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The Verizon tablet app also only works if customers have a high-definition-capable set-top box. It does not show local affiliates of NBC, ABC, NBC or Fox. The app does not have DVR features to pause or rewind live TV, and it cannot stream shows stored on the home DVR.

The service will likely be available soon on Droid-based tablets, though Verizon officials declined to offer a timetable for that rollout.

Rivals The Verizon project marks another volley in the competition ...read more

Parks Associates announced Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, Director, Video Services Product Development and Management, Verizon, is participating as a speaker at the upcoming Connections at TIA, June 5-7 at the Gaylord Texan. Parks Associates reported that Krishnaswamy will participate in the session "The Next Steps in TV Everywhere," Tuesday, June 5, 4 P.M.

According to Parks Associates research, approximately one-third of U.S. broadband households now watch Internet video on a TV o ...read more

Parks Associates announced Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, Director, Video Services Product Development and Management, Verizon, is participating as a speaker at the upcoming Connections at TIA, June 5-7 at the Gaylord Texan.

Parks Associates reported that Krishnaswamy will participate in the session "The Next Steps in TV Everywhere," Tuesday, June 5, 4 P.M.

According to Parks Associates research, approximately one-third of U.S. broadband households now watch Internet video on a ...read more

Indeed, according to Dallas-based research firm Parks Associates, fully one-third of U.S. consumers in broadband households find remote control of lights, appliances, and thermostats via Web-enabled devices very appealing. Nearly 50 percent find email/text notification of smoke, fire, water, or gas leaks very appealing.

With the popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other Web-enabled devices, consumers are carrying a link to their home systems. Widespread availability of b ...read more

Parks Associates, an international research firm, announced that it will highlight its latest consumer and industry research in key markets at CONNECTIONS Summit at 2012 International CES in Las Vegas on January 10.

The company’s focus will be on new connected products and technologies including smart HDTVs, voice controls, Android tablets, and multifunction e-readers that are changing the way consumers access and manage content in the home.

The summit features sessions ...read more

Hopefully for Google and device manufacturer partners, the second effort is more successful than the first. Parks Associates analyst Kurt Scherf told the Journal that the updated software offers a "big improvement" over the previous version, "giving a much more graphically rich version of the user interface."

From the article, "Google Taps Marvell to Power the Next-Generation Google TV" by Beecher Tuttle

Stating consumers in Western Europe value multidevice access to recorded TV programs over other new video services, Parks Associates has released a new research, the company has announced. “Multiscreen access to live TV programming is available across Europe, but consumers want access to their recorded content,” said Brett Sappington, Director, Research, Parks Associates. “Consumers use PVRs to record their favorite shows, effectively creating a personalized TV playlist, and the ...read more

Kurt Scherf, principal analyst at Dallas market research firm Parks Associates, said that another off-the-shelf consumer technology driving both the enthusiast and professional home theater markets is Internet-connected televisions.

These devices connect to networks either through cables or wirelessly and often have an array of built-in apps for watching videos or listening to music. A standard remote control is the only tool needed.

"The fact that you have connected or ...read more