
Entertainment is going extreme as content providers, distributors and electronics makers race to keep pace in a world in which digital media becomes accessible anytime, anywhere. The frenzy will be more evident than ever this week in Las Vegas at the International Consumer Electronics Show, a showcase of the latest products seeking to secure a spot in today’s digital age. Information technology companies like Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft will battle traditional electronics companies such as Sony and Samsung Electronics over ways to link or directly bring Internet–and computer-based media to the television.