Contact: Dennis Wharton, NAB Media Relations, 202-429-5350
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /Standard Newswire/ -- More than 70 new exhibitors will showcase the latest technological innovations that help bring content to life during the 2009 NAB Show, held April 18-23 in Las Vegas. These companies will join a wide variety of NAB Show exhibiting veterans on the 850,000 square feet of space that make up the NAB Show floor.
"The NAB Show has been the leading electronic media event for more than 80 years, showcasing every stage of the content lifecycle, from creation to consumption," said NAB Executive Vice President of Conventions and Business Operations Chris Brown. "Each year we see new exhibitors from a variety of media platforms, and we look forward to learning about the unique opportunities that these new companies will bring to this year's Show."
The debuting NAB Show exhibitors include Electronic Arts, Phillips 3D Solutions and 3ality Digital, each showcasing different products in the content life cycle that help unite imagination with technology. These exhibitors join 1,600 companies, including 430 international exhibitors, that attendees will have the opportunity to view during the Show.
Some of this year's new exhibiting companies include:
3ality Digital
3DTV Corp.
48 Hour Film Project
Aberdeen Captioning
Acme Lighting & Grip
actionproducts
AFL Telecommunications
Air Sea Land Gear, Inc.
AmberFin
Antarctica Films Inc
Apantac LLC
Applied RF Systems
Aprico
Audio Plus Services
Audio Video Metals
Beijing Gefei Tech.Co.,Ltd
Cache-A Corporation
Canarus Trading Inc.
Case Cruzer
Chengdu Acti Science & Technology Development Co.
Cleveland Clinic News Service
CLONWERK Srl
Comlabs
CP Cases Inc.
DCA, Inc
DFT Digital Film Technology
Digital Alert Systems, LLC
Digital Nirvana
Eizo Nanao Technologies, Inc.
Electronic Arts
Elma Electronic, Inc.
Enigma Systems
Enticent, Inc.
EPS-Doublet
Falcon Eyes Limited
Flanders Scientific Industries, Inc.
French Pavilion
HighPoint Technologies
Hollywood Rentals
International Supplies
IZT
J7
JMR Electronics, Inc
Konka Group Co., Ltd
Lynn Products
MusicMaster
National Guard Bureau
Nokeena Networks
One Stop Systems
Orion Systems, Inc
Penta Studiotechnik GMBH
Philips 3D Solutions
Philips Color Kinetics
REDBYTE Design Pty Ltd
RTT News
Sage Alerting Systems, Inc.
Shutterstock
Singular Logic, LLC
STATS
Stream On!
Studio Plus
Studio Technologies, Inc.
Talking Rock Communications
TechEdge, Inc
Television Research Institute
TelVue Corporation
The Easy Budget Company
VSM Control GmbH
WeatherNation LLC
XDT
Xicom Technology
Also on the Show floor this year are several new attractions, including two pavilions dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge 3D technologies and the latest in mobile technology developments. The Content Commerce Pavilion, designed to facilitate business-to-business information sharing and innovation, will also debut this year. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to view a special presentation of NHK's Ultra High Definition TV technology, as well as demonstrations presented by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology's (NICT), highlighting the latest discoveries in holographic television and 3D high definition transmission technologies.
The NAB Show has been the launch platform for hundreds of new products and thousands of product enhancements. During the 2008 NAB Show, 72 percent of exhibitors unveiled more than 1,000 new products, including the introduction of the first live transmission of stereoscopic 3D. In previous years, the NAB Show floor has also been home to the first HDTV broadcast (1996), the launch of Apple's Final Cut Studio (2005) and the debut of Red Digital's first camera in 2007. Other technology advancements introduced at the Show include digital video, nonlinear editing, Internet streaming and datacasting. For additional information about the Show floor, click here.
About the 2009 NAB Show
The NAB Show will take place April 18 - 23, 2009 in Las Vegas (exhibits open April 20). It is the world's largest electronic media show covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums. Complete details are available at www.nabshow.com.
Online registration is now available for news media reporters interested in covering the NAB Show.
About NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America's broadcasters. As the voice of more than 8,300 radio and television stations, NAB advances their interests in legislative, regulatory and public affairs. Through advocacy, education and innovation, NAB enables broadcasters to best serve their communities, strengthen their businesses and seize new opportunities in the digital age. Learn more at www.nab.org.