Over 35 companies and organizations in the high-tech industry have announced their support for Fall Focus: On-Demand Digital Entertainment, which will take place November 10-12, 2004, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, Calif.

Fall Focus, hosted by Parks Associates, will examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home. The event will feature keynotes from Scientific-Atlanta and Microsoft and a Leadership Roundtable of industry luminaries discussing the digital entertainment value chain.

“We are pleased to have a diverse group of sponsors who are committed to moving these markets forward,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “It has been a very productive year in digital entertainment, particularly for on-demand services and technologies, and Fall Focus is the perfect venue to discuss the current state and future challenges for these multifaceted industries.”

The event has support from the following sponsors:

Gold Sponsors

• The Consumer Technology Publishing Group
• EarthLink
• Intel Corporation
• Nortel Networks
• Philips Electronics
• Texas Instruments

Silver Sponsors

• Digital 5, Inc.
• DivXNetworks
• Gyration
• Internet Home Alliance
• The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™)
• Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
• Streamload
• Yummy Interactive

Break Sponsors

• Music Choice
• Terayon

Supporting Organizations

• Circle F Media
• Dempa Publications, Inc.
• The Digital Lifestyles Resource Center
• The Digital Living Network Alliance
• iHollywood Forum
• The Wi-Fi Technology Forum
• Ward Davis Communications
• World Digital Video Association

Supporting Publications

• Broadband Wireless Business
• CMS NewsLine
• Converge! Network Digest
• DCD Business Report
• Digital Connect Magazine
• Digital Music News
• Electronic Gaming Business
• Fierce Wireless
• HiddenWires
• Home Toys
• Inside Digital TV
• Kensei News & Information Services (KNIS)
• Viodi View
• VTECHLINK

According to Parks Associates, by the end of 2008, PC-based entertainment components, including media PCs and related peripherals, will account for approximately $13 billion in annual sales. Furthermore, the number of U.S. households with a digital video recorder (DVR) set-top box, provided by a service provider, will exceed 25 million by the end of 2006.

For more information on attending this event or participating as a sponsor, visit www.fallfocus.com.

About Fall Focus
Fall Focus seminars are targeted events providing a full analysis and evaluation of the “focus” topic. These seminars typically host 175-225 people, and the agenda features industry leaders from the relevant domains in an interactive environment, moderated by Parks Associates’ analysts.

Fall Focus: On-Demand Digital Entertainment, hosted by industry experts Parks Associates, will be held November 10-12, 2004, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA. The event will examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home. Moderated by Parks analysts, the panel discussions will feature key executives from a variety of industry domains, including broadband services, content aggregation, and hardware development.

The event will kick off with The Leadership Roundtable, Strengthening Links in the Digital Entertainment Value Chain, on November 11. Key topics will include digital rights management and content protection issues, the evolution of specific platforms to accommodate consumer demand, and service design and deployment.

“The roundtable will offer a creative, interactive, and highly enriching environment for both our speakers and attendees,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “Parks Associates sees the markets for digital entertainment replete with both opportunities and unresolved issues, so this type of high-level dialogue will be necessary in order to realize these successes.”

Leadership Roundtable Participants:

• Robert Acker, Vice President, RealPlayer and Music Services, RealNetworks
• Brett Butler, General Manager, Broadband Cable Business, Texas Instruments
• Bob Engel, Director of Marketing, HP Digital Entertainment
• David Henry, Senior Vice President, & General Manager Control Devices, Logitech
• Peter Lee, Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company
• Bill Leszinske, Director, Digital Home Marketing and Planning Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
• Bill Loewenthal, Vice President & General Manager of ReplayTV, D&M Holdings
• Neil Smith, General Manager, Digital Media Services, AOL
• Bill Taylor, Senior Vice President, Broadband, Motorola

Keynotes Speakers will be:

• Bob McIntyre, Corporate Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer, Scientific-Atlanta
• Hadi Partovi, General Manager, MSN Entertainment & Digital Media, Microsoft Corporation

Other sessions will address the following topics:

