"Europe" articles

While I'm sitting at Heathrow waiting to catch our flight to Nice for the CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit on Tuesday, I have some time to share some thoughts on the IPTV World Forum, which we attended this past week. I was struck in my conversations with the resounding theme that many operators have really stuck to a "walk-before-you-can-run" approach when it comes to IPTV services, and that mentality also seemed to apply in the presentations that I heard. I shared a lunch...

Microsoft keynote to address Customer Service and IPTV at CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit -- Parks Associates welcomed Roger Pitton, Program Director, TV, Video & Music Business, Microsoft Corporation, as the Keynote speaker for C ONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit , taking place March 31, in Nice, France. It has a full agenda featuring consumer data and expert analysis on advanced video solutions, digital media solutions, and connected consumer electronics. The worldwide market for...

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit examines impact of consumer preferences on future services-- Adoption of online video has increased in Europe, but international research firm Parks Associates reports that the vast majority of usage is not generating any direct revenues. The firm, which recently released the white paper The Impact of Online Video in Europe, reports that 31% of broadband households in Western Europe have downloaded a movie or TV show for free in the last six months...

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit examines new opportunities in broadband, video services, digital media, CE --- International research firm Parks Associates announced today the topics and preliminary list of speakers for CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit , March 31, 2009, in Nice, France. This executive event addresses the new strategies for service and technology providers, media companies, and manufacturers in creating new entertainment and communications solutions. Summit...

The incoming administration has made clear their intentions to put the U.S. back in the top 10 for broadband penetration. While the U.S. ranks number one in terms of the number of subscriptions, it comes in at number 15 behind France and Germany in terms of penetration per 100 inhabitants. In that regard, the legislative activities in Washington are setting the stage for another move in the chess game between the cable operators and the Telcos. The cable operators have been offering...

International research firm Parks Associates announced four free newsletters , distributed online to inform industry executives on developments in home networking, digital health, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, broadband services, wireless connectivity, and home systems. Parks Associates’ industry analysts, with over 20 years experience studying advanced technology markets, produce these newsletters on a monthly basis to provide analysis on industry topics and...

Refined business models will control network use and yield more revenue -- The tremendous growth of mobile broadband usage, with annual growth rates of 200% in parts of North America and upwards of 800% in parts of Europe, will create future challenges for service providers if not properly managed. A new custom study from Parks Associates, Mobile Broadband in North America and Europe: Change is Key to Continuing Profitability, found that many carriers rely on outdated...

Over 35% of U.K. broadband households own a DVR -- The United Kingdom is the first European nation to adopt digital video recorders (DVRs) in significant numbers, according to international research firm Parks Associates’ new study Entertainment 2.0 in Europe. This five-country study examined entertainment trends across Europe and found over one-third of U.K. broadband households own a DVR. British households are also more likely than other European DVR households to...