Comments on: Meet "Kevin the Sad PR Guy," Our 2009 Booth Babe

By: CES Attendance: “The Right People”–Just Fewer of Them [Digital Daily] | LinkTouch

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:07:41 +0000

[...] Show didn’t break any attendance records this year. In fact, it didn’t even break the projected attendance figure of 130,000 that the Consumer Electronics Association offers up every year. Missed it by a pretty wide margin, [...]

By: CEA on CES Attendance: “The Right People” — Just Fewer of Them | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:08:48 +0000

[...] Show didn’t break any attendance records this year. In fact, it didn’t even break the projected attendance figure of 130,000 that the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) offers up every year. Missed it by a pretty wide [...]

By: John Paczkowski

John Paczkowski — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:03:51 +0000

Gary …

My post quotes the lower projected attendance number you gave to VentureBeat and The New York Times, both. I’m not quite sure why that’s a problem. If you aren’t projecting lower attendance this year, please let me know and I’ll adjust the post accordingly.

By: Gary Shapiro

Gary Shapiro — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:15:38 +0000

Angela, You are not the only one excited – so am I. So are the 300 new exhibitors and 2400 returning exhibitors. So are the 25000 people traveling from outside the US to see the epicenter of technology!

The commentary above had some problems. First, we don’t know the final attendance. 130k is the same pre-show estimate we give every year and sometimes it is exceeded and sometimes it is not.Only this year did it become a story that we are projecting lower attendance.

Second, is the list of companies that supposedly bowed out of the CES. Each year companies come and go. Each has a story. Philips is out of the TV business. Panasonic is buying Sanyo. etc. Major companies like Verizon and Mattel are exhibiting for the first time.

The CES succeeds because it attracts the leaders of several industries and is designed to allow anyone with a good idea to be exposed to media, retailers and investors for a small investment.

By: Angela Gyetvan

Angela Gyetvan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:05:07 +0000

Hey, John: Our little company — 3ality Digital– is actually EXCITED about going to CES this year, as we’re working on one of the bright spots in the ruckus: the 3D broadcast of the BCS Championship Game, which Sony is presenting on Jan. 8th. Our other partners are Fox Sports and Cinedigm, who are also bringing the game to more than 80 movie theaters across the country. I can’t say that I’m sad about the prospect of fewer booth babes, but I am thrilled about football players in 3D. (I hear the cheerleaders are generally a hit, as well.)