• Priming the Pump: Managing Content through the Value Chain
• A New Way of Looking at Media Convergence in the Home
• On-Demand: Video
• On-Demand: Gaming
• On-Demand: Music
• Meeting the Needs for On-Demand Delivery and Consumption
• The Rise of the Media Hub: An Ecosystem Focus

Participants on these interactive panels include:

• Robert Acker, Vice President RealPlayer and Music Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
• Christopher Allen, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Planning, MusicMatch
• Ramzi Ammari, VP of Product Development, Universal Electronics
• Tony Barra, Chief Strategy Officer, Internet Home Alliance
• John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
• John Canning, Technical Evangelist, Applications & Services, Microsoft
• Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
• Jim Denney, Director, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc
• Patricia Fry, Global Offering Executive, Digital Content Creation and Online Games, IBM
• Mark Gray, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kasenna
• Jordan Greenhall, Chief Executive Officer, DivXNetworks Inc.
• Michael Harris, President & CEO, Digital 5 Inc.
• Michael McGrail, President & CEO, ICTV
• Nick Mellios, Chief Executive Officer, Yummy Interactive
• Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcom
• Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates
• Vivek Pathela, Sr. Director, Product Management/Marketing, NETGEAR
• Peter Percosan, Executive Director of Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments
• Jim Ramo, Chief Executive Officer, Movielink
• Sean Ryan, Vice President, Music Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
• Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
• Kathy Schoback, Vice President, Content & Strategy, Infinium Labs
• Jay Schiller, Senior Vice President, Market Development, nCUBE
• Steve Shannon, Founder and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Akimbo
• Roger Shanafelt, Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Myrio
• Andrew Steele, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Digital Video Solutions, Terayon Communications Systems
• Scott Stevens, Vice President, Systems Engineering- America, Juniper Networks
• Michael Stroud, Founder and CEO, iHollywood Forum Inc.
• Christina Tancredi, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Advertising & Sponsorship Sales, Music Choice
• Bill Taylor, Senior Vice President, Broadband, Motorola
• Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products & Market Strategy, Exent
• Gabe Zichermann, Vice President, Strategy & Communications, Trymedia Systems

According to Parks Associates, by the end of 2007, there will be eight million subscribers to on-demand music services, generating over $900 million annually, while the number of broadband games-on-demand households will exceed two million.

For more information visit www.fallfocus.com, e-mail info@parksassociates.com, or call 972-490-1113. Sponsorship opportunities are available

Parks Associates today welcomed the Internet Home Alliance as a silver sponsor to the upcoming executive seminar Fall Focus: On-Demand Demand Digital Entertainment, to be held November 10-12, 2004.

Fall Focus, hosted by industry experts Parks Associates, will take place at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA. Internet Home Alliance, a cross-industry network of leading companies advancing the home technology market, will join a host of other sponsors and industry luminaries at this event, which is designed to examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home.

“Success in market segments such as digital entertainment requires cross-industry collaboration and a holistic perspective,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “Internet Home Alliance has successfully promoted these qualities, and we are pleased to have its sponsorship for Fall Focus.”

Tony Barra, chief strategy officer, Internet Home Alliance, will participate on the panel “The Rise of the Media Hub: An Ecosystem Focus” that will be held on Friday, November 12, at 11:45 a.m.

“Although consumer awareness and adoption of digital entertainment content are growing nicely, so too is the frustration created by a highly fragmented digital environment,” said Barra. “At the Alliance, we are working collaboratively with industry leaders to identify the business opportunities created by providing a seamless entertainment experience for consumers.”

According to Parks Associates, by the end of 2008, PC-based entertainment components, including media PCs and related peripherals, will account for approximately $13 billion in annual sales. Furthermore, the number of U.S. households with a digital video recorder (DVR) set-top box, provided by a service provider, will exceed 25 million by the end of 2006. By the end of 2007, there will be eight million subscribers to on-demand music services, generating over $900 million annually, while the number of broadband games-on-demand households will exceed two million.

