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2008 International CES Summary (1/2008)
Consumer Electronics Show
by Douglas Dixon
www.cesweb.org
See also: CES
2007 Summary - last year
- January 7-10, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
more than 2,100 corporate members, www.ce.org
- World's largest consumer technology tradeshow
- Attendees: ~ 140,000 attendees, from 140+ countries,
- Exhibition: ~ 2,900 exhibitors, 1.8 million net sq ft exhibit space
- Conference: More than 200 conference sessions and 300 speakers
- 07: CES 150K, Magic Intl. 115K, NAB 110K
- Comdex over 200K, CONEXPO CON/AGG construction 135K, 2K exhibitors
- www.cesweb.org
CES 2008 Exhibits: South Hall (CEA)
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Some trends and issues from CES that will be worked out over the new year
include:
- Connected home: Purchased content is becoming less encumbered, with
DRM-free MP3 downloads and managed transfers within the connected home. But do
you want TV on your PC, and/or PC features on your TV -- with RSS feeds in
pop-up windows? And who will control the box that bridges the two worlds, the
cable company or Apple TV?
- Digital TV: Flat-screen TVs are hot with consumers, and have finally
reached "Full HD" resolution. But there's still major improvements
coming in size, design, picture quality, and connectivity -- as well as the new
OLED displays. Or is the future actually in mobile TV on smaller screens?
- Mobile media: Portable media players add video and connectivity,
while mobile phones add media and Internet playback, both overlapping further
with features including Internet radio, streaming video, and Web access. And
both do GPS, while GPS navigators add media and hands-free phone. Now you can
watch TV while reading the live map, and talking on the phone.
- Cameras: The picture phone is becoming the dominant imaging device.
But still cameras shoot better photos plus reasonable video, and video
camcorders shoot HD video and great stills. We'll all be recording and recorded,
especially as today's memory-based HD camcorders shrink to the size of a soda
can.
- Portable storage: Storage outstrips Moore's Law, with continued
re-doubling of capacity and shrinking size, with solid-state drives (SSD)
starting to make sense for laptops. Yet sneakernet still lives, both for
sharing, and for moving content within the home.
- Wireless: There's Wi-Fi and WiMAX to the home and neighborhood,
wireless mobile Internet to the PC, wireless HD video to the TV, wireless USB to
devices, and even wireless power for recharging. Or you can just network over
the existing power line. Or a simple approach like Bluetooth can continue to
develop to really enable computers, players, phones, and headsets to share phone
calls, stereo music, and controls through the air.
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CES Commentary
CES Wrap-Ups
CES Awards
CES Photos and Videos
CES 2008: NBC Universal booth (CEA)
CES Press Releases
CES News Reports
CES Blog Coverage
CES Commentary
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- Visitors: 6.3 million convention and trade show delegates in
2006, $8.2 B non-gaming revenue
goal 43 million visitors by 2009
- Weddings: more than 120,000 marriage licenses issued
annually
- Conventions: More than 9.5 million square feet of convention and
meeting space
Las Vegas Convention Center 2M, Sands 1.8M, Mandalay Bay
1.5M
- Construction: 133,000 guest rooms in 2006, 9.5 million sq ft
convention and exhibit
space
plan: 07: +467K sq ft, 137K rooms, 08: +1.3M sq ft,
145K rooms,
09: +360K sq ft, 161K rooms
10: +1.2M sq ft = +3.4M sq ft, 169K rooms
- LVCC (Wikipedia) - Opened on April 1959, 110,340 sq ft
1998 expansion to 1.9 million sq ft; 2004 expansion added
South Hall, 1.3 million sq ft
- Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority: www.lvcva.com
Las Vegas Strip
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CES / Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC)
- 3.2 million sq ft facility, within short distance of more than 100,000
guest rooms
- 2 million sq ft exhibit space, 144 meeting rooms (243,000 sq ft)
- North Hall (409K sq ft)
- In-vehicle technology (Mobile electronics) exhibits
- Meeting rooms: Information technology (IT) and wireless
communications
- Central Plaza
- Sponsored exhibits, NextGen Home Experience
- Central Hall (623K sq ft)
- Audio/video and digital imaging exhibits
- South Hall (908K sq ft)
- Ground level: Home systems, Home theater, Satellite
systems
- Upper level: Computer hardware and software, Digital
imaging, Gaming
Home networking, IT, Internet
infrastructure / content, Wireless technology
- www.lvcva.com
CES 2008: Venue map
CES / Sands Expo and Convention Center / The Venetian
- Keynote addresses and conference sessions
- Emerging technology, High-performance audio & home theater exhibits
- 1.8 million square feet of combined meeting and event space
- Sands adding 1 million sq ft - 2008
- www.sandsexpo.com
CES / Las Vegas Hilton
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CES / Presentations
- Keynotes: Bill Gates / Microsoft , Toshihiro Sakamoto / Panasonic,
Paul Otellini / Intel
Brian Roberts / Comcast, Rick Wagoner / General Motors
- Industry Insiders: Jerry Yang / Yahoo!, Kevin Martin / FCC
CES / Partner Programs
- Digital Hollywood
- CES Game Power Conference
- CES Mobile Entertainment
- CES Reinventing Advertising
- Billboard's Digital Music Live!
- CEA-CompTIA Digital Home Technology Integrator+ (DHTI+) Certification
Review Workshop
- CES Government 2008
- CES Mobile Electronics / Installer Bootcamp
- CONNECTIONS SUMMIT
www.connectionsconference.com
- Consumer Electronics Supply Chain Academy
www.entertainmentsupplychain.com/cesca-index.shtml
- Consumer Robotics Market Development Program
- ESPA Certified - EST (Electronic Systems Technician) Training
- IEEE: International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)
www.icce.org/conference_program/schedule08.htm
- Overcoming the Challenges of Going Green
- P2P Media Summit LV
- SMB Channel Business Development Program
- The Sandbox Summit: A Playdate with Technology
- Storage Visions 2008
www.storagevisions.com
- THX Home Theater Training: THX Certified Technician I
- The Anywhere Consumer Experience Show
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Press Showcases
- CES Unveiled: Sat. - 80 companies, 3 hours ($12k 07)
www.cesweb.org/press/events/default.asp
http://virtualpressoffice.com/media/show/display.jsp?showId=1191589978452
- Cherry Picks: Sun - ~30 companies (65 '07), 2 hours ($500 submit,
$1-3k present)
http://cherrypicks.tv/html/ces_2008.html
- Digital Experience / Pepcom: Sun - ~ 150+ companies, 3 hours
07: Over 150 sponsors, 2,000 press (NYC 40 companies, 600 press)
www.pepcom.com
- Showstoppers: Mon. - 130 companies, 4 hours ($5, 8, 12k)
07: - 130 companies, 1,400 registered
www.showstoppers.com
Blog (company summaries): www.showstoppers.com/newsdesk
- LUNCH@ PIERO'S: Mon./Tues. - 18 companies, 2 1/2 hours
www.lunchat.com
Blog (company summaries): www.lunchat.com/events
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