Blockbuster CEO Tops List of Confirmed Speakers for Yankee Group's Annual Connected Consumer Summit.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003 Industry leaders and Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. analysts will explore the new technologies revolutionizing distribution of digital entertainment at this two-day interactive event, May 5 and 6 at the W Hotel New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Lexington Avenue. The Yankee Group's Connected Consumer Summit moves to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. this year to convene industry leaders of the digital entertainment "value chain"-- the chain that ultimately connects digital-content providers to consumers. In addition, the Summit will reveal results from the Yankee Group's 2003 Youth Market Survey, which explores the behavior of young consumers--the heaviest users of digital entertainment. Confirmed presenters include: John F. Antioco, CEO, Blockbuster, Inc. Jim Brock, Senior Vice President, Consumer Services, Yahoo! Bruce Gordon, President of Retail Markets, Verizon Dan Hart, General Manager, Yahoo! Games Manish Jha, Senior Vice President, Sales Strategy & New Media, ESPN Platinum sponsors include: Accenture, www.accenture.com Verizon, www.verizon.com Media sponsors include: PARADE, www.parade.com More information about the Connected Consumer Summit is available at www.yankeegroup.com/CCS2003. A limited number of complimentary press passes are available. Organizations interested in becoming a sponsor should contact Craig Stryker, sponsorship sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , cstryker@yankeegroup.com or 617-880-0217. THE YANKEE GROUP (www.yankeegroup.com) The Yankee Group is a global leader in technology research and consulting. Our customers, which include technology vendors and users, benefit from our accurate, reliable, and trusted research, consulting, and personalized one-to-one client interaction covering communications and IT products and services. Now in our fourth decade, the company is headquartered in Boston and maintains offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . |
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