Blog articles from 02/2021

The $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV by AT&T in 2015 collided with a rise in cord cutting that dominated the video market. The six years that has followed saw an emergence in video streaming services as an alternate to traditional TV packages that resulted in major losses for AT&T’s premium TV services. AT&T was in a difficult position with its legacy video assets and has invested its future in its flagship streaming service HBO Max. AT&T’s sale of a 30% stake...

Security stalwart ADT and satellite TV service provider DISH Network announced a partnership to expand access to ADT’s smart home security products through DISH’s nationwide network of smart home professionals. OnTech Smart Services is a subsidiary of DISH launched in 2019 as a competitor to Geek Squad that will also serve as an installation provider for ADT security products and services. The partnership will allow DISH to market, sell, and install ADT smart home security products...

Parks Associates' upcoming virtual 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. Ahead of the summit, Suleman Khan, CEO of Swell Energy and a speaker on the interactive panel for DERMS: Solar, Storage, and Microgrids , shared with us his insights on energy in the smart home. What new opportunities have...

Parks Associates announces Bidgely as a Platinum sponsor for its 2021 Smart Energy Summit. The agenda features leaders from utilities, state and national regulators, telecom and security companies, retailers, and OEMs. Abhay Gupta, Founder and CEO of Bidgely , will also be participating as a visionary speaker on the Energy Management Platforms: Accelerating Growth on February 24. The Smart Energy Summit offers a unique combination of industry expertise and extensive...

Parks Associates announces Austin Energy as a Gold sponsor for its 2021 Smart Energy Summit, featuring leaders from utilities, state and national regulators, telecom and security companies, retailers, and OEMs. Debbie Kimberly, VP, Customer Energy Solutions at Austin Energy , will be participating on the Executive Q&A session, Impact of COVID-19: Consumer Behavior and Energy Management . The Smart Energy Summit offers a unique combination of industry expertise...

Parks Associates announces Ossiaco as a Gold sponsor for its 2021 Smart Energy Summit. Laurent Schmitt , Head of Utility and European Markets of Ossiaco, will also be speaking on the interactive panel on August 4, Next Stages of the EV Evolution . 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....

Parks Associates announces FLO | AddEnergie as a Silver sponsor for its 2021 Smart Energy Summit, with Travis Allan , Vice President of Public Affairs and General Counsel of FLO | AddEnergie also featured as a speaker on the interactive panel on February 23,  Impact of COVID-19: Consumer Behavior and Energy Management . The Smart Energy Summit offers a unique combination of industry expertise and extensive consumer research and analysis, ensuring sponsors are in front of a...

Parks Associates announces American Water Homeowner Services  as a Break sponsor for its 2021 Smart Energy Summit. Rob Gilpin , Director of Business Development of American Water Homeowner Services, will also be speaking on the interactive panel for Home Services: Rethinking Utility Revenue Models , on February 23. The Smart Energy Summit offers a unique combination of industry expertise and extensive consumer research and analysis, ensuring sponsors are in front of a...