Over 70 Digital Living Experts to Speak at CONNECTIONS(TM)

DALLAS, April 8, 2008 -- Parks Associates and CEA(R) today announced the preliminary lineup of executives speaking at CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference & Showcase. More than 70 speakers are confirmed to speak at the executive conference, June 24-26, 2008, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

"CONNECTIONS(TM) is proud to announce our initial speakers for the conference," said Elizabeth Parks, VP, Parks Associates. "This diverse group of leaders will discuss new business models and solutions for all areas of digital living, making CONNECTIONS(TM) a unique networking and learning event critical to all business and strategy managers."

To understand the global issues regarding television services, a key topic at the event, download the new Parks Associates white paper TV Services in Europe: Update and Outlook from the CONNECTIONS(TM) website. Parks Associates analysts moderate all CONNECTIONS(TM) sessions, bringing expert focus on emerging solutions in digital living:

  -- IPTV and "TV 2.0"
  -- Service Providers and New Strategies
  -- Consumer Storage
  -- Mobile Applications and Content
  -- Social and Digital Media
  -- Home and Lifestyle Management - Energy, Health, Safety & Security


  Keynotes
      Amy Banse, President, Comcast Interactive Media
      Rebecca Jacoby, SVP & CIO, Cisco Systems, Inc.
      Paul Liao, CTO, Panasonic North America
      Phil McKinney, VP & CTO, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard


  Speakers
      Andy Addis, EVP, Marketing, Hillcrest Labs
      Saul Berman, Media & Entertainment, Global & Americas Strategy Leader,
          IBM Global Business Services
      Scott Birnbaum, VP, Samsung LCD Business
      Stephen Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates
      Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Macrovision
      Patrick Cosson, VP, Marketing, VUDU
      Nick Desai, CEO, Juice Wireless
      Pat Dunbar, Director, Mediaroom & Connected TV Advertising, Microsoft
          Corp.
      Mike Ehlenberger, VP, North America Channel Sales, Actiontec
      Gil Eyal, CEO, Enure Networks
      Thierry Fautier, Director, Telco Solutions, Harmonic Inc.
      Karen Feldman, Media and Entertainment Lead, IBM
      Meredith Flynn-Ripley, CEO, Integra5
      Rob Gelphman, Chair, Marketing Work Group, MoCA(TM)
      John Gildred, President, SyncTV
      Chano Gomez, VP, Marketing, DS2
      Marc Goodman, Director, Alcatel-Lucent
      Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Grallert, Managing Director, Fraunhofer
          Institute for Telecommunications, HHI
      Ken Haase, Sr. Director, Product Line Management, Motorola
      Barry Haaser, Senior Director, LonWorks Infrastructure Business,
          Echelon Corporation
      Karen Hanley, Senior Director, Marketing & Membership, Wi-Fi Alliance
      Matt Harrison, GM, Medical Business Unit, Texas Instruments
      Brian Henrichs, VP, Business Development, Actiontec Electronics
      David Henry, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Home Products, NETGEAR
      Bill Holmes, VP, Business Development and Strategic Marketing, DivX,
          Inc.
      Ben Huang, Director, Product Management and Marketing, Microsoft TV
      Amit Jain, VP and GM, CDMA Femtocell Business Unit, Airvana
      Jim Jones, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
      Bradley A. Kayton, COO, 4HomeMedia
      Samir Khazaka, Senior Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
      Lou Lenzi, SVP, AudioVox
      Ellis Lindsay, Director, Strategy, Americas, Alcatel-Lucent
      Martin Lindsay, Sr. Business Dev. Mgr., Automotive Entertainment,
          Bowers & Wilkins
      Joy Marcus, GM, US, Dailymotion
      Avner Matmor, CEO, Yitran Communications Ltd.
      Fred McIntyre, SVP, AOL Video, AOL
      Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems
      Eric Miller, VP, Global Software, Itron
      Jeff Miller, President and CEO, ICTV, Inc.
      Patricia Nakache, General Partner, Trinity Ventures
      Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, Media & Entertainment, Akamai
          Technologies
      Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder, BitTorrent, Inc.
      Cynthia Pacheco, GM, Philips Telehealth Solutions, Philips Home
          Healthcare Solutions
      Buno Pati, Co-Founder and CEO, Building B
      Doug Pepper, Partner, InterWest Partners
      Michael Peveler, VP, Corporate Development, AMX
      Sterling Pratz, CEO, Autonet Mobile
      Safi Qureshey, CEO and President, Quartics
      Len Rand, Managing Director, Granite Ventures
      Ty Roberts, CTO, Gracenote
      Robert Rodenbucher, Director, Business Development, AwoX
      Tushar Saxena, Director, Technology, Verizon
      Rick Schwartz, Product Manager, Consumer Software, PacketVideo
      Loren Shade, VP, Marketing, Allegro Software Development Corporation
      Tony Shakib, CEO & President, Zensys
      Steve Shannon, EVP & GM, Product Development, Gemstar-TV Guide
      Greg Smith, VP, Marketing and Business Development WW, Movea, Inc.
      Singu Srinivas, President, HiWired
      Reuben Steiger, CEO, Millions of Us LLC
      Brian Steel, CEO, VoloMedia
      Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer, Digital Media, VentureBeat
      Ryan Tykwinski, Director, Home Entertainment Experience, Best Buy
      Yoav Tzruya, CMO, Exent Technologies
      Herve Utheza, VP & GM, TV Properties, ORB Networks
      Bruce Watkins, Co-Founder and President/COO, Pulse~LINK, Inc.
      Will West, CEO, Control4
      David Whitlinger, Director, Health Care Device Standards and
          Interoperability, Continua Health Alliance / Intel Digital Health
          Group
      Rusty Williams, SVP, Social Media Product Planning, Prospero
          Technologies, LLC
      Michael Wilson, CEO, Makena Technologies
      Daniel Wong, Director, Product Management, D-Link
      Russell Zack, VP, Product Management, Anystream


  Moderators
      Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates
      John Barrett, Director, Research, Parks Associates
      Michael Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates
      Jayant Dasari, Analyst, Parks Associates
      Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates
      Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
      Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates
      Harry Wang, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates

Visit http://www.connectionsconference.com/ for complete agenda. For information about CONNECTIONS(TM), contact sales at parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.

About CONNECTIONS(TM)

Hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates, CONNECTIONS(TM) is the premier executive conference and showcase focused on the market developments and growth factors for digital lifestyle solutions. Topics include IPTV and "TV 2.0," bundled services, consumer storage, mobile applications and content, social and digital media, and home and lifestyle management.

Produced in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)), CONNECTIONS(TM) hosts nearly 1,000 executives developing advanced products and services for consumers. http://www.connectionsconference.com/

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   Parks Associates
   972-490-1113
   Email: Chelsey at parksassociates.com