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Microsoft Pressroom

Microsoft’s pressroom is located outside the Las Vegas Convention Center in a tent directly across from the Central Hall in the Central Plaza parking lot. Pressroom hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday; and 8:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday. The pressroom will be closed on Thursday. Members of the press can also view exclusive digital assets such as b-roll in the Broadcast Newswroom. Behind the scenes video, photos and blogs are also available on the Channel 10 website.

Main Microsoft Booth

A variety of activities will take place at the Microsoft booth, No. 7144, in the Central Hall of the LVCC. Industry partners will be exhibiting in the booth, showcasing products and solutions that feature Microsoft platforms and technologies.

Microsoft Keynote Information

Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman, and Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, will present the Microsoft keynote address at the 2008 International CES Sunday, Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m. PST in the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino.

Admission to the keynote address will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis to accredited members of the media and analysts with their official CES badges and badge holders. Credentials can be picked up in the CES pressroom in Room S229 of the LVCC, between the Central and South halls. Attendees may pick up only their own tickets, not those of friends or colleagues. Doors for the keynote address will open at 5 p.m. The media waiting room will open at 3 p.m. Members of the media and analysts are encouraged to arrive at the theater well in advance of the opening to help ensure admission.

Following are some important notes regarding security at the Microsoft keynote event:

  • Analysts and members of the media carrying bags into the keynote theater will be asked to present their badge; bags will be subject to search.
  • Still cameras will be allowed for credentialed press, but camera bags are subject to search and will be checked before photographers enter the keynote theater; flash photography will be permitted for the first minute only.
  • Broadcast crews will not be allowed to set up video cameras for the keynote address; only audio recording devices are permitted. An audio-video mult box will be provided. Broadcasters planning to plug into the mult must contact mediarelations@wctv.com to make arrangements before the event.
  • No live broadcasting or webcasting of the keynote address, or rebroadcasting of the address in its entirety, will be allowed.

Videotapes of the keynote address will be available upon request in the Microsoft pressroom (located in a tent in the Central Plaza parking lot across the street from the Central Hall) on Monday and Tuesday.

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