Blog articles from 02/2021

Partnerships with digital platform solutions allow energy providers to offer new products, such as dashboards that help consumers understand consumption and save energy. New partnerships with platform providers can facilitate integration with smart home products, allowing these products to be used in demand response programs and facilitate co-marketing of utility energy management programs and smart home products. Register now to attend the Smart Energy Summit session  Energy...

Purchase intentions for distributed energy resources have steadily increased. Distributed energy resources management system (DERMS) can play a vital role for utilities as they manage traditional capabilities and distributed energy resources, like solar and energy storage. On February 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Parks Associates is hosting its  DERMS: Solar, Storage and Microgrids  session, featuring visionary speaker  Manish Pant , Executive VP, Home and...

Consumer energy bills have increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many consumers to work and educate at home. Twenty percent of US broadband households report COVID-19 has increased their interest in a smart home solution that manages their energy usage, cost, and comfort, and 15% report their interest has increased as a result of COVID-19. Join Parks Associates' first Smart Energy Summit session,  Impact of COVID-19: Consumer Behavior and Energy Management , on...

Smart home industry players recognize an opportunity to offer home energy and HVAC monitoring services built around smart thermostats, as well as added connectivity in HVAC systems. New services are also expanding beyond energy, including security and other home service offerings. Don't miss the Smart Energy Summit session Home Services: Rethinking Utility Revenue Models  on February 23 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. CT moderated by  Patrice Samuels , Senior Analyst, ...

Last week, Sundance Film Festival concluded its seven-day run, premiering new movies and other Festival experiences digitally and on satellite theater screens across the US, due to the continuing presence of COVID-19. In terms of major buyers at film festivals, streaming services like Hulu and Apple+ are still the new kids on the block. However, they are arriving with the most purchasing dollars, leading to record-breaking sales and proving the growing importance of OTT services in the...

Parks Associates announces early  sponsors for its 2021 Smart Energy Summit, including Bidgely , Austin Energy , and Flo | AddEnergie . The Smart Energy Summit offers a unique combination of industry expertise and extensive consumer research and analysis, ensuring sponsors are in front of a high-level audience unavailable anywhere else within this market. It will feature speakers from Uplight, Austin Energy, FLO | AddEnergie, GE Lighting, a Savant company, Bidgely, Cox...

Apple TV+ has become one of the leading SVODs since it launched in November 2019, building off of Apple’s brand recognition and device partnerships. At launch, Apple TV+ courted subscribers with a promotional deal offered. Users that purchased a new Apple device were given a year of free access to the service, and that promotion was first extended to February 2021. In an effort to retain the core subscribers who initially signed up for the service, Apple has extended the promotion...