Parks Associates announces the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, which will address the future of digital entertainment and connected CE with keynotes from Sony and Samsung. In addition to the focus on digital content and new service offerings for consumers, the three-day event will feature research presentations and speaker panels on support services, DRM, energy management and controls, advertising, and mobile applications and services.

CONNECTIONS, in its 14th year, will take place June 8-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center and is the premier event for research and analysis of connected home technologies and digital living solutions. CONNECTIONS attracts over 600 executives in the connected home industries and is the only event that addresses developments within each industry sector while also focusing on the impact and opportunities for convergence across industries.

Keynotes include:

• Scott Birnbaum, Vice President, Samsung LCD Group
• Mitch Singer, CTO, Sony Pictures Entertainment; President, DECE
• Scott Smyers, Senior Vice President, Sony Electronics; President and Chairman of the Board, DLNA

Parks Associates forecasts the number of sales/installations of connected CE worldwide will increase threefold from 2010 to 2014. The firm reports the current number of U.S. households with connected CE is already in the millions for multiple devices:

• Broadband-connected game consoles: 18.3 million
• PC-to-TV connections: 12.4 million
• Whole-home DVR: 4.8 million
• Connected TVs: 3.1 million
• Digital media player set-top boxes: 2.6 million
• Network-attached storage: 1.6 million

CONNECTIONS sponsors include ActiveVideo Networks, Allegro, IBM, PacketVideo, RedMere, and Rovi.

Supporting organizations include ADMIN, ATIS, CABA, CEDIA, ChinaCCM.com, Circle F Media, Electronics Technicians Association, ETSI, Experiential Marketing Forum, HomePNA, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, JETRO, MPEG Industry Forum, SIP Center, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi Technology Forum, Wireless Industry Partnership, and WITI. Platinum supporting media are Connected Planet, Digital Media Wire, and Home Toys. Supporting media are BoogarLists, Conference Guru, Connect-World, FierceIPTV, FierceMobileContent, FierceOnlineVideo, FierceWireless:Europe, Gadget-t, HiddenWires, Home Media Magazine, IPTV Industry, OSP, Screen Digest, TVover.net, and WiMAX Industry.