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Siemens Communications, with SURPASS Home
Entertainment Solution, Brings Industry-Leading IPTV Expertise to
CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™ today
welcomed Siemens Communications Inc. as a
Diamond
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.
This year’s proceedings will devote particular attention to Internet
protocol television (IPTV) and other advanced video services and
platforms, which have significant traction with consumers. According to
Parks Associates, 27% of U.S. households are highly interested in
interactive services such as targeted advertising, voting for game shows,
and gaming over the television.
“The SURPASS® Home Entertainment solution from Siemens is an adaptable
approach that allows each carrier to create a customized strategy for
entry into the IPTV business,” said
Eddie
Drake, CTO of Siemens Home Entertainment. “Our customers continue to
look to us for advanced features and enabling technologies in the digital
home…and we continue to deliver.”
“Siemens Communications is making great strides in enabling IPTV
services, which are critical components in realizing the vision of digital
living,” said
Tricia
Parks, CEO of Parks Associates. “We are pleased to have Siemens
Communications at CONNECTIONS™, and our attendees will greatly benefit
from the company’s expertise.”
The Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment solution, built on an open
standards-based architecture, provides rich user experiences, efficient
back-office management tools, and the building blocks for complete
convergence of entertainment, communication, and smart home solutions. For
more information, go to
http://www.siemens.com/surpass.
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase is
hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support
from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) and is the
premier executive event focused on the market developments and
growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
This unique research-driven executive conference
and showcase, hosting close to 1,000 attendees each year,
delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and
opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer
electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home
systems.
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™, 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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