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Emerald Cancels All Trade Shows & Events for First Six Months of 2020

March 22, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Status of CEDIA Expo Remains in Doubt

Emerald Holding Inc. (NYSE: EEX), formerly known as Emerald Expositions Events Inc. – a national exposition company that is home to both the CEDIA Expo and CE Pro magazine – has announced that they are postponing all events for the first two quarters of 2020 due to the rapid spread of the global pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19). Given their position as one of the largest producers of B-to-B trade shows in the U.S., this is a major development with huge impact on the various industries their shows serve.

Learn more on this major Emerald move…

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CEDIA Cancels All Tech Summits Scheduled for March & April

March 18, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Just days after canceling their Vancouver Tech Summit, CEDIA announced last week that they are canceling all remaining Tech Summits currently planned for the rest of March and for all of April. This move is being taken as a response to the growing coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the globe.

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CEDIA Confirms Second COVID-19 Exposure at Florida Tech Summits

March 18, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

New Jersey Tech Summit in 2017 — *Tech Summit in New Jersey in 2017*

In yet another email, participants of CEDIA’s recent Florida Tech Summits were told of a second instance of their potential COVID-19 exposure. The organization said that there are two reports of individuals “who have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).”

See more on this 2nd COVID-19 case at CEDIA’s Florida Tech Summits…

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CEDIA Cancels Upcoming Vancouver Tech Summit Event

March 10, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

On the same day that CEDIA sent an alarming communication to attendees of the previous Florida Tech Summit, the company announced it will cancel the next Tech Summit in Vancouver. This event was scheduled to take place this Thursday, March 12th – only days after the Association notified attendees of their Florida Tech Summits on February 25 & 27 that they had been exposed to COVID-19 from an affected employee of one of the event exhibitors.

See more on CEDIA’s Tech Summit Viral Turmoil…

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Attendees of Florida CEDIA Tech Summits Were Exposed to Coronavirus COVID-19

March 10, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Photo of CEDIA Tech Summit in Florida where attendees were exposed to COVID-19

The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) sent a letter via email on Tuesday to all attendees of the recent Fort Lauderdale & Tampa, Fl Tech Summits notifying them of their exposure to coronavirus or COVID-19, the rapidly expanding viral infection that has become a global pandemic. An employee for an exhibitor at the Tech Summit was said to have tested positive for the virus, and CEDIA asked all attendees to “take precautions.”

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Forbes Notes Enthusiastic CES 2020 Crowd Amazed by a ‘Smart’ Potato

January 15, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Is This the Next Big Thing?

neuraspud 'smart' potato — NeuraSpud, Booth #53367 Eureka Park, CES 2020 [Photo: Forbes, Pete Pachal]

Who says the mainstream media has abandoned CES? No less than the venerable Forbes.com ran a feature story that noted an enthusiastic crowd gathered around a booth offering a dynamic presentation on an amazing new technology…a ‘smart’ potato. No, this is NOT a spoof by The Onion – it is real. Yes, the booth and young man promoting the smart potato was a stunt…but the article from Forbes about it is real.

Why Forbes featured a ‘smart potato’…

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Select Stories From CES 2020

January 10, 2020 by Ted 4 Comments

CES 2020 Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars — *Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars, Brought to you by AudioControl*

CES 2020, the big show, is about over (ending the day this was posted) and as usual there are a slew of announcements. It can be a little overwhelming with so much happening in Las Vegas, but there are some stories that flat out are just more important or interesting than others.

See my list of more interesting stories from CES…

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CES 2020 – Just What Exactly is CES Anymore?

January 8, 2020 by Ted 15 Comments

photo from the WWE website; WWE is a new CES 2020 exhibitor — *Buyer/seller negotiations on the CES floor are getting pretty tough! Image is from the WWE, a new exhibitor at CES this year*

For many, many years the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – an exposition hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – was a huge part of the technology industry. In many ways, it was virtually the embodiment of tech – you HAD to go there to discover the latest products that were being shown to buyers so they could get their orders placed in time for the prime selling season starting in the fall of that year.

CES 2020 – what has become of CES, our beloved technology show?…

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Sharp & Foxconn Stiff Korean Factory Equipment Suppliers on Money Owed

October 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Korean media is reporting that Sharp, the former Japanese powerhouse brand now owned by Taiwan’s Foxconn, is late on approximately tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars worth of payments to Korean factory gear makers. Not only are they late, but they are said to be demanding even more discounts on the outstanding debt owed to multiple South Korean suppliers of factory equipment destined for use in LCD production factories. All of this is being done in violation of covenants in their purchase contracts with these suppliers.

This dispute may raise to level of government intervention.

What is Sharp & Foxconn doing? And why?…

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CEDIA 2019: Vanco Hits the Audio Accelerator as It Cruises Down Beale Street

September 24, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Randy Blanchard and Mark Corbin of Vanco — Vanco’s Randy Blanchard (l) and Mark Corbin (r) were excited to show me new Beale Street Models [Click to enlarge]

Don’t let those smiling faces fool you…these guys are deadly serious about taking more than their fair share of the audio market. And the vehicle they’re using to drive that growth is Beale Street Audio, a brand that Vanco acquired about two years ago. From what they told me – and showed me – at this year’s 2019 CEDIA Expo in Denver, they are well on their way.

See more on Beale Street, including new models…

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Emerald Cancels All Trade Shows & Events for First Six Months of 2020