and display device. With PC2TV, you can view any content in any format from your PC directly on your display/flat screen TV in HD quality utilizing our revolutionary PC2TV chip, the only processor that is both codec and transport agnostic. Wirelessly connect your laptop to additional display devices, keyboards, mouse or other peripherals via our USB Media Extenders. Our revolutionary Media Coprocessors allow real-time and faster than real-time encode, decode and transcode of HD content on a PC or set-top box. www.quartics.com Contact Information

	Radialpoint Radialpoint provides managed Value Added Service (VAS) solutions for the largest Broadband Service Providers (BSPs). Radialpoint's managed VAS solutions deliver tangible business results enabling BSPs to generate new revenues and reduce the costs of delivering and supporting new services. Our proven approach combines best-in-class consumer services optimized for a consistent user experience, with innovative service intelligence and VAS management capabilities. Radialpoint manages over 50 VAS programs available to over 20 million subscribers worldwide. Our customers include: Bell Canada, TELUS and Videotron in Canada; Adelphia, BellSouth and Verizon in the US; and Virgin Media in Europe. For more information, visit www.radialpoint.com. Contact Information

	RedMere Technology RedMere Technology Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company delivering communications ICs which increase the reliability and reduce the cost of high-speed communication channels. RedMere is introducing its MagnifEye™ technology, a breakthrough in HDMI™ channel performance and reliability. With MagnifEye™, recovery of HDMI™ data degraded over low-cost cables is dramatically improved. Our unique de-skewing technology recovers differential data pairs skewed by two full bits. MagnifEye™ also incorporates adaptive equalization, compensating for high-bandwidth frequency suppression in cables. www.redmere.com Contact Information

	Sequel Technologies Sequel Technologies has harnessed digital technology for the residential and commercial security markets served by the independent dealer channel - an industry that heretofore has been resolutely stuck in the analog age. Our focus is on the development of technology and products to solve the technical, installation, service; and therefore business problems of the dealer while providing a robust user experience. www.sequeltechnologies.com Contact Information

	SiConnect SiConnect provides market leading in-home powerline communications (PLC) technology. Its innovative silicon and software solutions enable existing domestic electrical wiring to be used to transport audio, video, voice and data throughout the home. Working in partnership with the world’s blue chip telecommunication operators, cable companies and consumer electronics manufacturers, SiConnect is creating new benchmarks for PLC technology that achieve all capacity, reliability, ease of use and cost point goals. www.siconnect.com

	Sitel Sitel is a global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) leader that meets clients’ customer care and transaction processing needs through 65,000 associates in 28 countries. Sitel provides world-class solutions from on-shore, nearshore and offshore locations across 145+ facilities throughout North America, South America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. The new company’s award-winning services provide clients with the strategic insight, scale and diversity of offerings to ensure the best return on their customer investment. www.sitel.com

	SmartLabs, Inc. SmartLabs, Inc. is the world's leading authority on electronic home improvement and automation and the industry leader in home-control wireless networking technology. SmartLabs Technology is the pioneering architect of INSTEON, the first home automation network technology to combine the home's electrical wiring with radio frequency communications. INSTEON delivers a secure, reliable and fast connection for remote control of lighting, security, entertainment systems, appliances, climate and more. SmartLabs' INSTEON Alliance offers a focused community for developers to incorporate the INSTEON standard into their products. Information regarding INSTEON can be found at www.insteon.net. SmartLabs (www.smartlabsinc.com) is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. Contact Information

	Staccato Communications Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Staccato Communications is an Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology pioneer with applications expertise in Certified Wireless USB, Bluetooth and Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity. The fabless semiconductor company serves the personal computing, consumer electronics and mobile phone industries with low cost, small form factor, low power consuming single-chip, all-CMOS wireless products. Staccato’s WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB-based offerings include PHY, MAC, drivers, application software, development kits and reference designs. The Team Staccato Partner Program enables total solutions through alliances with industry leaders throughout the value chain. For more information, please visit www.staccatocommunications.com.

	Streamload Streamload is a leading provider of online digital media services. It launched its new online media center, Streamload MediaMax™, in October 2005. Streamload MediaMax™ encompasses five online services which help consumers easily manage their entire media collection in one central location. Users can easily store, organize, access and share their videos, photos, music, and more in a private and secure environment. www.streamload.com Contact Information

	STS STS is the leading fabless semiconductor manufacturer for Plug & Play, Real Time wireless solutions for consumer streaming audio applications. STS delivers digital and radio silicon, offering a, robust, guaranteed QOS, wire replacement platform capable of delivering multi-channel uncompressed CD-quality audio to multiple receivers with very low latency to a range up to 50 m indoors (200 m LoS). STS’ platform supports the complete range of applications including home theatre, home stereo, surround sound, multi-room, lifestyle, portable, automotive, headphone and microphone applications. STS’ modern, universal and flexible RF technology has revolutionized the wireless communication industry. In recent years, STS has succeeded in establishing market leadership in the wireless audio markets. Our very clear and ambitious vision is to pursue innovation of the high-quality, low-cost factor, excelling in our deliveries for the wireless world. STS is now rolling out an ambitious roadmap for wireless A/V connected products. www.sts-wireless.com Contact Information

