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Some 117 million Americans are expected to need caregiving assistance by 2020, according to the recently released Caregiving Innovation Frontiers (CIF) study conducted by AARP and Parks Associates. Yet the number of caregivers is only expected to reach 50 million (45 million unpaid, 5 million paid).

From the article "The Caregiving Boom: Where The Job Opportunities Are" by Nancy Collamer.

Automotive applications have strong momentum: Parks Associates estimates that 25% of U.S. cars and light trucks (about 54 million vehicles) have some kind of network connectivity today, with about 14 million on the cellular network. Chris and other experts forecast that about 80% of vehicles will be connected by 2020.

From the article "Viewed From The Cloud, The Internet Of Things Looks Rosy" by www.forbes.com

In fact, 4K has been around long enough to have already had a significant impact on the TV landscape. 4K TVs have found their way in to millions of US homes, while recent predictions by industry analyst Parks Associates predicts that 330 million 4K UHD TVs will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2019. Not least because prices of 4K TVs are plummeting so far and so fast that it’s hard to see there being any space left in the TV market for HD TVs for more than the next couple ...read more

There’s no need for Netflix NFLX +1.60% to watch out, but WWE is building up some steam with its streaming service.

WWE issued a press release Thursday touting the WWE Network as a top-five Over-the-top (OTT) streaming service, based on a report by Parks Associates, a market research and consulting firm.

From the article "WWE Network Breaks Into Top Five Of Streaming Services" by Alfred Konuwa.

In the nascent connected home industry, startups now have the choice to tie up with platforms from either Apple AAPL +0.00% or Google GOOGL -0.30%. And going with Apple can make a big difference — that’s at least according to smart thermostat-maker Ecobee.

In July, the Toronto, Canada-based startup released a version of its $250 Ecobee3 thermostat certified by Apple to work with HomeKit, the iPhone maker’s program for syncing up smart home gadgets in iOS. Becoming a HomeKit- ...read more

And the fitness tracker industry is set to almost triple from the $2 billion it reached in 2014 to $5.4 billion by 2019, according to Parks Associates, which sees more people buying these “connected health devices” — 30% in 2014 compared to 24% in 2014.

From the article "Is Apple Watch A Threat To Fitbit's IPO?" by Peter Cohan.

Until now, Netflix (and HBO Go) have been very lenient with letting people share passwords. The numbers have been small enough that it could almost be seen as a marketing cost. Password piggyback users tend to be younger and the idea is that as those people become attached to the brand, they’ll eventually pay for their own subscriptions.

But it turns out those numbers maybe aren’t as small as executives at Netflix would like you to believe. According to a new report from Par ...read more

While U.S. cable television customers are longing to finally be able to pay for just the channels they actually watch, others have begrudgingly accepted that bundled television is still the way to go for getting their money’s worth. Companies like DISH, Verizon, and Sony have only announced in the last year their own plans for stand-alone streaming services. With a few clicks, $8 for Netflix NFLX -1.08%, $15 for HBO, $20 for ESPN could easily add up to a higher total than what c ...read more