Blog articles from 10/2022

This expansion of smart home adoption in the builder channel creates new opportunities for smart home manufacturers and service providers to dovetail solutions that can meet the unique needs of large-scale builders, small-to-medium scale builders, and multifamily builders. Security, energy, and entertainment use cases have led the way with single-family builders; however, new use cases are gaining interest, specifically those smart products with health benefits, such as indoor air quality...

Since its launch in 2019, Disney+ has moved up the ranks past more than 300 streaming services, proving that it is a premium contender with streaming heavyweights such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. While Disney+'s content may have enabled it to surpass stablemate Hulu in the 2021 rankings, its position also underlines the collective dominance of the Disney Bundle, which includes Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+. Taking all the Disney-owned streaming properties together, for instance, Disney...

Parks Associates’ podcast, The Connected Consumer just released a  new episode  where hosts Chris White and Rosey Ulpino Sera dive into hot IoT topics, with guest speaker Rob Conant, VP of Software and Ecosystem for Infineon Technologies.  Throughout this episode, they discuss how IoT components increasingly gather data that makes them more intelligent and improves their performance. They also address the latest semiconductor and microchip innovations that are...

Video consumption levels declined in 2022, after a pandemic-related spike in 2020 and 2021. Platform trends continue in the pattern they were already going. Traditional broadcast and pay- TV’s share of video consumption continues to decline and now accounts for only one-third of all video consumption. Check out the trending data from Parks Associates research of 10,000 internet households tracking average weekly video consumption by distribution method. With that...

Dramatic changes have taken place in the past few years for consumers because of the pandemic and remote work opportunities. Huge investments have been made into their home environments. Consumers are moving houses or improving their current homes for a new lifestyle that includes increased reliance on technology and connectivity. The smart home industry responded by providing a myriad of ways to shop, buy, transport, and install smart home devices that makes having a connected home...

The smart TV is now the most important video consumption device in US households for a variety of reasons. Roku's big announcement yesterday about smart home products (cited as a “natural extension of the business by Mustafa Ozgen , president, Devices, Roku Inc .) is very interesting given the role of the TV for consumers and the opportunity to integrate the smart home and entertainment ecosystems together. Not only is the TV consumers’ most-adopted video device and their most...

Join leading industry executives and analysts for a special virtual roundtable discussion, State of Commercial and SMB Security: Video is the New Perimeter , on Thursday, October 13, 11:00 am–12:15 pm CT, as part of the 2022 CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference experience. The virtual roundtable, sponsored by Alarm.com, addresses the growing role of video verification and analytics in security solutions for commercial and small-to-medium business. Parks...

A superior user-experience is essential for success for any product or service, but given the technical complexities associated with connectivity, it is especially important within the smart home. Ultimately the user experience ties to the frequency of smart home solution usage. Few consumers purchase smart home devices simply to upgrade their current devices or to replace a broken product. Instead, consumers expect to receive new benefits from smart home device purchases such as...