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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.
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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