ShowStoppers Tracks Deluge of Coverage From Press Event in Las Vegas

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Coverage of new technology products for work, home and play is surging out of ShowStoppers, the press-only showcase event that took place last week in Las Vegas.

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The global deluge already includes nearly 200 broadcasts, articles and blog postings by, among many, 3sat, Agence France-Presse, AVING, CNET, electronista, engadget, eWeek, Forbes, Globe and Mail, golem.de, Houston Chronicle, Huffington Post, Information Week, Los Angeles Times, MacLife, MSNBC, netzwelt, Newsday, PC Magazine, PC World, Pocket-Lint, Revision3, St. Louis Today, technologizer, ubergizmo, the Wall Street Journal, Which?, and Yahoo News – with more to come.

The ShowStoppers "team KILLED IT this year," said Anders Steele, vice president of FortyThree PR, an agency with three clients at the press event – Monsoon, PrivacyStar and Qualcomm Skifta. "Very nice event! I loved the broadcasters you had on stage, especially CBS and TechCrunch. Great touch."

ShowStoppers @ CES set a new attendance record – more than 1,300 journalists, analysts and bloggers.

The four-hour, invitation-only event took place Thursday, 6 January, at the Wynn Hotel during the Consumer Electronics Show.

One hour before the press event, ShowStoppers produced the IFA 2011 preview press conference, to give journalists a glimpse of what comes next in consumer electronics and home appliances. ShowStoppers partners with Messe Berlin and gfu to produce the official press event at IFA, the global tradeshow for consumer electronics and home appliances that takes place each September in Berlin.

ShowStoppers @ CES was powered by all-electric concept vehicles from General Motors and off-roaders from Polaris. Airbiquity turned over a new all-electric Nissan Leaf to demo connected vehicle services. Zatz Not Funny declared Sphero from Orbotix – a toy ball driven by smart phone or tablet computer – "the coolest roly poly gizmo of CES." Ocosmos introduced a tablet for gamers. Kno demonstrated dual-screen tablets for students and educators. enTourage and Pocketbook-USA introduced eReaders. Pogoplug and Vidyo announced cloud-powered TV services. Rapper T-Pain was in the house to introduce the T-Pain mic from JAKKS Pacific. RealNetworks won a CNET "best of show" award for Unifi, which manages user photos, music and videos in one place.

The 100-plus industry leaders, innovators and startups exhibiting at ShowStoppers included, among others, Boxee, Casio, Electronic Arts, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Iomega, Lexmark, Logitech, Novatel Wireless, OnLive, Polaroid, Qualcomm, Skype and Trend Micro.

For a complete list of exhibiting companies, click here: http://www.showstoppers.com/?page_id=2377

For press kits from the companies, click here: http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/showJointPage.do?page=jp&np=T&showId=1015

To help top broadcasters and news blogs stream and record coverage, ShowStoppers reserved a record 12 studio stages for global TV news network CNN; world-class tech blogs Butterscotch, Slashgear, Techcrunch and Techweb; radio and web newscasters CBS Radio with Larry Magid, Computer America with Craig Crossman, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline, AppMinute.com with Sam Levin, Computer Outlook Radio with John Iasulo, and Tech Talk with Craig Peterson; and web broadcaster BNETtv.com.

ShowStoppers @ CES 2011 kicks off a year-long series of press events that includes:

• ShowStoppers @ Mobile World Congress, 13 Feb. 2011, Barcelona, Spain.
• ShowStoppers @ CTIA Wireless, 21 Mar. 2011, Orlando, Florida.
• The IFA Global Press Conference, 14-17 Apr. 2011, Alicante, Spain.
• ShowStoppers @ IFA, 1 Sept. 2011, Berlin, Germany.
• ShowStoppers for the Digital Holidays, 13 Sept. 2011, New York City.
• ShowStoppers for the Mobile Holidays, October 2011, San Diego.

About ShowStoppers

Now in its 18th year, ShowStoppers, http://www.showstoppers.com, is the global leader in producing press and business events. Each event organizes product introductions, sneak previews and demonstrations for hundreds of selected journalists, bloggers, industry and financial analysts, venture capitalists and business executives. Industry leaders, innovators, startups and upstart companies exhibit during the year at ShowStoppers events to help generate news coverage and product reviews, make new connections, promote brand, and open new markets.

To exhibit at ShowStoppers events, contact Dave Leon, director of sales, +1-845-638-3527.

To cover and report from ShowStoppers events, contact:

ShowStoppers is an independent media event that is produced by and is a registered trademark of ShowStoppers. CES is a trademark of CEA. Showstoppers is not affiliated with CEA.

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