"home network" articles

The connected home is a term used frequently but often defined ambiguously. For Parks Associates , the connected home is comprised of the following elements: * Access services - including broadband, television, landline communications, and mobile services * Content and value-added services that complement the core access services * Devices that connect to these access services and each other, creating a network that can share content and resources throughout the home * Consumer...

Parks Associates is a supporting media sponsor for the HomePNA Summit in Houston, Texas. This event is co-located with the FTTH Conference and Expo from September 30 – October 1. Broadband’s next frontier is within the home. Triple Play, IPTV, Whole-Home DVR, and new smart home applications are creating endless opportunities for carriers and OEMs to boost profits and customer satisfaction. The HomePNA Summit will feature major carriers and OEMs who will explain ways to deploy...

CONNECTIONS Europe to address connectivity, convergence as sales of connected consumer electronics double between 2009 and 2013 CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit released the preliminary agenda for its upcoming executive conference, November 4, 2009, which will feature consumer research and expert analysis on the role of connected consumer electronics (CE) and related services in the connected home ecosystem.The event, titled The Roadmap for Connected Consumer Electronics and hosted by...

A new white paper from Parks Associates finds households with bundles and home network solutions supplied by their service provider are more satisfied with their broadband service and more receptive to value-added services. Broadband providers can achieve 15% higher customer satisfaction through connected home strategies that include service bundles and value-added services such as premium technical support. Broadband Services: The Turning Point , the new white paper from Parks...

Parks Associates is an analyst sponsor for Broadband World Forum in Paris, France from September 7-9, 2009. Parks Associates Vice President of Research and Principal Analyst, Kurt Scherf is speaking in the session Bringing the Network into the Home: From Connected Home to Real Digital Home, on Tuesday, September 8th at 2:00 – 3:30 PM. Broadband World Forum Europe focuses on convergence, interoperability, and the transformation of carrier networks. Industry experts will...

Digeo, Inc. today announced the introduction of the Moxi Mate digital media player, bringing multi-room viewing to the Moxi HD DVR entertainment experience. The Moxi Mate connects with the Moxi HD DVR over the home network, so users can browse and play back recorded programs in other rooms. The Moxi Mate can also play media files available from the home network or the Internet on a TV in any room in the house.

In our recently-completed Set-top Boxes: Outlook report, we wrote the following: Consumers report strong interest in the concept of connected consumer electronics, including set-top boxes that link not only to television offerings from their service provider, but also to content hosted on home computers and streaming from the Internet. There is strong demand data for the concept of a set-top box that can pull in content from a variety of sources. Perhaps more interesting – at...

Maybe it's the summer of the cable residential gateway. Following the news that Rogers in Canada would be deploying residential gateways, Thomson and Comcast announced that Advanced Cable Gateways will be available beginning in Q3. Conceived as a home networking and communications hub, these platforms allow Comcast to provide state-of the art digital voice and data services to its customers – including using enhanced cordless telephone handsets to view email, manage voice mail, read...