Leadership Roundtable to Kick off Fall Focus: On-Demand Digital Entertainment

Executives from Texas Instruments, HP Digital Entertainment, Sony Electronics, Logitech, The Walt Disney Company, Intel Corporation, D&M Holdings, RealNetworks, Motorola to provide insight into future of on-demand entertainment

September 23, 2004 — Parks Associates will kick off its executive seminar Fall Focus: On-Demand Demand Digital Entertainment on November 11, 2004, with a leadership roundtable featuring a group of industry luminaries that spans the digital value chain.

Fall Focus, hosted by industry experts Parks Associates, will be held November 10-12, 2004, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA. The event will examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home.

The Leadership Roundtable, titled Strengthening Links in the Digital Entertainment Value Chain, will start at 8:30 a.m. and present an interactive dialogue among leaders from a variety of industry domains, including broadband services, content aggregation, and hardware development.

The session will examine future opportunities, current challenges, and the most significant developments both now and upcoming in the field of on-demand digital entertainment. Key topics will include digital rights management and content protection issues, the evolution of specific platforms to accommodate consumer demand, and service design and deployment.

“The roundtable will offer a creative, interactive, and highly enriching environment for both our speakers and attendees,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “Parks Associates sees the markets for digital entertainment replete with both opportunities and unresolved issues, so this type of high-level dialogue will be necessary in order to realize these successes.”

According to Parks Associates, by the end of 2008, PC-based entertainment components, including media PCs and related peripherals, will account for approximately $13 billion in annual sales. By the end of 2007, there will be eight million subscribers to on-demand music services, generating over $900 million annually, while the number of broadband games-on-demand households will exceed two million.

The session agenda currently includes:

• Brett Butler, General Manager, Broadband Cable Business, Texas Instruments
• Bob Engel, Director of Marketing, HP Digital Entertainment
• David Henry, Senior Vice President, & General Manager Control Devices, Logitech
• Peter Lee, Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company
• Bill Leszinske, Director, Digital Home Marketing and Planning Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
• Bill Loewenthal, Vice President, Business Development, Advanced Center of Technology; Vice President, Product Marketing, ReplayTV, D&M Holdings
• Sean Ryan, Vice President, Music Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
• Bill Taylor, Senior Vice President, Broadband, Motorola

Fall Focus Agenda

Fall Focus: On-Demand Digital Entertainment – Industry Leaders Examine Solutions to Accelerate the Markets

September 16, 2004 — Parks Associates today released the initial list of speakers for its upcoming executive seminar Fall Focus: On-Demand Demand Digital Entertainment, to be held November 10-12, 2004.

Fall Focus, hosted by industry experts Parks Associates, will take place at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA. The event will examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home.

“Fall Focus speakers represent every link in the digital value chain, so our attendees will gain a complete picture of the opportunities and challenges in furthering on-demand digital entertainment,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “We are excited about this year’s lineup of speakers.”

According to Parks Associates, by the end of 2008, PC-based entertainment components, including media PCs and related peripherals, will account for approximately $13 billion in annual sales. By the end of 2007, there will be eight million subscribers to on-demand music services, generating over $900 million annually, while the number of broadband games-on-demand households will exceed two million. By 2006, the number of U.S. households with a digital video recorder (DVR) set-top box, provided by a service provider, will exceed 25 million.

The preliminary agenda for Fall Focus includes the following speakers:

ROUND TABLE LEADERS:

• Brett Butler, General Manager, Broadband Cable Business, Texas Instruments
• David Henry, Senior Vice President, & General Manager Control Devices, Logitech
• Peter Lee, Vice-President, Business Development New Technology, The Walt Disney Company
• William O. Leszinske, Jr., Director, Digital Home Marketing and Planning, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
• Bill Loewenthal, Vice President, Business Development, Advanced Center of Technology
• Sean Ryan, Vice President, Music Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
• Bill Taylor, Senior Vice President, Broadband, Motorola

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE:

Bob McIntyre, Corporate Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer, Scientific-Atlanta

PANELISTS:

