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“[I]t’s tough to promote [a partnership] when someone has a knife, and they keep trying to stab you”

Despite rising COVID cases that prompted high-profile last minute cancellations, the market still had more than 2,300 exhibitors

The CTA projection for half a trillion dollars in 2022 U.S. revenue includes $130B for streaming services and software

The organizers also announced that confirmed exhibitors have surpassed 2100

More than 1900 exhibitors are confirmed and 2400 members of the media are registered to attend CES in person, the CTA said

Two in three consumers started their holiday shopping prior to November, according to new research from the CTA

Samsung’s keynote for CES 2022 will present the company’s vision for an ‘Age of Togetherness’ where technology needs to exist together with people and for the planet

A record 191M U.S. adults plan to purchase tech items this holiday season, with smartphones, laptops, wearables, TVs, tablets and video game consoles topping their wish lists, the CTA reported

The NAB wants the base of payors to include broadband providers and Big Tech companies; the CTA calls the proposals “counter-productive” and said its members are already paying fees.

The CTA will announce more protocols in the runup to the show