All Articles Tagged Industry Forum

Julie Jacobson | 12/12 12:11 PM, 10 Comments

Why won’t connected TVs connect? Some of the brightest minds in the smart TV category discussed the subject last month at the CEA Industry Forum in the Technology & Standards track. Consultant Scott Smyers, former SVP at Sony and one of the movers-and-shakers in the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), moderated the panel discussion which included: David Kurtz, co-founder of Flingo (app developer for smart TVs)Nandu Nandhakumar, SVP of LG ElectronicsJack Perry, CEO of SyncBak (developer of Internet delivery platforms for broadcast TV)Peter Redford, CEO of iLook Corp. (developer of… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 10/27 07:13 AM, 1 Comment

The Home Audio Division division of the Consumer Electronics Association used to be a little snooty, with most board members representing high-performance brands and catering to discriminating listeners. Today, however, the tide is shifting in CEA’s audio group, with the majority of participants embracing imperfect sources, younger (poorer) customers and “gateway audio drugs” such as headphones and iPod docks. “The interest lies in expanding the definition of audio,” said board member Al Baron of Polk Audio, during a division meeting held at CEA’s annual Industry Forum this week. “That’s a… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 10/24 12:11 PM, 0 Comments

The cloud is one of the Top 5 Technology Trends to Watch in 2012, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. No big surprise there. Even so, it was interesting to hear from CEA chief economist Shawn Dubravac and CNET senior writer Roger Cheng, who discussed the subject during this week’s CEA Industry Forum in San Diego. Dubravac pointed out that we’ve seen cloud-based services expand over the last decade for things like email and banking. “Those are core consumer activities that consumers now for several years have been doing online,”… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 10/20 09:47 AM, 0 Comments

There’s no stopping the gaming juggernaut this holiday season. In Q4 2009, sales of video game consoles and related products rose 5.5%. This year during the same period, we should see a 14.4% rise, according to Shawn DuBravac, chief economist for the Consumer Electronics Association. Speaking at CEA’s Industry Forum in San Francisco, DuBravac referred to a “Wii effect,” in which non-gamers purchased the popular Nintendo gaming system “just in case, because you never know when you need a Wii.” God forbid, the holiday party fizzles. DuBravac says, “You could… View this story