The annual CONNECTIONS events hosted by market research and consulting firm Parks Associates provide insight into emerging consumer technology trends. This year’s CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home conference was held in San Francisco and drew 400 attendees who were interested in the Internet of Things (IoT), along with consumers and the connected home ecosystem.

Parks analysts typically present research at these events and this year, the firm’s findings show an interesting trend. In U.S. households with broadband, TVs are outpacing PCs as the key platform for Internet video. From the announcement: “In the first quarter of 2014, U.S. broadband households watched roughly 3 hours of online video per week on each platform, but the amount of online video consumed on a TV is increasing, up from 2.3 hours per week in 1Q 2013, while online video viewing on a PC is on a steady decline.” More data on how consumers watch video:

• 81% of U.S. broadband households watch video on a TV set
• 60% watch on a computer
• 31% watch on a smartphone
• 28% watch on a tablet

Over the three days of this event, attendees heard views on the latest industry trends and findings from Parks analysts and executives in the connected entertainment and digital home technology industries. Keynotes came from G.W. Shaw, vice president, U-verse and Video Products, AT&T; Charles Cheevers, CTO, customer premises equipment, ARRIS; Joe Chow, vice president, GM - Connected Devices, Cisco; and Ken Durand, vice president, Innovation and Business Development, Ericsson.

From the article "CONNECTIONS 2014."

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