Events

OGE Energy Corp, Tendril, Bidgely, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association, and DTE Energy speak at Parks Associates’ seventh-annual Smart Energy Summit

Parks Associates announced today that consumers are less familiar with energy programs than they were at the end of 2014, reporting particular declines in awareness of energy monitoring products and tax incentives for energy-saving programs. The research firm’s 4Q 2015 survey of U.S. broadband households found 19% a ...read more

Parks Associates finds that nearly 20% of U.S. broadband households own a smart home device and 58% have used an OTT video service in the past 30 days

Parks Associates hosted over 500 attendees at the CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES® this week in Las Vegas and revealed adoption trends and market disruptions in the IoT and connected consumer markets. As companies work to expand their business models and engage consumers in new connected solutions, disruptors involving interoperabi ...read more

Parks Associates hosts executives from AT&T Digital Life, Comcast, Facebook, Nest Labs, TiVo, and more at connected home and IoT event

Parks Associates will host the tenth-annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit: IoT, Entertainment, and the Connected Consumer at CES®, January 6-7, 2016. CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES is dedicated to examining the latest trends and business strategies for connected entertainment, the smart home, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Media are invited to attend.

Verimatrix, Intel Security, NXP Semiconductors, Facebook, Zubie, and Cisco Participate in “Personalization and Big Data: Securing Consumer Privacy” Session, January 6

Parks Associates research shows nearly 50% U.S. broadband households with a smart programmable thermostat are concerned about privacy and security compared to 23% of non-owners, and 30% of smart TV owners have privacy and security concerns compared to 20% of non-owners. The research firm and industry leaders fr ...read more

Tenth-annual Event Focuses on Consumer Adoption and Trends in the Smart Home and IoT, Including Privacy and Interoperability Solutions

Parks Associates today announced the sponsors for the upcoming CONNECTIONS™ Summit: IoT, Entertainment, and the Connected Consumer at CES® 2016, which include Cirrent, F-Secure, Affinegy, AirTies, Alarm.com, Carrier, CSS Corp, EVRYTHNG, Greenwave Systems, Icontrol Networks, MivaTek, NXP, PlumChoice, Radialpoint, ROC-Connect, Support.com, ULE ...read more

Support.com, Radialpoint, F-Secure, Ihiji, and Sutherland Global Services address IT strategies in smart home

New research from Parks Associates finds that 50% of U.S. broadband households are very concerned about viruses/spyware and 50% are very concerned about data or identity theft, which will be among the key incentives to expanding the adoption of tech support services in the IoT.

Parks Associates will address support solutions for the IoT ecosystems market and new ...read more

Parks Associates to discuss cloud-based solutions and connected entertainment at CONNECTIONS™ Summit with AirTies, Comcast, Gracenote, Lynx Technology, Sling TV, and TiVo

Parks Associates announced research today reporting 25% of OTT video subscribers in U.S. broadband households plan to upgrade their broadband service in the next 12 months. Only 7% of consumers who watch video exclusively on television plan to upgrade their pay-TV service in the next 12 months, compared to ...read more

Alarm.com, Belkin, WeatherBug Home, EnergyHub, SmartThings, and more join industry leaders and analysts to discuss smart home product strategies at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES

Parks Associates released smart home research today showing 65% of U.S. broadband households trust the retail channel, including local and national retailers such as Best Buy and Lowe’s, when purchasing a smart home product. Security dealers are the second most trusted channel with 57% of U.S. broadband ...read more