Final list of speakers at CONNECTIONS Europe

CONNECTIONS Europe is less than a week away!

Parks associates is very excited about the speaker lineup.

Romain Waller, Senior VP, Connect, Technicolor, will present the morning keynote “Reshaping the Digital Home Opportunity with Next Gen Media Devices Delivery” on November 16.

The agenda features speakers from the following companies:

Accedo Broadband Acetrax ActiveVideo Networks Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) Alcatel-Lucent Alticast Bestv Cisco Cloudberry Associates Dell Deutsche Telekom AG Ericsson AB Femto Forum France Telecom-Orange Labs F-Secure Gigle Networks HbbTV HCL America IBM Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik GmbH IP Vision Irdeto Juniper Networks

Latens Systems Lilli Group Ltd. Limelight Networks Nagra-Kudelski NDS ng Connect Omnifone Oregan Networks Ltd Philips Radialpoint Ralink Technology Rovi Corporation Ruckus Wireless ruwido Samsung Electronics Europe Verimatrix Veveo Vidiator Virgin Media Visiware Widevine Zeitera

Sponsors are Accedo Broadband, ActiveVideo Networks, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), Gigle Networks, Latens, PacketVideo, ProVision Communications, Radialpoint, Ralink Technology, Virgin Media, and Zeitera.

Visit http://www.connectionseurope.com to register.

Forty-seven million European households will have connected TV by 2014

Parks Associates will bring together executives from Ralink Technology, Rovi, Gigle Networks, Visiware, and Samsung Electronics Europe to participate in a special panel at the CONNECTIONS™ Europe technology summit next month.

CONNECTIONS™ Europe will address key issues for manufacturers, operators, and content developers on value-added services, mobile data applications, Web-enabled CE devices, and consumer access to video content.

The special session “Consumers and Connected Consumer Electronics” will be Monday, November 15, at 4:45 p.m. and feature an interactive panel addressing new business models, key applications for Web-enabled CE, and technology trends in the design of connected solutions.

New research from Parks Associates indicates the number of European households with a connected TV will grow from less than 4 million in 2009 to 47 million in 2014. The number of households with a connected Blu-ray player will jump from 5 million in 2010 to approximately 66 million in 2014.

The interactive session will include the following participants:

David Borison, VP, Marketing, Ralink Technology Corporation
Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Rovi Corporation
Andy Melder, VP, Business Development, Gigle Networks
Colas Overkott, CEO, Visiware
Vassilis Seferidis, Ph.D., Director, European Business Development, Samsung Electronics Europe

For information or to register, visit http://www.connectionseurope.com.

Ralink sponsors CONNECTIONS Europe 2010

CONNECTIONS Europe is excited to announce RalinkTechnology Corporation as a 2010 Advisory Sponsor.

Ralink Technology Corporation is a leading innovator and developer of wireless chipset solutions. Ralink products are recognized for the superior throughput, extended range, low-power consumption and consistent reliability required for Wi-Fi, mobile and embedded applications. These feature-rich chipsets have a high level of chip integration, enabling customers to build smaller and more sophisticated mobile wireless products cost-effectively.

Ralink’s patented MIMObility™ technology extends Wi-Fi applications from traditional PC networking to a range of digital multimedia and handheld devices including cell phones, PDAs, cameras, print servers, HDTV and video game players. Ralink customers can look forward to continuous improvements in speed, bandwidth and reliability with IEEE 802.11n solutions for next-generation high-performance Wi-Fi. Ralink Technology was founded in 2001 with headquarters in Hsin-chu, Taiwan and an R&D center in Cupertino, California.

For more information, visit Ralink at www.ralinktech.com.