
Organizers of the Comdex trade show, once the high point of the year for the technology industry, confirmed on Tuesday that the event will skip its main Las Vegas incarnation again this year. MediaLive International, which acquired the rights to Comdex several years ago, canceled the 2004 event after several years of declining attendance, inconsistent marketing and growing competition from programs such as the Consumer Electronics Show. At that time, company executives vowed the show would return revamped and revitalized in 2005. But MediaLive spokesman Ben Stricker confirmed Tuesday that Comdex will need at least another year to get its act together. “Comdex will not be returning to Las Vegas in 2005,” he said. “We hope to produce another Comdex in 2006.”