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2009 International CES Wrap-Up
Wireless, 3-D among hot topics in Las Vegas |
The 2009 International CES covered 1.7 million net square feet of exhibit space, which housed more than 2,700 global companies, including 300 new exhibitors. Roughly 20,000 new technology products were featured at the world's largest consumer-technology trade show, proving the CE industry is upbeat despite the economic downturn. As in years past, the 2009 CES featured products and technology that will shape the future of consumer electronics, including wireless, 3-D HDTV, advances in OLED, green technologies, Internet TV and digital entertainment. "The level of excitement on the CES show floor was at an all-time high with groundbreaking technologies such as the Palm Pre, Sony's flexible OLED display, 3-D HDTV, Yahoo!'s TV Widget, LG's Watch Phone and a one-third-inch-thin, energy-efficient Plasma HDTV from Panasonic," said Karen Chupka, senior vice president, events and conferences, CEA, in a statement. Content shined at the 2009 installment of CES. With Sony taping several live episodes of "Jeopardy!" and for the first time CES had an official broadcast partner, NBC Universal. These, among many other announcements at CES, not only showcased a variety of content, but also highlighted the role technology is playing in how audiences view and interact with programming.
This year's version of the CES also featured a distinctly green hue, with exhibit space for the Greener Gadgets Tech Zone ballooning from 520 square feet last year to 3,000 square feet in 2009.
In case you missed this year's CES or just need a refresher, CEA SmartBrief has put together this wrap-up special report.
Even though this year's show has just wrapped up, CEA is already gearing up for the 2010 International CES, which will be held Jan. 7 to 10 in Las Vegas. While you are waiting for next year's CES, CEA SmartBrief will work to keep you in the CE-industry-know. If you don't receive CEA SmartBrief daily, we urge you to sign up for our timely e-newsletter. CEA SmartBrief delivers the industry news you need to know directly to your inbox -- for FREE. |
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- For NBCU, it's about the content at CES
NBC Universal used CES to showcase how technology can help deliver content. "We're really about the interaction between great electronics and great content," said the company's vice president of digital media, Mark Lukasiewicz. "TV is still a core, but not the only game in town anymore." E-Gear
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- Retail Roundtable: Discipline, partnerships needed in 2009
During the TWICE Retail Roundtable, speakers called on those in the retail sector to be disciplined and look to forge partnerships in the face of the current economic downturn. "I do think we're going to see a nesting urge and households will want to invest in their entertainment," said Jeannette Howe, executive director, Nationwide Marketing Group. TWICE
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- High-tech marketers shouldn't forget about baby boomers
The first Silvers Summit at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was intended to demonstrate the growing market of older, high-tech users, who reportedly are embracing new tools more easily than past generations of older Americans. Some 7 million baby boomers who don't have children have gaming systems, and 29 million have digital video recorders, according to this article. Los Angeles Times
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- Kids@Play Summit: Gadgets connect kids with toys
Mattel and Ridemakerz were among the companies talking at the Kids@Play Summit at CES about how to more effectively extend a child's play through gadgets. "Children are always looking for different ways to extend their play," said Chuck Scothon, Mattel's vice president of digital media. "The Internet gives us that opportunity." Los Angeles Times
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- Panasonic home theater makes 3-D breakthrough
Panasonic introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show its 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System, which is said to be the first-of-its-kind setup that depicts what the company says is true-to-life 3-D imagery. The system involves a 103-inch plasma HDTV from Panasonic and a Panasonic Blu-ray player that, together, deliver full HD images to the left and right eyes. Pocket-lint.co.uk
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- Stringer lists a few of his favorite things at CES
Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer came to CES with plenty to talk about. In a 90-minute presentation, he outlined some of the company's hottest opportunities for the year ahead, which included 3-D entertainment, a new type of display called Flex OLED and the 550 Bravia HDTV line, much of which will be incorporated into the new Yankee Stadium this spring. TWICE
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- Disney-ABC to step up interactive-television efforts
Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney talked about how the incorporation of widgets in new television sets will affect interactive programming on ABC and its cable channels when she addressed the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The widgets would let viewers of "Good Morning America" vote in real-time polls or connect fans of "Lost" with other fans online, she said. Broadcasting & Cable
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- Chambers: Video at core of Cisco moves
In its continuing effort to move the company into the consumer-electronics arena, Cisco Systems will make "a stream of acquisitions" with video as "the key application," CEO John Chambers said at CES.
"You will see a steady stream of product announcements, of partnership announcements and acquisition announcements," he said. Reuters
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