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Parks Associates
and CONNECTIONS™ to host pre-show workshop and sessions at 2005
International CES
Parks Associates today announced plans for a pre-show workshop and four
interactive sessions at 2005 International CES, events which will feature
the latest consumer research and expert analysis on the digital home.
Parks Associates will host the pre-show workshop The Digital Home Highway
on January 5, 2005, and
CONNECTIONS™ will host four interactive sessions during CES, which
will take place in Las Vegas, January 6-9, 2005.
These events will feature Parks Associates’ leading analysts and
provide insight into the current and future developments for home
entertainment services, home networking, and broadband. Parks Associates’
research shows that the demand for Internet-based video services will push
the number of users over 15 million by 2008, indicative of the immense
potential for these on-demand markets.
“CES always provides a great atmosphere to discuss the future of
high-tech markets,” said
Tricia Parks,
president of Parks Associates. “Our sessions and workshops will feature
stimulating discussion as well as the consumer data necessary to craft
appropriate strategies and business plans.”
The pre-show workshop will feature Parks Associates’ latest consumer
research and industry analysis on portable entertainment devices. Parks
Associates will host this workshop on January 5, 2005, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sessions will include:
The Digital Home Highway: Opportunities, Pot Holes, and Speed Bumps
- Paving the Digital Expressway: Broadband and Connectivity Outlook
- The Digital Toll Road: Content-on-Demand Services
- Gridlock Up Ahead: The DRM Dilemma
The Digital Home Highway: The Consumer and Multimedia Vehicles
- Drivers Wanted: Understanding Consumers in the Digital Home
- Crossroads: The PC’s Emergence as a Multimedia Hub
- Are We There Yet? Connected Consumer Electronics
The four interactive
CONNECTIONS™ sessions will each host a panel of executives and explore
the latest developments for on-demand entertainment, content, Internet
services, and home networking. The session titles are:
- Requiem for the Hi-Fi: Audio in the Digital Age
- Fun on the Run: Portable Entertainment Devices
- Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley: Linking Content Services to
Multimedia Platforms
- Making the Network Work: The Role of Managed Services
For more information and to register for these sessions, please visit
www.parksassociates.com
or visit www.ce.org or contact Parks
Associates at 972-490-1113.
About CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase,
produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics
Association, is the largest international executive conference for digital
home technologies.
CONNECTIONS™ provides a comprehensive examination of all aspects of
the digital home value chain. For information on sponsoring, speaking, or
attending CONNECTIONS™,
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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