Blog articles from 11/2019

The breadth of connected products in consumers’ lives continues to expand year-over-year. Households with smart home devices now have an average of six smart home devices , and ownership of any connected device (10.5 per household) continues to increase each year. Market players are now looking beyond established smart home devices like smart thermostats and networked cameras to add new and emerging products to their smart home offerings. Products like smart water leak detectors,...

Kim Hurwitz , Chief Marketing Officer, FITE.tv  gave her insights on the entertainment industry prior to the Parks Associates’  Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media . Kim will participate on the expert panel  Engaging the Consumer: Sales, Marketing, and Social Media for Video Services  on Wednesday, December 11 at 11 :15 am . Panelists who will join her on this session include: Jake Katz, SVP Strategy, Trailer Park...

Prior to Parks Associates’  Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media,   Sourik Samaddar , Principal, CDN Cloud Services,  Akamai  gave his insights on the entertainment industry with the firm's analyst team. Sourik will participate on the expert panel  Evolution of the Smart Home: Gaining Traction  on Tuesday, December 10 at 3 :15 pm . Panelists who will join him on this session include: Rob Caruso , Vice President of...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 14th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Strategies for Security and Smart Home , Brecht Wyseur , Kudelski IoT Security, Kudelski Group gave his insights on the smart home market with the firm's analyst team.   Brecht will participate on the expert panel Evolution of the Smart Home: Gaining Traction on Tuesday, 19 November at 8:30. Panelists who will join him on this session include:   • Bernd Grohmann , Executive Vice...

Prior to Parks Associates’  14 th -annual  CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Strategies for Security and Smart Home ,  Thomas Rockmann  Vice President Consumer IoT, Deutsche Telekom AG gave his insights on drivers and inhibitors for purchasing smart home products  with the firm's analyst team. Thomas will present the keynote  Integrated Smart Services: Key Drivers for Telcos  on Tuesday, 19 November at 9 :30 .  What are the...

The traditional residential security channel is dominated by professionally installed, professionally monitored systems. The market is highly fragmented with relatively few national players, regional dealers occupy the mid-market and approximately 13,000-15,000 local independent dealers constitute the balance of the market. DIY security solutions have the potential to impact this portion of the market in the longer term, as self-installed systems offer monitoring services at lower prices...

Prior to Parks Associates’  14 th -annual  CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Strategies for Security and Smart Home ,  Steve Oetegenn , Chief Operating Officer, Verimatrix gave his insights on some of the biggest challenges releasing new smart home products and services in Europe with the firm's analyst team. Steve will participate on the expert panel  Providing Data Security and Privacy Protection to Consumers at Home  on Tuesday, 19 November at 15:15....

Prior to Parks Associates’  14 th -annual  CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Strategies for Security and Smart Home ,  Charlie Kindel ,  Chief Product and Technology Officer, SnapAV  shared his insights on the industry.  Charlie will present the keynote  The 5 Levels of Smart Home  on Tuesday, 19 November at 11 :30 .  What new channels are driving growth in the smart home industry? The smart home market is inevitably headed...