TelcoTV 2010 Showcases a Sold Out Exhibition Floor and Impressive Attendee Growth
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- TelcoTV 2010, held last week in Las Vegas, Nevada announced an impressive overall increase in both registered attendees and exhibitors this year. The 2010 exhibit floor was sold out – with 27,600 net square feet secured – an 8.7% increase over the 2009 event. The trade show floor showcased 132 exhibitors, up 16.8% from last year including an amazing 33 new companies. Overall registration increased by 19%, securing TelcoTV's position as the largest video conference and expo focused on the U.S. service provider market.
TelcoTV 2010's keynote line-up included Joe Ambeault, Director, Product Development and Management, Video Services, Verizon; Alan Lefkof, Corporate VP and GM, Motorola; Russ Sharer, VP of Marketing, Occam and Steven Wright, Chair, IPTV Interoperability Forum ATIS, AT&T Network Architecture – as well as a surprise addition of Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator of the Rural Utilities Services.
"It is clear that TelcoTV 2010's central theme of finding ways to profit in a multi-screen world truly resonates with North America's telcos. As our economy continues to rebound, it is focused, targeted events like TelcoTV which will thrive," said Joe Braue, Senior Vice President and Group Director for Light Reading, which produces the TelcoTV conference and exhibition. "We are thrilled with the success of this year's show and would like to thank all of our attendees, exhibitors, speakers and sponsors."
Plans have already begun to celebrate TelcoTV's ten year anniversary in 2011. The event is scheduled for October 25-27, 2011 in New Orleans, LA, which is where the very first TelcoTV was held almost a decade ago. Occam Networks, Adtran, Nokia Siemens Networks, Calix, Skitter, Inc., Ericsson, ADB, Motorola, Echostar and Alcatel-Lucent among others, have already made commitments for the 2011 TelcoTV Conference & Expo.
TelcoTV 2010 at a Glance
132 exhibitors with 33 new companies yielded an 8.7% increase from TelcoTV 2009.
Overall event registration increased by 19% from TelcoTV 2009.
Event sponsors included:
- Occam Networks as the Signature sponsor
- ADTRAN, Inc., Calix, Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola as Platinum sponsors
- Extreme Networks and First Media as Gold sponsors
- Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Conklin-Intracom and Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) as workshop sponsors
More than 100 speakers participated in a program that included over 40 educational seminars and panel discussions. Speakers featured service providers, vendors, journalists and analysts.
SmartGrid Forum was collocated at the event:
http://smartgridforum2010.com/
TelcoTV announced the 2010 Vision Award winners:
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=200235
Adi Kishore presented the results of a Heavy Reading multiscreen research study and revealed that US Pay-TV subscribers will pay monthly fee to access TV shows from anywhere in the world:
http://downloads.lightreading.com/lrlive/telcotv10/TelcoTV2010HRPresentationPR.pdf
Leading vendors unveiled new OTT products & services at TelcoTV 2010:
http://downloads.lightreading.com/lrlive/telcotv10/TelcoTV2010OTTProductsPR.pdf
TelcoTV exhibitors debuted solutions for enhancing the consumer experience and monitoring quality:
http://downloads.lightreading.com/lrlive/telcotv10/TelcoTV2010ExhibitorsEnhanceMonitorPR.pdf
The Official 2010 TelcoTV Show news site delivered ongoing industry analysis, event coverage and vendor announcements:
http://www.lightreading.com/telcotv/
A joint production of UBM TechWeb's Light Reading and the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), TelcoTV offers a unique venue for solution providers to showcase their new product and service offerings. The event took place November 9 through 11, 2010 in Las Vegas. This year's theme, "Profiting in a Multi-Screen World," reflected the industry's challenge of making video services work for both consumers and service providers. Visit http://www.TelcoTVonline.com for a complete conference and expo agenda.
About Light Reading
Founded in 2000, Light Reading is the leading online media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's research arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20 targeted communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet Expo London, The Tower Summit @ CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a unit of TechWeb. Visit http://www.lightreading.com for more information.
About UBM TechWeb
UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services, and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web and digital professionals, software developers, government decision makers, and telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands includes: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. Visit http://techweb.com/aboutus for more information.
About United Business Media Ltd.
UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting, and monitoring; and the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities – from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated events, online, print, and business information products. Our 5,900 staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. Visit http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com for more information.
About NTCA
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is the premier association representing more than 560 locally owned and controlled telecommunications cooperatives and commercial companies throughout rural and small-town America. NTCA provides its members with legislative, regulatory, and industry representation; meetings; publications and educational programs; and an array of employee benefit programs. Visit http://www.ntca.org for more information.
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Dawn Danaher |
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Media Relations for TelcoTV 2010 |
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SOURCE Light Reading
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