Parks Associates forecasts annual unit sales for connected TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and digital video players will grow to nearly 340 million by 2015

Parks Associates today announced connected CE will be a key focus at the upcoming CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase, June 28-30 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. As this product category reaches a new development phase, with units sold worldwide exceeding 130 million in 2011, industry focus will shift to providing Internet-like experiences and cloud-based services to enhance device value and continue strong sales.

The CONNECTIONS™ session "Interactive Features for Connected Consumer Electronics," Wednesday, June 29 at 11:15 a.m., will feature executives from AwoX; Accedo Broadband; Allegro Software Development Corp.; LG Electronics; LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company; and SyncTV discussing strategies to develop and deploy these features for connected CE.

Parks Associates will present new research including consumer interest in new interactive features such as TV widgets/apps, content delivery and billing systems for video-on-demand, and transactional/ad-supported business models.

“The advent of connectivity on a host of retail-available CE brings new entertainment, communications, and functionality to this industry,” said Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates, and session moderator. “This session highlights the need to build high-quality experiences associated with connected CE, the role of cloud media, and new business models to increase revenues.”

Session Speakers

Glenn Adler, Director Bus. Devt & Sales, AwoX, Inc.
Daniel Blackburn, VP, Mobile, LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company
John Gildred, President, SyncTV
Kurt Hoppe, Director, Smart TV Innovation and Alliances, LG Electronics
Michael Lantz, CEO, Accedo Broadband
Loren Shade, VP Marketing, Allegro Software Development Corporation

CONNECTIONS™ Sponsors are Association Sponsor CEA®; Platinum Sponsors IBM and Technicolor; Gold Sponsors Affinegy, Allegro, HCL, Radialpoint, and Rovi; Silver Sponsors AwoX; Hitachi; Independa; LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company; Motorola Mobility; PacketVideo; and PlumChoice; and Bronze Sponsors AlertMe, EchoStar, HomePNA, iTOK.NET, mgMEDIA, Minerva Networks, and RoxioNow.

Premier Program Members are HCL; IBM; LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company; Motorola Mobility; PacketVideo; PlumChoice; Radialpoint; Rovi; Sigma Designs; and Technicolor.

For more information, visit www.connectionsus.com or contact 972-490-1113, sales@parksassociates.com.

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