Current Analysis Show CoverageConsumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the largest tradeshow in the world for consumer technology. It first started in New York City in 1967 with 200 exhibitors and less than 20,000 attendees. Since then, CES has grown more than ten-fold. Now 2,700 exhibitors, fill 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space to showcase their latest products and services to more than 145,000 attendees.
Current Analysis' coverage of CES includes reports written from analysts in our Consumer Devcies, Digital Home and and Wireless Services practices, and Mobile Ecosystem and Digital Mediia Infrastructure services. In the reports, the analysts give their view of announcements made at the show providing perspective on the relative merits of the announcements as well as its importance to the vendor and the market as a whole.
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The Digital Living Room:
On a Collision Course with Mobile |
| This report looks back at the growing ubiquity of streaming options in the digital living room in 2011 and ahead at the coming collision with mobile in 2012. Looking back, Internet connectivity has now fully infiltrated the consumer electronics world. It is not the trend of connectivity itself that is note-worthy; the transition has been underway for several years. |
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2012: The Mobile Ecosystem
vs. the End of the World |
| Some people would have us believe that 2012 will mark the end of the world. Others have suggested that 2012 coincides with the end of innovation in key parts of the mobile ecosystem. Our predictions call for nothing less than continued evolution. |
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| CES 2012: AT&T Pushes the LTE Device Envelope |
| AT&T is looking to push aggressively into the LTE smartphone space with a broad spectrum of offerings on multiple OSs. Having a broad LTE device portfolio should help offload customers from its HSPA network and better challenge Verizon Wireless. |
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| Current Analysis Analysts Covering the Consumer Electronics Show |
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William Ho
Vice President,
Consumer
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Peter Jarich
Service Director,
Mobile
Ecosystem |
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Avi Greengart
Research
Director,
Consumer
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Larry Hettick
Research
Director,
Consumer
Services U.S.
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Ron Westfall
Research
Director,
Service Provider
Infrastructure |
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Wes Henderek
Principal
Analyst,
Consumer
Services U.S. |
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Peter Han
Analyst,
Consumer Devices |
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| Current Analysis Show Coverage Highlights |
| Highlights from a selection of the reports appear below. Client with subscriptions to the respective services can read the full reports by clicking the Client Access links. |
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CurrentCast: CES 2012 – The Mobile Messages, The Mobile Themes, The Mobile Device
Consumer Devices, Mobile Ecosystem - Advisory Report - As mobility becomes an increasingly important part of the consumer’s life, it’s only natural that it would intersect with the year’s biggest consumer electronics show - CES. Where exactly those intersections lie, however, isn’t always clear. - 1/18/2012 - Client Access |
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SeaChange and Envivio See New Ad Models for Apple Devices
Digital Media Infrastructure - - Intelligence Report - SeaChange and Envivio extended their partnership into supporting broadcast and VoD ad insertion on Apple devices, giving the initiative a promising start. Can the new solution catalyze operator multi-screen ad revenues and prove differentiated?
- 1/13/2012 - Client Access |
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AT&T Pushes the LTE Device Envelope
Consumer Services and Devices - Advisory Report - AT&T is looking to push aggressively into the LTE smartphone space with a broad spectrum of offerings on multiple OSs. Having a broad LTE device portfolio should help offload customers from its HSPA network and better challenge Verizon Wireless. - 1/12/2012 - Client Access |
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SeaChange and Humax Go Hybrid in Targeting Cable Operators
Digital Media Infrastructure - - Intelligence Report - SeaChange and Humax are combining Humax’s tru2way STB with SeaChange’s Nucleus Hybrid Gateway/Nitro Subscriber Experience software to address cable hybrid opportunities, but can they support multi-screen needs and differentiate the solution?
- 1/12/2012 - Client Access |
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T-Mobile Extends Bobsled Service to the Mobile Space
Wireless Services U.S. - Intelligence Report - T-Mobile is offering its free Bobsled Calling service to Android smartphones, tablets and iOS devices, and its Bobsled Messaging service only to Android devices, enabling users to make calls and send messages to any device on any carrier network. - 1/12/2012 - Client Access |
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Intel Finally Gets Smartphone/Tablet Endorsement
Mobile Ecosystem - Intelligence Report - Intel’s persistence in pushing the Atom platform as an alternative to the ARM architecture finally paid off with the landing of Motorola Mobility and Lenovo as customers, but a challenge remains in differentiating and proving Atom-based products. - 1/12/2012 - Client Access |
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Nokia Re-enters U.S. Market with Lumia 900 at AT&T
Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - Nokia is re-entering the U.S. smartphone market with the Lumia 900, its first LTE Windows Phone device, featuring the slick polycarbonate body of the N9 and Lumia 800 with a larger 4.3-inch ClearBlack display. - 1/11/2012 - Client Access |
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Huawei Debuts “The World’s Slimmest Smartphone” (Yes, Huawei.)
Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - Huawei announced two new smartphones at CES 2012 - the Ascend P1 S, which will be the world’s slimmest smartphone, and the Ascend P1. However, pricing, carrier availability, and even whether it is postpaid or prepaid have not been announced. - 1/11/2012 - Client Access |
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Cisco Elevates Videoscape Higher into the Cloud
Digital Media Infrastructure - - Intelligence Report - Cisco made a major splash at the CES 2012 show with the launch of seven new Videoscape innovations and three new operator endorsements, showing that the Videoscape architecture is increasingly influencing operator video decision making.
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AT&T’s 2012 Developer Summit (Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is)
Mobile Ecosystem - Advisory Report - It is no secret what AT&T sees as strategic imperatives in the mobile application space: HTML5, Windows Phone, LTE, enterprise applications, and API exposure. Its pre-CES Developer Summit argues that it is doing more than talking about them. - 1/10/2012 - Client Access |
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LG Launches Avalanche of CE Acronyms for the Digital Home, and the Spectrum Smartphone for Verizon Wireless
Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - LG launched dozens of televisions and home appliances at CES – it’s hard to be sure just how many – chock full of confusing technologies, along with a premium smartphone. The phone is competitive, but LG is still behind. - 1/10/2012 - Client Access |
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Roku Streaming Stick is a Brilliant Concept That Will Fail
Consumer Devices - Intelligence Report - Just ahead of CES 2012, Roku announced the Roku Streaming Stick, an absolutely brilliant idea hamstrung by its reliance on MHL. - 1/6/2012 - Client Access |
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| IN THE NEWS |
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| ► Nokia Lumia 900 Coming to AT&T's 4G LTE Network, CIO Today, 1/13/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► Broadcasters Enter New Phase in Mobile Digital TV Push,
PC World, 1/11/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► Consumers cutting through the TV clutter,
Variety, 1/11/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► Will the mobile industry take over the digital living room?, FierceWireless, 1/11/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► Ballmer Gives Last Microsoft Keynote at CES, Sci-Tech Today, 1/10/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► AT&T to Launch New Phones, Tablet in Coming Months,
Fox Business, 1/10/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► CES: AT&T promises 8 new high-speed devices, Reuters, 1/9/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► Top 5 Reasons for Tablet Price Cuts, International Business Times, 1/8/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► CES not always the greatest guide for commercial success, CNET, 1/8/2011 - Avi Greengart |
| ► World's biggest tech show searching for "wow" Reuters, 1/6/2011 - Avi Greengart |
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