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1.0 Trends and Drivers for a Growing Market by Michael Cai.
1.1 Current Status People have been playing multiplayer games for ages. From the ancient Olympics to Mah-Jong, an addictive four-player game invented in China 3,000 years ago, and to the parlor games popular during the Victorian era in England, multiplayer gaming has been fulfilling a need for entertainment, socialization, and competition. With the widespread proliferation of the Internet and the growing adoption of b ...read more

"Wireless networking is instrumental in driving productivity and providing convenience for the home user. But to ensure consistent throughput of multimedia services throughout the home network, there's still room for improvement," stated Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst of Parks Associates, a Dallas-based market research firm that specializes in residential and small office technology analysis. "Content service providers are now taking a second look at broadband ...read more

Homebuilders sold $11 billion worth of technology products in 2004 and expect sales to increase 10-12% in 2005, according to Parks Associates' "2004 Builder Survey." These findings show builders growing into a formidable channel for the distribution of advanced products such as home networking and multiroom audio systems, with 62% of all U.S. builders on the lookout for new products and capabilities that could differentiate them in the market.

"Builders are well into a new e ...read more

"As the adoption rate for wireless products and the demand for convergence increases, entertainment solutions such as NETGEAR's Wireless Digital Media Player will be a driving force in expanding the wireless market into new directions," stated Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst of Parks Associates, a Dallas-based market research firm that specializes in residential and small office technology analysis. "Vendors like NETGEAR are pushing digital media adapters into ...read more

CONNECTIONS(tm): The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with CEA, is hosting four sessions focusing on various aspects of digital entertainment. Park Associates is hosting a pre-show workshop, The Digital Home Highway, providing consumer data, insight and analysis on broadband services, multimedia applications and platforms, on-demand content, digital rights management and the connected consumer.

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The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by CONNECTIONS (a Parks Associates and CEA partnership, will examine the evolution of the consumer music experience, portable entertainment devices, digital distribution of media and the management of home networks.

Parks Associates also will host a pre-show workshop, The Digital Home Highway, providing consumer data, insight and analysis on broadband services, multimedia applications and platforms, on-demand content, digita ...read more

Parks Associates today announced that its upcoming executive seminar Fall Focus, to be held Nov 10-12, 2004, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA, will address the theme On-Demand Digital Entertainment. The event, hosted by industry experts Parks Associates, will examine the current conditions and future vision for the markets involving digital entertainment content in the networked home.

"The digital home is poised for a mass-market push based largely on the st ...read more

Multi-Zone Digital Music System Renders the Traditional Black Stereo Rack Obsolete

Digital music fans can now listen to rock in the garden, punk in the playroom and fusion in the bedroom, with the launch of the Sonos(TM) Digital Music System, which is previewing this week at the "D2: All Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad, Calif. The Sonos offering is the first and only multi-zone digital music system with a wireless, full-color LCD screen controller that lets consumers ...read more