Goodbye From CES 2010

By Bill Hartnett, Mark Lukasiewicz

Another CES is over, and our well-fed, if not well-rested, NBC Universal team is headed to points East -- and West. Most of us are returning home to New York, but some members of the team are packing up the technical guts of our booth for the trek North, to the Vancouver Games. The Games were the main focus of our booth this year, as thousands of people stopped by to learn more about the extensive multi-platform coverage we'll be unveiling across NBCU's networks and platforms in just a few weeks. And in a few days we'll know the identity of our Olympics sweepstakes winners -- who will be taking a free trip to Vancouver to enjoy some of the Olympics action !

As always, the NBC Universal CES booth has been a massive undertaking -- but with such an awesome team at work it went incredibly smoothly. It's no easy task to design and build a booth that is appealing to show visitors AND functional for the broadcast, cable and digital producers who generate hours of programming in a matter of days.

We couldn't do it without our partners at Sharp -- whose gorgeous screens powered all the media in our booth, on our stages, and in the Sharp / NBC Universal Multimedia Lounge ... or the terrific team at Jack Morton and its Production Design Group, who come up with spectacular eye-catching designs for our booth every year (check out the BizBash top 10 at CES, including our booth) ... or the amazing team of engineers and technicians from the NBC Long Island City shop who assemble, run, and pack up an amazing broadcast and streaming operation here every year.

And we can't leave CES 2010 without a special word about Jay Linden - NBCU's EVP of strategic partnerships and one of the founding fathers of NBCU's presence at CES at the 2008 show. Jay retires from NBCU next month: we couldn't have done this without him and we'll miss him !! Good luck, Jay !!

It's been a great CES. See you in 2011 !!