New Advisory Sponsor for CONNECTIONS Europe Summit 2010

Radialpoint and Virgin Media are partnering with Parks Associates as the new Advisory Sponsors for CONNECTIONS Europe Summit 2010.

Radialpoint enables the world's largest consumer technology providers to unlock new revenues, convert support costs to profit, and increase customer satisfaction, by supplying, supporting and managing consumers' technologies in the digital home. Companies using Radialpoint's expertise, platform, and solutions have experienced significant improvements in customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Radialpoint's integrated solutions are based on ten years of Digital Home Services expertise, access to a wide range of software and services, and an end-to-end SaaS-based technology platform providing the flexibility and control to ensure customer success in the emerging Digital Home Services market.

Radialpoint manages some of the largest and most successful Digital Home Services programs for companies such as Virgin Media, Verizon, and Bell Canada. Radialpoint is one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies, one of Montreal's Top 15 Employers, and a three-time recipient of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award for the fastest growing technology companies in Canada. Radialpoint is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the United States and Europe.

For more information, visit www.radialpoint.com.

Radialpoint Named One of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for Second Consecutive Year

Radialpoint, the leading provider of ISP-managed services and support for the digital home, has been named one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the second consecutive year.

Established in 1993, Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies is a national awards program recognizing Canadian companies that have implemented world-class business practices and created value in innovative ways. For more information, visit http://www.canadas50best.com.

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AwoX Sponsors CONNECTIONS US

Parks Associates welcomes AwoX as one of the newest CONNECTIONS sponsors for 2009. AwoX is returning to sponsor for their FOURTH consecutive US CONNECTIONS Conference.

AwoX provides network media solutions for the digital home ranging from embedded technologies to OEM/ODM internet-connected products. The company’s controller, renderer and server SDKs are known for their performance, reliability and interoperability with DLNA guidelines 1.0 and 1.5, as well as for their seamless portability to TVs, PCs, network drives, home theater systems, mobile phones and ADSL routers. AwoX is headquartered in Montpellier, France, with a branch in Singapore. AwoX is a private company backed by Innovacom, BNP Paribas Private Equity, Soridec, CM-CIC Capital Privé and Fondinvest Capital.

For more information about AwoX, please visit www.awox.com .

Parks Associates addresses Connected CE, Digital Home Support, Controls, and Advanced Media and Services at CONNECTIONS

This year’s CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase, hosted by international research firm Parks Associates, will focus on entertainment services, digital home support services, energy management, and advanced networking concepts.

The 13th annual CONNECTIONS™, taking place June 2-4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, will feature interactive panels with over 80 speakers and consumer and industry research presented by Parks Associates’ expert analysts. This event attracts senior executives from industries associated with the digital home, new media and content distribution, and mobile applications and services.

CONNECTIONS™ will open with the keynote presentation Embedding Wireless in Consumer Electronics, featuring Glenn Lurie, President of Emerging Devices and Resale for AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. Conference sessions focus on four primary tracks while maintaining the broad industry overview necessary to capture all opportunities that exist in these complex, interconnected markets.

Main Sessions
>> New Connectivity, Services, Opportunities
>> Marriage of Online Video to CE
>> Entertainment 2.0
>> Connected TV Strategies
>> Truth in Networking, hosted by MoCA
>> Bringing the Smart Grid to the Smart Home
>> Building the Holistic Support Environment
>> What’s coming next?, a special venture capitalist session

Tracks and sessions include:

Content & Services
>> TV 2.0 – The Future of the Set-Top Box
>> WebTV: Extreme TV Makeover?
>> Interactive Services: Engaging the Consumer
>> Making the Ad Models Work
>> Multimedia on Mobile Devices

Connected CE
>> Extending the Reach of Wired Networks/Interfaces
>> Bringing “Cloud Media” to CE Devices

Support & Management
>> Driving the Next Dollar: The Role of VAS
>> Service Provider Home Networking Strategies: RGs and Services
>> Remote Technical Support

Home Controls
>> New Applications and Services in Home Management & Controls
>> Wireless Home Controls: New Roles and Functionality

CONNECTIONS™ also features three pre-show events on June 2, including a strategic workshop featuring Parks Associates’ expert analysts; the Telecom Executive Summit: Digital DNA for Service Providers, hosted by Pivot Media; and an open house hosted by Jetro.

Pre-show Summit at CONNECTIONS™ addresses market challenges for service providers

Pivot Media to host Pre-show Telecom Executive Summit--

Parks Associates today announced telecom consulting firm Pivot Media will host a pre-show event Telecom Executive Summit@CONNECTIONS: Digital DNA for Service Providers on the first day of CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase.

CONNECTIONS™, hosted by Parks Associates, will take place June 2-4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center. This executive conference and showcase attracts senior executives from all industries associated with the digital home, new media and content distribution, and mobile applications and services.

The summit will be hosted on June 2, prior to the CONNECTIONS™ opening keynote from Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Devices and Resale, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. Now that Supercomm is delayed until October 2009, this year’s CONNECTIONS™ event provides an excellent opportunity for telecom executives to gather in early Summer and chart a future course for the rest of the year and beyond.

Pivot Media’s Telecom Executive Summit will feature executives from leading telecom carriers. Session topics include experiences in the digital transition, the challenges in becoming a content provider, the applications key to success, and opportunities in the digital home for improving customer relations and growing ARPU.

Pivot Media’s areas of focus include the independent telecom sector, broadband, IP convergence, IPTV, digital media, and broadband wireless. Pivot Media leverages its telecom industry research, analysis, and knowledge base to help clients recognize and maximize business opportunities.

For more information on CONNECTIONS™ and the Pivot Media Telecom Executive Summit, visit www.connectionsconference.com and www.pivot-media.com.

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Sessions - Day 1

Tuesday 4 December
1515-1525
IPTV and Interactive TV
From the Chair: Video Services in the Context of the Digital Home

Pillar 1 of The Digital Home is IPTV and Interactive TV, which lays the foundation for entertainment services, home networking, communications, and value-added applications. The Analyst Chair opens this session with an examination and key predictions of the current IPTV and interactive television landscape.

Speaker
Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Agenda

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Sessions - Day 1

Tuesday 4 December
1500-1515
Welcome to CONNECTIONS™ Europe
Trends and Outlook for Digital Lifestyles Markets

We begin CONNECTIONS™ Europe with an overview of key global trends for the digital lifestyles market, with Europe as a special focus.

This session also introduces the Four Pillars of the Digital Home, the theme for CONNECTIONS™ Europe and the foundation for the next two days of highly interactive and informative sessions with lead analysts and their peers.

Speaker
Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Agenda