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DirecTV Now, something of an online replica of AT&T's satellite offering, will face more competition than its analog ever had on land. There's the genuinely skinny bundle of Dish Network's (DISH) SlingTV, which charges $20 a month for 30 channels and $25 a month for 44 channels. In the less than two years since it was launched, SlingTV has attracted more than 1 million subscribers, according to a study by Dallas market research and consulting company Parks Associates. 

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In the U.S., Apple is king, garnering about 40% of the market share, according to a report by Parks Associates. "Apple remains the dominant smartphone manufacturer in the U.S., but Samsung is catching up," said Harry Wang, director of Health & Mobile Product Research at Parks Associates. "Apple controls 40% of the smartphone market, while Samsung has 31% and LG is the next closest rival with 10%."

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According to research from Parks Associates from this past May, Roku led all of its competitors in sales from first quarter 2015 to first quarter 2016, with its set-top boxes accounting for 30% of the marketplace. Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOGL) tied for second with a 22% slice of the market each, and Apple TV claimed 20%.

From the article "Roku Remains On Top Of The Streaming Media Market" by Buster Coen.

How many folks will sign on for HBO Now is unclear. Time Warner's HBO Go online service for subscribers of HBO on cable or satellite, benefits from hefty promotion from operators who share in the subscription revenues. Apple isn't likely to send out mailers or aggressivfely promote HBO Now as those partners have done in the past.

Digital research consulant Parks Associates figures as many as 17 percent of U.S. broadband customers will sign on for a standalone HBO service, or ...read more

Seven years after Netflix introduced its online streaming service, 55% of U.S. broadband households subscribe to a streaming TV service like Netflix, according to industry reporting firm Parks Associates, and the trend has only just begun.

Analysts still expect Netflix to grow earnings at a 40% annual rate over the next five years. The stock has an average 12-month price target of $390, suggesting 15.6% gains from current levels. 

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Apple has lost market share in the domestic Internet-connected set-top box business that it once pioneered and dominated, according to research firm Parks Associates, putting the world's largest company behind Roku and its largest rival, Google. That puts the company in the position of having to struggle to catch up with its own past.

Apple is now in third place, according to the latest data, as the research firm indicated that Apple sold slightly more than 2 million of its ...read more

Amazon is said to be moments away from releasing its own device to compete against a growing field of competitors including Apple TV, Netgear NeoTV, Google Chromecast, Roku, Sony, and others.

According to Parks Associates, Roku enjoys the pole position in video streamers with about a 37% market share, followed by No. 2 Apple TV at 24%. Parks also predicts the number of devices will almost double to around 330 million by 2017.

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Backing up data is an absolute necessity that many people put off until after it’s too late. According to a 2011 study by Parks Associates less than one-quarter of the households in the survey have a weekly backup plan for their systems and only 4% are diligent enough to manually perform a backup on a daily basis. 1

“The idea of providing a backup of photos and videos from Facebook is an interesting one, which I believe may help people come to realize the importance of maint ...read more