Events

CONNECTIONS™ Europe to highlight smart home products and connected entertainment research, 10-11 November, in Amsterdam

New Parks Associates research shows low consumer familiarity with smart home technologies in key European markets, while one-third of broadband households have strong concerns about the security of smart home products. The firm reports familiarity highest in France, where 12% of broadband households are very familiar with smart home products and services, c ...read more

Samsung, AT&T, Greenwave Systems, MivaTek, Vodafone, and Lutron Electronics to address mass-market smart home adoption at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES® 2016

New research from Parks Associates shows U.S. broadband households with a head of household ages 25-34 have the highest adoption rate for smart home devices at nearly 30%. Among heads of household ages 35-44, adoption is only 21%, but they own the highest number of smart home product categories, with an average of two diff ...read more

New Parks Associates research finds nearly 10% of Western European broadband households own a home control system

Parks Associates research finds 11% of U.K. broadband households own a home control system, compared to 10% in France and Spain and 8% in Germany. The research firm will address new smart home products and strategies that expand the competitive landscape at the tenth-annual CONNECTIONS™Europe – IoT: Connected Entertainment and the Smart Home, 10-11 November, at t ...read more

Industry Event Examines Expanding Market for Energy Solutions and Smart Home Controls

Parks Associates today announced the advisory board for the Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, to be held February 22-24, 2016, in Austin. The firm recently announced new research showing nearly 20% of U.S. broadband households own a smart home device and 5% of households own a security system with home control products, and both consumer segments are key early targets for energy m ...read more

Industry leaders examine OTT video service strategies at 10th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe in Amsterdam

Parks Associates research finds 45% of European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany, where over 50% of broadband households have this Internet-connected CE device. The research firm will address the changing CE business models and opportunities for OTT video services in the EU connected home at the tenth-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe – Io ...read more

New Parks Associates research finds Spanish broadband households are most likely to watch OTT video, while French broadband households are least likely

Parks Associates research finds 72% of Spanish broadband households watch OTT video, compared to 57% in Germany, 55% in the U.K., and 51% in France. The research firm will address the evolution of the video industry at the tenth-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe – IoT: Connected Entertainment and the Smart Home, 10-11 November, at t ...read more

Research firm finds 60% of U.S. broadband households have OTT subscription and 43% plan to buy a smart home product, driving growth of smart home, connected entertainment, and IoT industry

Parks Associates today announced the preliminary topic list for the 20th anniversary of CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, to be held May 24-26, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Research from Parks Associates shows over 80% of U.S. households have broadband, and ...read more

Facebook, Intel, Samsung, and others to address evolving connected entertainment markets at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES, January 6-7, 2016

New Parks Associates research shows U.S. broadband households with a streaming media device watch more video on the television on average than households without one of these devices, at 22 hours versus 18 hours per week. Streaming media device owners watch double the amount of Internet video on the television, consuming six hours per week ...read more