Parks Associates hosts the CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT

Parks Associates hosts the CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT on January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV.

CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT features multiple sessions, held January 7, 2010, the first day of CES. Moderated by Parks Associates analysts, these sessions provide an interactive environment for networking and discussion.

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Speakers include:

Bruce Anderson, General Manager, IBM
Arlo Rose, Senior Director, Product Design, Connected TV, Yahoo!
Joly Benoit, Director, Connected Home Applications, Thomson
Lauren Thorpe, Senior Director, Developer Relations, Qualcomm
Scott Rosenberg, VP of Advanced Advertising, Rovi Advertising
Susan Cashen, Vice President, Control4 Energy Systems, a division of Control4
Steve Cashman, Chief Strategy Officer, Exceptional Innovation
Hope Fulgham, CEO/CMO, Piazza Advertising
Peter Lude, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Sony

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 .

Panelists from Best Buy, NETGEAR, D-Link, Actiontec, VentureBeat to discuss entertainment networking in special MoCA™ session at CONNECTIONS™

MoCA’s super session, “Entertaining Home Connectivity,” will feature panelists from leading CE vendors NETGEAR, D-Link, and Actiontec Electronics and the number-one retailer Best Buy as well as Dean Takahashi, lead writer for digital media at VentureBeat, a blog on venture capital and start-ups. These experts in retail and consumer electronics will share their experiences and predictions for the entertainment networking market. They will also take questions from the audience regarding the consumer environment for HD video distribution in and around the home.

“In-store purchases accounted for two-thirds of home networking purchases made in 2007,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president, principal analyst, Parks Associates. “With about one-third of U.S. households now with a network, the critical next stage will include upgrades and enhancements. How well the retail channel educates consumers and showcases connected home solutions will be a critical component of the success of next-generation home networking solutions.”