With 1.8 million net square feet of exhibit space - the largest show floor in its history - and over 140,000 attendees from across the globe experiencing the latest consumer technology products from 2,700 exhibitors, the 2007 International CES reinforced its status as the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow.”The 2007 International CES succeeded beyond our expectations,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA. “It had buzz and optimism and attracted the world leaders of the content, technology and services, communications and automobile industries.”
The CES show floor buzzed with more than 20,000 product launches and major partnership announcements, spanning across industries and connecting consumers with more features, services and control of the content incorporated into electronic devices. A new convergence of CE devices emerged on the show floor, combining existing product categories with new digital content and services to create unique, multi-functional products.
“We had a record-breaking show with 2,700 exhibitors filling more than 1.8 million net square feet of show space,” said Karen Chupka, senior vice president of events and conferences at CEA.
(more…)
Never before have there been as many exciting broadcast and digital media innovations, technology premieres and product highlights on display under the historic Radio Tower of Berlin as during IFA 2006.
• At almost every booth, the large-screen, high-definition home cinema will be at center stage this year.
• The high-resolution television HDTV will see its break-through in Europe.
• HD-DVD and the Blu-ray Disc, two optical disc formats for high-definition packaged media, will be launched in Europe.
• Using new high-definition camcorders, video enthusiasts will be able to take their own pictures the way profes-sionals do.
• Mobile-phone based TV will take digital television ser-vices into the portable world.
• Interactive IPTV will deliver football games, movies and TV productions over high-speed internet into the living room.
• New computer architectures and novel chip generations will lead the concept of the media PC to an entirely new level.
In a nutshell: visitors attending the IFA in Berlin between September 1 and 6 2006, will truly experience a variety of fascinating innovations – presented live and first-hand. (more…)