	ThinkOptics, Inc. ThinkOptics, Inc. brings an intuitive, game-changing media navigation experience to your TV. It does so via its magic-wand-like WavIt™ navigation device and UI platform. The platform is easily integrated into a Set-top-box, Media PC or an IPTV solution. The core innovation is an optical direct pointing technology, which enables an intuitive, direct-pointing TV interface experience from the sofa. Direct-pointing approach to the user interface, now popularized in the Nintendo Wii game console, is the most intuitive way to access and navigate content on a large-screen TV. www.thinkoptics.com Contact Information

	uControl uControl is the only next-generation home security solution that works with existing, installed alarm systems in homes. Physical Connectivity - uControl utilizes 3 redundant communication paths via broadband, cellular and phone lines. Virtual Connectivity - uControl allows the user to remotely control and monitor their alarm system via the web, cell phone or PDA. Advanced Services- uControl will deliver video and two-way voice monitoring as well as home automation services such as thermostat and lighting controls. www.ucontrol.com Contact Information

	The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is an International not-for-profit trade association working to promote global standards and regulations in the fast developing Powerline communications market. The UPA aims to catalyze the growth of Powerline technology by delivering UPA plug-tested and certified products that comply with these specified standards and regulations. All products and applications designed around UPA guidelines will communicate, from simple coexistence to full interoperability. The UPA provides all Powerline players the opportunity to respond to key customer expectations with open standards, based on interoperability, security and coexistence and supported by exclusive and independent certifications, the only global guarantee of quality and confidence for high-speed Powerline technology available today. UPA customers have the benefit of multiple silicon providers, making the technology the most accessible in the industry. www.upaplc.org Contact Information

	XANBOO INC. Xanboo empowers the every day user to view live video of their home, control lights/switches/devices, and be notified of events, right on their cell phone! Simply put, Xanboo is the most intuitive, simple to use and affordable solution on the market today for controlling one's home or business via a cell phone. Users simply download a simple J2ME application into their phone and within minutes they're controlling their devices with a simple click of a button. Now that's 'wickedly cool'! -Live Streaming Video-Thermostat Control-Control Lighting-Event Notification-Verified Alarm Response www.xanboo.com

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	Friendly Technologies Friendly Technologies meets the challenges faced by today’s broadband service providers focused on Home Networking and the Digital Home. The company develops software for CPE self-installation, self-provisioning and remote management via TR-069. Additionally, Friendly provides software for home network self-installation and self-healing. Friendly’s PPPoE Client was installed on 5 million desktops worldwide. Among the company's 200+ customers: British Telecom (BT), Thomson, NTT Japan, Alvarion, Korea Telecom Networks, AOL, Supra Telecom, LocalNet, Tutopia, Sagem, etc. www.friendly-tech.com Contact Information

	HomePNA HomePNA is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to promote adoption of networking industry standards using existing home wiring. Members of HomePNA develop industry standards over both phone line and coaxial cables with the intent to rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable multimedia home networking solutions targeting-triple play IP computer, entertainment and communication data networking applications such as VoIP, IPTV and networked PVRs. Founded in June 1998, HomePNA members represent cutting-edge international companies that span the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA, visit www.homepna.org. Contact Information

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	AMIMON AMIMON is a fabless semiconductor company pioneering wireless uncompressed high-definition video for universal connectivity among CE video devices. AMIMON’s uncompressed Wireless High-definition Interface (WHDI™) technology allows flat-panel televisions and multimedia projectors to wirelessly interface to all HDTV video sources at a quality equivalent to that achieved with wired interfaces such as component video, DVI and HDMI. AMIMON’s WHDI™ solution, which is based on a unique video-modem approach supports wireless delivery of uncompressed HDTV with equivalent video rates of up to 3Gbps (uncompressed 1080p) in the 5GHz unlicensed band at ranges beyond 100 feet. Products that are enabled by AMIMON’s technology include: wireless multimedia projectors, wireless flat panel TVs, wireless HDMI extenders (dongles) and PC-to-TV high resolution video links. www.amimon.com Contact Information

	Enure Networks Enure Networks offers the world’s first product capable of automating the home network environment, from setup and management to recovering from problems, without requiring user or service provider intervention. Focused entirely on solving the problem from within the home, the software provides dramatic reductions in technical support inquiries. www.enure.com Contact Information

	MedioStream, Inc. MedioStream has the building blocks for enterprise and consumer media network solutions. Our unique services range from UGC social networks for consumers, to OEM ready UPnP and DLNA certified software modules. Get your cutting edge solution to market in a hurry, stop by booth 101 and meet our dedicated team. www.mediostream.com Contact Information

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	Deloitte The Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Industry Group consists of the TMT practices organized in the various member firms of DTT and includes more than 5,000 member firm partners, directors and senior managers supported by thousands of other professionals that provide services in four professional areas — audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services. For more information on the US TMT practice, please click here. www.deloitte.com

	Hanley Wood’s Digital Home Magazine DIGITAL HOME brings together the custom and production builders, architects and installers at the forefront of the burgeoning installed digital electronics market and have the ability to integrate these new products and ideas into their projects. DIGITAL HOME is the only magazine that details every facet of the digital home market, from specification to building to the installation process. www.hanleywood.com Contact Information

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CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.

CONNECTIONS™ sessions provide high-level research, knowledge, and analysis to over 1,000 executives from the converging industries developing products and services for consumers. Topics include IPTV and “TV 2.0,” bundled services, consumer storage, mobile applications and content, social and digital media, and home and lifestyle management.

For twelve years, the following industries have participated at CONNECTIONS™: new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, software and middleware, digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and security.

For information about CONNECTIONS™, contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.
For information on speaking, sponsoring, or attending, please visit www.connectionsconference.com.
CONNECTIONS™ 2009 - June 2-4, 2009