Microsoft's exhibit hall space for CES in the Las Vegas Convention Center has already been sold for the 2013 show in a process that took just 45 minutes, according to a new report.



From Neowin:

The report states that two companies, the satellite TV provider Dish (formerly known as Dish Network) and the China-based electronics maker Hisense, ended up buying the exhibit hall space for CES 2013. The price was apparently the same amount if Microsoft had ended up buying the same space again.

The organizers of CES are now currently in the middle of the three day process letting companies buy exhibit space for the 2013 show. CES 2012 ended up with 3,100 exhibitors, which is up from 2011's 2,800 companies at the show.

  Microsoft's former CES exhibit floor space is already sold