"Europe" articles

Parks Associates has been commissioned by CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) to repeat a survey carried out last year on the UK residential custom installation sector. This new round of research will build on the picture of the residential custom installation industry, which was last year stated to be worth in excess of £1 billion. Conducting the research for a second time will allow for a greater understanding of market trends, allow CEDIA to assess...

French ISPs now have the opportunity to provide their users with Canal+ movie channels for the first time.  Now ISPs will be able to include the channels when they market to consumers.  This move followed invention from the French Competition Authority looking into the reauthorization of the merger between Canal Satellite and TPS. For more information, click here .

Brett Sappington , Director, Research, Parks Associates , will present consumer research on multiscreen services during the session “Who is Watching TV Everywhere” at The Cable Show’s Imagine Park on June 11 at 12:45 P.M. As cable operators are adding TV Everywhere services, a question arises: Who is actually using TV Everywhere services? This presentation provides a profile of TV Everywhere users and how they differ from average pay-TV subscribers. TV Everywhere has...

Parks Associate and Verisure will host the upcoming webcast “Outlook for the Smart Home in Europe.” Different channels have introduced connected products in the past with limited success, but current early indicators show momentum for this market is building in European households. This webcast focuses on the market for connected products and services in Europe. It examines specifically the factors that will make the smart home a viable market, including the integration of...

TV Connect provides a great opportunity to catch up on trends in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Every market really looks to the US to see what tech is coming next and then assesses the impact and likely timeline for that tech to hit their market. A few of the interesting takeaways include the following: Piracy is just killing TV services, VoD and legitimate OTT services in developing markets. Operators are desperate to find something to provide differentiation and cause...

CEDIA Region 1 appointed Parks Associates to conduct extensive industry research on the residential custom installation market within the UK. This comprehensive project was carried out from July to September 2012, with approximately a quarter of the industry taking part. If you would like to purchase a copy of this report click the following link .

Think tanks have always seemed a curious concept to me, throwing up images of deeply serious people sitting in dark moodily lit rooms, looking wise and meditative, stroking their beards, and smoking pipes. A disturbing image I’m sure you’ll agree, especially as some of them are no doubt women. (And is this thinking full-time, or just a part-time thing? Do they have other jobs? Who is paying them to be a full time think tanker?) These bizarre ponderings aside, some good things...

Some marriages are made in heaven. Consider Batman and Robin, butter and popcorn, and football and Saturday afternoons among them. Lionsgate U.K. may have just found a mate that will add to that list: Pizza and streaming video. The studio this week tied the knot on a deal with Domino’s Pizza , giving the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based pizza delivery company the right to stream Lionsgate movies in the United Kingdom. There are nearly 750 Domino’s Pizza stores throughout the U.K. and...