• Christopher Allen, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Planning, MusicMatch
• Tony Barra, Chief Strategy Officer, Internet Home Alliance
• John Canning, Technical Evangelist, Applications & Services, Microsoft
• Jim Denney, Director, Product Marketing, TiVo Inc.
• Michael Harris, President & COO, Digital 5
• Patricia Fry, Global Offering Executive, Digital Content Creation and Online Games, IBM
• Mark Gray, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kasenna
• Jordan Greenhall, Chief Executive Officer, DivXNetworks Inc.
• Michael McGrail, President & CEO, ICTV
• Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcom
• Jay Schiller, Senior Vice President, Market Development, nCUBE
• Kathy Schoback, Vice President, Content & Strategy, Infinium Labs
• Roger Shanafelt, Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, Myrio
• Steve Shannon, Founder and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Akimbo
• Christian Tancredi, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Advertising & Sponsorship Sales, Music Choice
• Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products & Market Strategy, Exent
• Gabe Zichermann, Vice President, Strategy & Communications, Trymedia Systems

Scientific-Atlanta’s Bob McIntyre to Provide Luncheon Keynote at Fall Focus: On Demand Digital Entertainment

September 15, 2004 — Bob McIntyre, corporate senior vice president & chief technical officer for Scientific-Atlanta, will deliver the luncheon keynote, A New Way of Looking at Media Convergence in the Home, at Fall Focus: On-Demand Digital Entertainment on November 11, 2004. Mr. McIntyre will speak at 12:00 p.m. and will focus on the new opportunities for service providers created through the convergence of advanced applications and technologies such as high-speed connections, media storage, and user interfaces.

Fall Focus, an executive seminar hosted by Parks Associates, will take place November 10-12, 2004, at the Loews Coronado Resort in San Diego, CA. This executive seminar will examine the strategies, challenges, and technologies for on-demand digital entertainment. According to Parks Associates, there will be eight million music-on-demand subscribers by 2007, generating over $900 million in revenue per year.

“As more consumers integrate digital formats into their entertainment practices, their desire for on-demand access to content and services will increase,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “Given the significant market revenue potential this indicates as well as Scientific-Atlanta’s role in enabling advanced services such as VOD, DVR, and entertainment distribution, Mr. McIntyre’s expertise will prove invaluable to Fall Focus attendees."

“With all of the on-demand challenges that cable operators are dealing with today, it’s extremely important for them to see and hear from a variety of sources that help is out there,” said Bob McIntyre, corporate senior vice president and chief technical officer at Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. “And, by taking a look at where our industry is headed, we can help them take actions today that will enable them to enjoy a stronger, more manageable operating environment in the future.”

Fall Focus To Examine On-Demand Digital Entertainment

June 24, 2004 — Parks Associates today announced that its upcoming executive seminar Fall Focus, to be held Nov 10-12, 2004, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA, will address the theme On-Demand Digital Entertainment. The event, hosted by industry experts Parks Associates, will examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home.

“The digital home is poised for a mass-market push based largely on the strength of these on-demand technologies and services,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “Our Fall Focus seminar will provide an examination of the markets and successful business model options, views about these services from today’s online consumers, and the opportunity to network with key market players.”

The markets to be discussed involve content such as music, gaming, and movie content, all of which will see strong growth in the next few years, according to Parks Associates. The firm forecasts that by the end of 2007, there will be eight million subscribers to on-demand music services, generating over $900 million annually, while the number of broadband games-on-demand households will exceed two million.

“Parks Associates has been studying digital entertainment for several years, balancing practicality with the genuine excitement these solutions generate, and this measured approach is represented in the three Fall Focus themes — Vision, Reality, and Solutions,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst for Parks Associates. “These markets have reached a key maturation point, and Fall Focus will serve as an excellent event to assess their current state and determine the necessary steps to foster continuing success.”

About Fall Focus
Fall Focus seminars are targeted events providing a full analysis and evaluation of the “focus” topic. These seminars typically host 175-225 people, and the agenda features industry leaders from the relevant domains in an interactive environment, moderated by Parks Associates’ analysts.