DALLAS, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates today opened registration for The Digital Lifestyle: Services, Applications, Content, and the Consumer, a one-day executive seminar featuring data, forecasts, and expert analysis on advanced online and connected entertainment technologies and services.

The Digital Lifestyle, hosted by Parks Associates' industry-leading analysts, will take place October 3, 2007, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, Calif. Registration is available at http://www.parksassociates.com/.

"U.S. revenues for online content services, including user fees, advertising, and other residuals, will hit $15 billion by 2010," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst, Parks Associates. "Online video services will account for about one-half of that total, while online gaming will become a $4 billion business in the U.S. alone. The opportunities in these markets are tremendous, and success will come from providing unique user experiences. We have crafted The Digital Lifestyle workshop to provide insight and strategies to succeed in this new world of online media and connectivity."

  Topics include:

  -- Broadband Update: Changing Dynamics in a Maturing Market
  -- Television 2.0: The Impact of IPTV on the Digital Lifestyle
  -- Digital Media around the Globe
  -- Console and Online Gaming Trends
  -- Home Networking: Beyond Infrastructure
  -- Social Media and Web 2.0
  -- Online Video: The Industry and the Consumer

The complete workshop agenda and registration are available at http://www.parksassociates.com/. Early registration pricing is available until September 10. For more information on this seminar, contact Parks Associates at 972-490-1113 or sales@parksassociates.com.

About Parks Associates:

Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. The company's expertise includes new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and security.

Each year, Parks Associates co-hosts executive thought leadership conferences: CONNECTIONS(TM) and CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)). In addition, Parks Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in conjunction with the CONNECTIONS(TM) Conference series.
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  Contact: Jenny Barrett, Chelsey Tyson
  Parks Associates
  972-490-1113
  Email: Jenny@parksassociates.com, Chelsey@parksassociates.com

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