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SINGAPORE: 67,573 people came to Asia's largest
infocomm and media trade exhibitions - CommunicAsia and
BroadcastAsia - to showcase and to view the latest technologies,
participate in industry forums and to interact with fellow
professionals from across the world. Of the total number of
attendees, 52 percent came from outside of Singapore, hailing from
about 100 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, Europe, US and
the Middle-East.
Over four days, visitors witnessed cutting-edge technologies and
business
solutions designed to enhance enterprises' mobility and users'
lifestyles.
Held together with CGOverdrive2008 and inter-government and industry
meetings such as the imbX Ministerial Forum and the Regional Seminar
on
Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting, the event spread over
eight
halls, totaling 72,000 square metres of floor space. More than 2,300
exhibiting companies from 61 countries and regions demonstrated
products and solutions throughout the value chain of convergent
technologies.
"We delivered a robust and relevant event this year with the
strong support
and representation from our exhibitors – both market leaders and
emerging
enterprises. Exhibitors in the WiMAX, IPTV and mobile
entertainment
segments have responded strongly to the ever-increasing role of
technology
in our lives. These clusters have grown substantially and
attracted good
crowds at the show," said Mr Stephen Tan, Chief Executive of
Singapore
Exhibition Services and President of Allworld Exhibitions Alliance.
Mr Tan adds, "The shows this year have met exhibitor
expectations and about 78 percent of them have already committed to
participate in 2009. With their backing, we are confident that
CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia will continue to be a key highlight
on the ICT and media industry calendar in
Asia."
Unveiled at CommunicAsia2008 and Broadcast Asia 2008 Thrilling
crowds at CommunicAsia are various new launches of new-generation
mobile phones. Samsung chose the show as a platform to launch a new
touchscreen smartphone - the i900 Omnia – globally. LG and Garmin
have also introduced new handsets and product offerings, leveraging
on the show as a launching pad to reach out to their audience
worldwide.
The NAVTEQ Global Location-based Services Challenge was held for the
first
time in Asia-Pacific. NAVTEQ made the results announcement at their
booth on 18 Jun, giving away over USD4.5 million in cash prizes and
data licenses.
Grand Prize Winner Joikusoft walked away with a prize package valued
at
USD275,000, including USD50,000 in cash and USD225,000 in NAVTEQ
data
licenses.
A key highlight at BroadcastAsia2008 was the NHK exhibit, which
showcased
for the first time in Asia outside of Japan, the Super Hi-vision (SHV)
system. About 5,000 visitors witnessed first hand the SHV system,
which
offers a projection system with resolution 16 times higher than
regular
HDTV.
Panasonic, on its part, took the opportunity to unveil the world's
first 6X
Write-Once Blu-ray discs (BD-R) which have a maximum data transfer
speed of 2165Mbps and said to be 20 percent faster than that of 16X
DVD-R discs.
CGOverdrive
CGOverdrive2008, featuring a star-studded line-up of internationally
renowned CG artists, all of whom are directly involved in creating
box-
office hits, award-winning feature animated and VFX films or games,
saw more
than double its attendees from last year. Over the four days, 5,223
people
attended the conference and hands-on masterclasses, gained insights
from the
Business Forum, attended workshops and talks, and got a chance to
view a
display of digital art and animated short films from students and
professionals around the world at the CG Excellence competition.
CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia will be back at Singapore Expo from
16 – 19 June 2009.
-- Tech Times Online
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