Fatcontroller

So, everybody’s being hit hard by global recession and there are hundreds of bloggers and tech news sites already breaking news from the show (which hasn’t officially started yet). So what’s the point of being in Las Vegas with 130,000 other gadget hounds when hotel prices are tripled, it’s a nightmare to get around and all the “cool” places suddenly aren’t that cool any more?

For me, it’s an opportunity to get a first hand look at some of the new connected audio and video devices coming to market, for the home, on the move and even in car, and to ask some of those questions not addressed in the hyped up press releases…

I’ll also be meeting a wide range of the companies in the connected audio device market along with other international broadcasters at the inaugural meeting of the Internet Media Device Alliance (www.IMDAalliance.org). I don’t have too much time to attend the conference sessions, apart from the one I am speaking on of course , where I’ll be talking about the role of video for radio.

I’ll be twittering from the event, so follow @fatcontroller from twitter.com or check out the pics on www.flickr.com/photos/ousby/ if you’re interested in a radio angle on what’s at CES this year. For a wider view, follow @ces09 on www.twitter.com which pools anyone’s tweets with the #ces09 tag in it.

If you want to see the bun fight over who can get their news posted first on new product releases, then a few of the best places are:

bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/
ces.engadget.com/
ces.cnet.com/uk.gizmodo.com/
crunchgear.com/

If you’re at CES and want to get in touch then email me john@ousby.com