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Smart Energy Summit, hosted by Parks Associates, returned to Austin, Texas, and the Omni Austin Downtown Hotel on February 13-15, 2023. The summit agenda featured leaders from utilities, state, and national regulators, telecom and security companies, retailers, and OEMs. Thank you to our 2023 sponsors Connectivity Standards Alliance , Rapid Response Monitoring , Resideo , Calix , Schneider Electric , Copper Labs , Austin Energy ,...

Download  Parks Associates’ complimentary whitepaper, “Personalized Virtual Channels: Maximizing FAST Content,” in collaboration with Quickplay. This whitepaper highlights personalization's engagement and monetization potential for FAST (free ad-supported television) video services. It examines the drivers and uses cases for combining data, analytics, personalization, and virtual streaming channels to create personalized hybrid virtual channels for FAST services. ...

Resideo is participating as Lunch Sponsor at the Smart Energy Summit , hosted by Parks Associates . Smart Energy Summit 2023 is returning to Austin, Texas, and the Omni Austin Downtown Hotel on February 13-15, 2023. The summit agenda features leaders from utilities, state, and national regulators, telecom and security companies, retailers, and OEMs. Resideo creates technology and smart solutions that integrate seamlessly with their customers’ lives. Helping protect their...

Download Parks Associates’ new complimentary White Paper “Vision-Based Technology: Next-Gen Control,” in collaboration with Adeia. Vision-based solutions could improve and simplify the consumer experience in navigating and selecting content on this device. This whitepaper examines these and other potential use cases where vision-based interfaces would augment the consumer experience and enhance their ability to interact and control their devices.   ...

Parks Associates' research finds most consumers (72%) are concerned with the security of their smart home products and their network.   Download our complimentary white paper “Protect the Connected Home: Home Security Meets Personal Privacy,” in collaboration with Assurant ! This white paper highlights consumers’ privacy concerns around smart home devices and the opportunities that pro monitoring security providers have to offer warranty and...

Parks Associates research finds that since 2016, the average number of connected devices has almost doubled - rising from 9 per household in 2016 to 16 per household in 2022. These devices comprise a mix of smart health, smart home, and computing and entertainment products. Products are located in many areas of the home, with many smart home products such as IP cameras deployed to the edge of the network and smart TVs occupying multiple rooms of the household. The return of the home...

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES 2023 is an annual research and industry event hosted by international research firm Parks Associates at CES. CONNECTIONS™ Summit features in-person sessions during CES 2023 on January 5, 2023, in Las Vegas and focuses on the rapid deployment of connected products for consumers including the new business models, technologies, partnerships, trends, and key issues impacting the rapidly changing landscape of the connected home. The executive event...

While security has remained a key driver for smart home adoption, energy is rapidly becoming more popular. The big news of the day is the announcement of NRG Energy acquiring Vivint Smart Home for $2.8 Billion - with a focus on bundling and cross selling security and energy management services. Parks Associates recent consumer research suggests that consumers are growing more concerned about their energy costs and more aware of the environmental impact of their energy choices....