Events

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES features Silicon Labs, Nice, Plume, AmTrust, Alarm.com, Essence, Airties, and more

Research from Parks Associates finds the top three inhibitors to smart home adoption are perceived high prices, lack of a clear value proposition, and data/privacy concerns. Among the 44% of US broadband households that do not intend to buy a smart home device, representing 46.7 million households, 44% (20.5 million households) perceive these devices are too expensiv ...read more

ADT, Alarm.com, Yonomi, Nice, Notion, Brinks Home Security, and SimpliSafe to share insights on smart home and home security at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES 

Parks Associates’ new Smart Product Market Assessment research finds US broadband households with networked cameras now own on average 3.4 of these devices, a rapid increase from less than two devices in early 2018. Additionally, over one-third of those who bought a smart video doorbell in the past 12 months are first-tim ...read more

Confirmed speakers for firm’s CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES include executives from Arlo, Best Buy Health, SimpliSafe, AirTies, ioXt Alliance, and more

New research from Parks Associates finds one-third of smart device owners in US broadband households have increased usage of their devices during the COVID-19 pandemic, including 46% of smart door lock owners. The firm will discuss ownership and usage trends of smart home, security, connected health, and home automation solution ...read more

Crunchyroll, MediaKind, Roku, Tubi, XUMO, and more share insights at Future of Video

Parks Associates OTT research finds 20% of US broadband households currently use an ad-supported OTT service and 15% use a “freemium” service, placing these offerings in a strong second place, behind OTT subscription services, among business models. The research firm will feature its new data, speaker Andrea Clarke-Hall from Tubi, Inc.,and a live panel on the “Rise of Ad-based OTT Services”  ...read more

Bloomberg Media, ViacomCBS, CobbleCord, Starz, Verimatrix, Cox Communications, fuboTV, Philo, and more share insights at Future of Video

New research from Parks Associates finds 25% of US broadband households now prefer an OTT subscription service to watch new movies, while 24% still prefer movie theaters to experience first-run movie titles. The firm is hosting the virtual conference Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media this week, on December 14-16, starting with ...read more

Revry, ESPN, Comcast, Liberty Global, VIZIO, A+E Networks, Fandango, You.i TV, Intel Sports, NFL, and Newsy discuss importance of content and sports programming at Future of Video

Parks Associates research finds that, as of May 2020, 8% of US broadband households cancelled at least one video service due to the COVID-19 crisis, including 4% of that cancelled a traditional pay-TV service, due in large part to the cancellation of sports programming. The research firm will host ...read more

Amazon, Cinedigm, Kaltura, Reelgood, TiVo, and more share insights at Future of Video

OTT video service research from Parks Associates finds 47% of US broadband households subscribe to Amazon Prime Video, second only to Netflix among subscription-based OTT video services in the US. The international research firm will host the third annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media, a virtual conference on December 14-16, featuring the session “Age of Video Aggregation, ...read more

Wicket Labs, Deltatre, Penthera, Crackle Plus, and Pure Flix share insights at Future of Video

New Parks Associates research finds the overall annual churn rate for OTT services, representing those subscribers who have cancelled a service as a percentage of the current subscriber base, dropped from 46% in 3Q 2019 to 38% in 3Q 2020. As a subset of subscription-based OTT services, vMVPDs experienced an even more dramatic drop, from 84% in 2019 to 49% in 2020. The research firm ...read more