Gary Shapiro, president/CEO
of the Consumer Electronics opens the 2005 show
in Las Vegas says, "While
we thrive on change, the concept of change threatens
the status quo of other
less agile industries." He pointed out that the movie
and music industry had "fought
to delay or handcuff every new digital technology
including television, the
Internet and digital radio. He said, "This CES is not only the largest in our
history," but the largest "indoor show in our nation's history."
Gates' message to the world:
LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU--With three years work
on his Windows Media
Player and other software
he works to be the center of your home entertainment center with the new
Windows Media Center PC...the
lines for Gates keynote address opening CES 2005, went out the
Hilton Hotel and down the
street. He says, "At a show like this we can see the importance of
integration. Announces
his Media Center is teaming up with Yahoo and Discovery and other new "content
partners," as platform services to the Media Center. DVD burners that
record from TV and record
and burn CDs.
IPTV on the new SPC new network...HDTV with 4 streams of video. Microsoft
is teaming up with MTV for
content relationship...the Windows player with photos,
video, TV, musicand
all integrated to your phone.
Voice world and data merge together. Computer data to your watch...
MOBIL ENTERTAINMENT...consumer
now can control entertainment. The new Tech Zone...shifting
content..."
"CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE."
John Kennedy
Robert Redford and Craig Barrett
Craig Barrett CEO of Intel
talks of the digital
lifestyle THE ENTERTAINMENT
PC...gateway
to content where, when and
how you want it.
EPC= Entertainment PC...the
ever-increasing
computer power and ubiquitous
access to
broad band wireless connectivity
is transforming
all aspects of life.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler,
Robert Redford, eBay's
CEO Meg Whitman and others
were at the key-
note to add some star power
behind the new
direction we see the Technologies
taking the
business of entertainment
Steven Tyler and Craig Barrett
CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES...
Pasonic says, "Moving to
new ideas for life"...HD displays everywhere...HD Plasma...HDTV and HD
Radio...Digital AM ad FM Entertainment at home
home, in
your car, in your pocket...Digital Satellite Radio. Sirius Radio
seeing 300% growth Living room and the PC...HP
and Pasonic add DVD ram to
computers...Blue-ray Technology
Integrated Digital Tuners
and 65 inch HD...units that take HD to every TV in the house through electric
outlets...
Panasonic and Microsoft's
Windows Media...with music match "juke boxes"
Delphi and Comcast will
offer satellite radio for cars...comcast has new media
department and Myfi
player. The great Convergence of technology
and entertainment is here. I have been attending the CES show for
the past 4 years,
and though
I had the revelation last
year that "hey you guys are going to become the new entertainment moguls,"
after this year there is no doubt that
Gates, Jobs,
Barrett, and many of the other guys that have BILLIONS...people in Hollywood
have been cutting each other throats for deals
and very few are
Mel Karmazin leaves Viacom to
join Sirius Satellite Radio
The Dallas Cheerleaders do a cheer at Sirius Radio
MOBIL ENTERTAINMENT...Mobil
electronics now represent some 30 percent of the value of new cars sold,
Gary Shapiro told the audience at the opening
of CES. After market inventors and marketers pioneered such products
as CD players, navigation and security equipment,
car video, and digital radio, and now offered as factory installed equipment
on new cars.
Delphi and NASCAR...Kyle
Bush were at CES signing autographs
Pioneer has XM2go...new
navigation devices and players...CD players
MOBIL ENTERTAINMENT...mini...portable...global...24/7...mini
DVD players...LCD...Wireless monitors...
In dash A/V systems...music
and cars...TV and cars...big big business at CES
HP to combine PC, Printer
Units...Home Satellite Shifts Emphasis to High-Definition Capabilities--
Wireless Net calling targets
masses--watch for the rise of Internet phone calling--
Monster Cable debuts iCruze iPod
and
bring the one and only Rod Stewart
to CES...
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