Blog articles from 11/2009

Parks Associates announced the Premier Sponsorship Program and the 2010 event schedule, which includes CONNECTIONS™, the inaugural S mart Energy Summit , CONNECTIONS™ Summits in Europe and at CES, and monthly research Webcasts. The Premier Sponsorship Program offers opportunities for companies to participate at multiple events and receive customized benefits and additional recognition throughout the year. Our conferences focus on core areas of growth and opportunity in energy...

Panasonic announced the debut of its first audio system with iPod dock and photo frame. The MW-10 sounds as good as it looks, pumping out audiophile-quality sound from its built-in CD player, and its FM/AM radio tuner has 45-station (30-FM/15-AM) Preset Memory. Boasting a 9-inch WVGA LCD, the MW-10 can display photos from a CD, SD Memory Card and internal memory. The 4 GB of internal memory stores image data for up to 6,000 photos. In addition to a full-screen photo slideshow, the...

Parks Associates is supporting Future of Television East from November 18-19 in New York, NY. Kurt Scherf, VP of Research & Principal Analyst, Parks Associates will be moderating the session, "The Convergence of the Internet & the Television: Who Will Be the Winners and the Losers?" on Thursday, November 19th at 11:00 AM. Worldwide shipments of consumer-electronics devices capable of supporting Internet video, including televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray DVD...

Consumers eager to watch their favorite television programs, sports and news while on-the-go can satisfy their mobile TV craving as the handheld FLO TV Personal Television hits shelves across the nation today. The much-anticipated device from FLO TV , a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated , delivers live and time-shifted content via the award-winning FLO TV mobile TV service and will be available at Amazon.com , Best Buy , and RadioShack . As part of the launch...

Parks Associates is supporting GreenBeat 2009 to be held November 18-19, 2009 in San Mateo, California. The seminal conference on the Smart Grid, GreenBeat 2009 will bring together leading entrepreneurs, investors, utilities, technology executives, and policymakers to accelerate the development of a leaner, more efficient electrical grid. GreenBeat 2009 is the place to connect with the people leading Smart Grid initiatives, including Noble Peace Prize winner Al Gore and John...

Parks Associates is supporting IPTV World Forum Middle East and Africa from November 15-16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. IPTV World Forum Middle East and Africa always provide the opportunity to benefit from established local deployments of IPTV and also meet those from further afield, along with other seasoned attendees from the IPTV World Series. This year, the event once again featured the series’ unique operator-centric formula, bringing together local and worldwide IPTV...

The number of U.S. broadband households watching premium online content, including movies and TV shows via the Internet, doubled in the last year, according to Broadband, Communications, and Entertainment Bundles, a new study from Parks Associates . Currently over 25 million U.S. broadband households regularly watch full-length TV shows online, while over 20 million watch movies online. The international research firm reports that the growing popularity of online portals such as...

Parks Associates is a media sponsor for TelcoTV 2009 , from November 10-12 2009 in Orlando, FL. Jayant Dasari, Research Analyst, Parks Associates will be moderating the session, "Taming the Streaming Monster" on Thursday, November 12 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Visit Parks Associates at Booth # 239 in North Hall B. TelcoTV 2009 is the telecom industry’s premier event for the exploration of a comprehensive entertainment convergence strategy. Like no other event,...