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Jim Bankoff, AOL Programming Chief, Looks to the
Future at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase
CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference and Showcase will explore the ubiquity of the
Internet and its impact on all of our lives beginning on Wednesday, May
11, 2005.
In his opening keynote,
Jim Bankoff,
executive vice president of Programming & Products for AOL, will discuss
the importance of providing compelling programming as the industry
competes more and more aggressively for consumer eyeballs and advertisers.
CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in
partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, will take place May
11-13, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency near the San Francisco Airport in
Burlingame, Calif. The opening keynote
“Online
Programming: The Next Frontier” begins at 4:45 on May 11, 2005.
“Roughly one-third of all U.S. households now have broadband access and
nearly 20 million have a home network, creating new possibilities in
entertainment and information access,” said
Tricia Parks,
president of Parks Associates. “AOL is a market leader in making the
Internet more accessible and more integral to people’s lives. As
connectivity continues to expand, AOL’s market actions, guided by its
strong place in this market, will help realize and define the role of the
Internet.”
Bankoff
will explore the factors driving the next generation of online
programming. Specifically he will examine the impact of persistent access,
interactivity, video, search functions, and community on domains such as
music, news, sports, personal finance, and movies. He will also explore
the resultant changes in ways consumers live, get information, and stay
entertained.
Says
Bankoff, “As the Internet universe expands increasing competition
across the board, compelling programming will draw audience. But what is
compelling on the Internet? How important is originality or interactivity?
How do we think about audience segments? Or community? These are the
questions we are all asking about the next generation of online content.”
More information on sponsoring and attending CONNECTIONS™, including
online registration, is available at
http://www.connectionsconference.com. For information about sponsoring
CONNECTIONS™, contact
sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase is
hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support
from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) and is the
premier executive event focused on the market developments and
growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
This unique research-driven executive conference
and showcase, hosting close to 1,000 attendees each year,
delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and
opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer
electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home
systems.
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.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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