"connected ce" articles

Best Buy Co. recently lost investors due to signs that their big-box strategy is failing to capture cost-conscious shoppers who are shifting more of their spending to online rivals. The electronics chain reported a 30% drop in quarterly profit and saw its stock decline after sales at its U.S. stores, open at least 14 month, dropped for the fifth-consecutive quarter. Its shares, which reached their lowest level since December 2008 in Tuesday trading, fell 6.5% to $23.35. While Best Buy...

Accedo , the leading enabler of Smart TV and IPTV applications, has announced that it has reached a significant milestone of 20 million apps used the latest 12 months. Accedo provides applications, both through its own app store solutions and through application platforms from all major TV device manufacturers. Among Accedo’s applications is Funspot©, the most widely deployed TV game service, as well as video on demand apps, live TV apps, news and information, social media apps, to...

In advance of the IBC 2011 conference , Parks Associates released new research today revealing consumers in Western Europe value multidevice access to recorded TV programs over other new video services, including access to live TV. Given a choice of new TV features, including 3DTV, online video access, and multiscreen services, 47% of broadband households in Western Europe’s largest countries selected viewing recorded programs on any Internet-connected device as one of their...

Consumer attitudes toward video access are changing, moving away from ownership and rental models to streaming and subscription services, as connected CE and smart TVs proliferate in the U.S. and Western Europe. Online Video and Internet TV Services: Global Outlook reports that in a six-month period, U.S. online video subscribers spent almost $50 on average for video subscriptions while a la carte video typically garnered less than half that amount. From 2009 to 2010, the number...

More than 8 billion devices will be connected on the home network by year-end 2015. The multitude of components in the digital home forces Service Providers to undertake new roles in the digital home. This white paper details the steps broadband, television, communications, and wireless service providers can take to win the race to serve the digital home. Parks Associates will discuss service provider strategies in-depth in the upcoming conference CONNECTIONS™ Europe : Cloud...

Parks Associates and LEVEL Studios will co-host a complimentary webcast Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 1 p.m. CT. This webcast is for CE device manufacturers and all brand marketers who want the latest information about the smart TV, smartphone and tablet markets. The webcast will look at ways in which device categories are converging and the impact that is having on product usage and consumer behaviors, go-to-market strategies for manufacturers and marketers looking to take advantage of...

Parks Associates and LEVEL Studios announced they will host a free webcast on July 28 focused on key drivers to create product differentiation for manufacturers, titled "Creating Product Differentiation for Connected Consumer Electronics. Manufacturers must carve out a new, unique position in this changing market. These devices open several intriguing opportunities to capture content revenue. For example, an Xbox 360 is no longer just a gaming device but seamlessly serves...

Receiving live TV on a mobile phone, tablet, or computer is a popular feature throughout Western Europe, with 30% of broadband households highly interested in these TV Everywhere services. Connected Consumer in Europe surveyed 10,000 broadband households across France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K., providing a detailed picture of the broadband home in each of these nations. The study examined services received and desired, digital product ownership and purchasing, demand for...