Secaucus, NJ—Panasonic hosted its interactive video stream broadcast, Panasonic LIVE @ CES, for the second year. The show broadcast live for two days from Panasonic’s booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center, beginning at 10:00 a.m. PT.
Fans at home could feel as though they were at CES by visiting panasonic.com/CES, where they viewed the live video-streaming broadcast direct from the show floor. Throughout the program, viewers could join the conversation and ask questions to guest experts featured on the show by using the Twitter hashtag #PanasonicCES or by visiting Panasonic’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/panasonic.
Panasonic LIVE @ CES host Cali Lewis (@CaliLewis) returned for a second year to kick off live coverage at the start of CES on January 8. Lewis, the host of GeekBeat.TV and president of Livid Lobster, Geek Beat’s parent company, brings years of consumer tech expertise to Panasonic LIVE @ CES, and she is among the podcasting pioneers with her podcasts being viewed hundreds of millions of times.
Again cohosting was Jordan Burchette (@JordanBurchette), senior editor at Thrillist.com. Burchette worked at ESPN.com, CNN.com and CBS Sports Network before bringing his knowledge and insightfuls to Panasonic LIVE @ CES. New this year, former freestyle motocross rider and star of MTV’s Nitro Circus, Andy Bell (@AndyBell) completed the trio, filing roving video reports from across Las Vegas. Bell is a veteran of TV, having appeared on Eurosport, Fox Sports Net, MTV/MTV2 and National Geographic.
“The Consumer Electronics Show is a true wonder and spectacle of gigantic proportions. Panasonic is proud to be at the show each year and continues to look for ways to make it a special experience for technology enthusiasts around the world. With Panasonic Live @ CES, we’re looking to make the experience even more interactive in year two and beyond,” said Betty Noonan, vice president, Marketing and Brand Management, Panasonic Corporation of North America.
Panasonic welcomed a variety of high-profile guests throughout the two days, including the new president of Panasonic Corporation, Kazuhiro Tsuga, and 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Abby Wambach from the U.S. Women’s Olympic Soccer Team. panasonic.com
