Blog articles from 12/2009

Parks Associates announced today that George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, will deliver the afternoon keynote “NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Standards and the Home Area Network” at Smart Energy Summit. Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , hosted by Parks Associates in cooperation with Austin Energy on January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency, Austin, Tex.,...

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Hollywood at CES from January 6-9, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Heather Way , Research Analyst, Parks Associates will be moderating the session, " Internet Video, Advertising & Marketing: The Next Generation of Consumer Reach " on Saturday, January 9 from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. Video on the Internet has finally passed the critical threshold of acceptance by the advertising and marketing communities as a more than viable alternative to...

Parks Associates market analysts will present new research and provide insight and commentary about new business strategies, new technologies, and consumer demand for connected CE and services at multiple speaking events during the 2010 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show). Parks Associates will host the fourth-annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit: Monetizing Connectivity in the Home on January 7, the first day of CES. The analysts will also participate at Digital Media Insider,...

Parks Associates is an analyst sponsor of Storage Visions® 2010 from January 5-6, 2010 at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. The Storage Visions® 2010 Conference Theme is Bytes into Bucks — Digital Storage Creates New Wealth! 2010 is the beginning of a new decade, ushering in enormous changes in the way we know the world and the people around us. The 2010 Storage Visions Conference is where you can become part of these new STORAGE VISIONS and meet the people who will make it a...

Parks Associates announced the early sponsors for Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer , hosted in cooperation with Austin Energy on January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency, Austin, Tex. The conference focuses on the opportunities and challenges in residential energy technologies and identifies business strategies for in-home energy monitoring and management systems. Direct Energy, Exceptional Innovation, HAI, iControl Networks, INSTEON, and OpenPeak are all early sponsors of the...

Comcast has rolled out an on-demand, streaming TV service, Fancast Xfinity TV, which will be available to those who subscribe to both Comcast’s digital cable and internet services. Xfinity contains 2,000+ hours of content, and includes shows - and indeed, entire seasons of shows - from content partners including HBO, Cinemax, Starz, TNS, TNT, A&E, AMC, Discovery Channel, History, and BBC America. The move is considered the biggest step so far in the cable industry’s TV...

Parks Associates hosts the CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT on January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT features multiple sessions, held January 7, 2010, the first day of CES. Moderated by Parks Associates analysts, these sessions provide an interactive environment for networking and discussion. Speakers include: - Bruce Anderson, General Manager, IBM - Arlo Rose, Senior Dir., Product Design, Connected TV, Yahoo! - Joly Benoit, Dir., Connected Home Applications,...

Premium pay-TV gaming features do not currently maximize the market’s revenue potential, according to a new report from international research firm Parks Associates . Many pay-TV providers, including Comcast, Cablevision, DISH Network, and DirecTV, offer premium packages that include simple, single-player games. Gaming ARPU: Games & the Service Provider finds roughly 5% of broadband households in North America and Western Europe are willing to pay about $5 per month for a...