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CONNECTIONS™ Europe Press Release
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GERMAN
CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit, hosted in Nice, France, addresses new features
and services for digital media and connected consumer electronics
Dallas, Texas, December 4, 2008 – International
research firm Parks Associates today announced the preliminary agenda
for CONNECTIONS™ Europe
Summit, taking place March 31, 2009, in Nice, France. This executive
event focuses on the roles of service and technology providers, media
companies, and manufacturers in creating new entertainment,
communications, and lifestyle applications for consumers.
According to
Entertainment
2.0 in Europe, Parks Associates’ multinational research project,
the French market is a microcosm of the overall European market for
advanced entertainment services. In France, 28% of broadband users watch
online TV on a regular basis, and 16% of pay-TV subscribers watch
movies-on-demand at least monthly. Parks Associates forecasts that IPTV
and cable video-on-demand revenues in major European countries will grow
from €1.1 billon in 2008 to €5.4 billon by 2013. At the same time,
online video revenues will grow from €350 million in 2008 to €3.2 billon
by 2013.
“Collaboration among key value chain players is driving
the European market for digital lifestyle products and services,” said
Kurt Scherf, vice
president, principal analyst, Parks Associates. “CONNECTIONS™ Europe
Summit provides a unique venue where executives can discuss and
demonstrate the opportunities and challenges for creating new products and
services for the European consumer.”
Summit topics
include Value-added Access Services, Video Services, Digital Media Content
and Delivery, Connected Consumer Electronics, and Customer Support.
Roger
Pitton, Program Director, TV Business, Microsoft Corporation, will
deliver the Keynote address
“IPTV and the keys to keeping customers.”
Confirmed speakers
represent the companies Affinegy, Enure Networks, HomePlug Powerline
Alliance, Icron, IO-Homecontrol, Macrovision, moreTV Broadcasting GmbH,
SPiDCOM Technologies, Telcordia, and Tilgin.
Event sponsors
include Advisory Sponsors
Affinegy and
Enure
Networks and Supporting Sponsor
HomeGrid Forum.
CONNECTIONS™ Global Sponsors include
ActiveVideo Networks,
Affinegy,
DSC,
HD-PLC,
Icron,
Macrovision, the
Multimedia
over Coax Alliance (MoCA™),
ProVision Communications,
Telcordia, and
Zilog.
For information, visit
http://www.connectionseurope.com or contact 972-490-1113,
sales@parksassociates.com.
About CONNECTIONS™ Europe
CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summits, produced by Parks Associates, provide
attendees with high-level analysis and consumer research, networking
opportunities, and information on emerging residential and mobile
technologies and services.
The next CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit will take place in Amsterdam,
Netherlands, 4 November 2009, and focuses on the impact of new
platforms, consumer buying habits, and new business models and
opportunities for TV operators, content developers, advertisers, and
consumer electronics companies.
http://www.connectionseurope.com
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