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Philips brings expertise in semiconductor technology
to CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™ today welcomed Philips as a
Platinum Sponsor to its 2006
event, which will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center, May
2-4, 2006.
CONNECTIONS™: 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. This
year’s conference topics include digital entertainment, mobile platforms &
services, home networking & infrastructure, home management & digital
health, and broadband & IP services.
Parks Associates predicts that entertainment, multimedia, and network
storage nodes will constitute 20% of the more than 600 million connected
residential devices worldwide by the end of 2009. By 2010, worldwide
stand-alone portable MP3 player shipments will total 106 million units,
and worldwide portable multimedia players will reach 21 million units.
Philips’ Nexperia™ semiconductor system solutions power a wide range of
new digital products including multimedia cell phones, personal media
players, digital televisions, digital media adapters, and IP set-top
boxes.
“Many of the products that are arriving in the digital home come with
Philips technology,” said
Tricia Parks,
CEO of Parks Associates. “Philips’ expertise in developing digital
products will be invaluable to our attendees, as it is for the
digital-lifestyle vision as a whole, and we are pleased to have them at
CONNECTIONS™.”
About CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and
Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates in
partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is
the premier executive event focused on the market developments
and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
CONNECTIONS™ sessions provide high-level
research, knowledge, and analysis to over 1,000 executives from
the converging industries developing products and services for
consumers. Topics include IPTV and “TV 2.0,” bundled services,
consumer storage, mobile applications and content, social and
digital media, and home and lifestyle management.
For twelve years, the following industries have
participated at CONNECTIONS™: new media, digital entertainment
and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
software and middleware, digital health, mobile applications and
services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and
security.
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™, in
partnership with 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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