CEDIA (the show) has been growing by leaps and bounds each year, so CEDIA (the organization) announced that they're adding a Spring show in Las Vegas. I do think that there is room for another targeted CE show in the first half of the year; CES has gotten way out of hand. CES is so big and so crowded that it's impossible for a small company's announcement to stand out and nearly impossible to navigate for attendees.
But CEDIA is scaling back expectations for the event, saying that,
“Feedback from CEDIA members indicates that there is strong support for a second show that draws from a more regional electronic systems contractor base,” said Ken Smith, president of CEDIA.
"Regional contractors" are considered an appropriate target because the traditional lifecycle of CE products has the announcement at Fall CEDIA or CES in January, with products hitting the market in late Summer/early Fall in time for the holiday sales season. This doesn't hold true for all products, of course, and is geared more towards the purchasing cycle of large retailers than indpendent A/V contractors - hence the focus on them for this show.
-avi
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