Early Sponsors Announced for CONNECTIONS Showcase
Dallas, Texas -/December 1, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Parks Associates and CEA announced the early sponsors for CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, to be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on May 1-3, 2007.
CONNECTIONS(TM), the leading conference and showcase for the "digital living" markets, provides a venue for learning and networking among high-level industry executives and a showcase area featuring demonstrations of the latest digital technologies.
These technologies have captured the interest of U.S. households and will have strong growth in sales both now and in the coming years, according to Parks Associates research. Over 16 million U.S. broadband households have strong interest in connected home entertainment applications such as whole-house DVR solutions. In addition, 39% of broadband households with a data network and 37% of broadband households without a data network consider multimedia networking applications highly valuable.
"The disruptive power of today's digital living technologies cannot be underestimated," said Stuart Sikes, president of Parks Associates. "Given consumer interest in advanced TV features, the introduction of these services into the home will transform the set-top box into a complete service platform that integrates entertainment, information, communications, and commerce-related applications. At CONNECTIONS(TM), we will discuss the implications of these technologies, for the short and long term, for both consumer and for the digital living industries."
Early sponsors for CONNECTIONS(TM) 2007 include the following companies:
Diamond: Pulse~LINK, Inc.; Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(TM))
Silver: Allegro Software Development Corporation; Armchair Media; Nero; Insteon, a Smartlabs Technology; Jungo; Staccatto Communications; Streamload
Platinum Supporting Organizations: NOC; Wi-Fi Alliance
Supporting Organizations: Broadband Services Forum; Home Gateway Initiative; iHollywood Forum; ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance); JETRO; KNX Association; LonMark International; UHAPI Forum; Wi-Fi Technology Forum
Supporting Media: Antenna Systems & Technology; Broadband Daily; BPL Today; Casadomo; Connect-World; Converge Network Digest, HiddenWires; Home Toys; IPTV Industry; Media Business Corp.: The Bridge, Restructuring Today; SkyReport, Telco Media News; Screen Digest; TVover.net; Ultimate Home Design; VTECH; World Telemedia Magazine
CONNECTIONS(TM) will also feature these early sponsors at 2007 International CES, where it will host nine sessions from January 8-10, 2007. These panel session, featuring over 60 industry executives. will address topics including the digital home, content creation and distribution, home controls, and home networking. For more information on attending the CONNECTIONS(TM) session at CES, please visit www.CESWEB.org
http://www.CESWEB.org.
About CONNECTIONS(TM)
Now in its eleventh year, CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments. CONNECTIONS(TM) will be held May 1-3, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
http://www.connectionsconference.com
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