"connected ce" articles

Thanks to TVersity and PacketVideo for their sponsorship of CONNECTIONS™, and for having folks on hand to demonstrate their media aggregation software solutions. The basic premise is that all content, no matter where it's hosted, can be accessed when the companies' client software is installed on your different media servers. Although that is a fancy term, it's basically any computer that stores your personal or professional content.  In addition to providing for a...

Viodi View has a really good interview with David Foote, the CTO of Hitachi Communications Technologies America. We appreciate them being there, and the interview struck me as one key component in the "smart TV" space that doesn't get talked about enough. Operators will want to have a very flexible platform to which applications developers can create features and easily port them onto existing CPE and other consumer electronics in the home is essential,...

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson has predicted there will be 50 billion devices connected to data networks by 2020. They predict those connected devices won’t just include computers and smartphones, but cars, homes and industrial devices, as well. For this type of convenience, the potential for hackers, cybercriminals and armies, is eminent-all those newly networked machines represent billions of new targets. The security problem will be much bigger than trying to secure your laptop...

Revenue growth in digital music dropped from 91% in 2006 to 6% in 2010. Parks Associates’ new report Digital Music Services: Trends and Outlook evaluates consumers' growing demand for music everywhere solutions and industry's response with new business models including enhanced discovery engines, multidevice access, music-centric social networking tools, and digital locker options like those being launched by Amazon , Apple , and Google . While over 50% of U.S. broadband...

Here's a recap of the late-week and weekend economic news and the potential impact to consumer electronics spending: Blu-ray sales may suffer in the fourth quarter, thanks to the shaky economy and plenty of entertainment altnernatives, theorizes and article from the San Francisco Chronicle ; The technology industry needs consumers more than ever, according to The Los Angeles Times ; NPD says that consumer spending will be down this holiday season .

Parks Associates supported "2011 IP&TV World Forum" has been renamed this year to highlight and encompass the increasing number of cable companies adopting IP technology, focusing on hybrid, IP and Connected TV. The event will take place March 22-24 at London’s Olympia and will feature a comprehensive program of more than 200 visionary speakers, including over 140 service providers from telcos, cablecos, broadcasters and content providers. More than 6,000 attendees and...

What will be the defining consumer and technology trends of 2011? Join Parks Associates on Thursday, January 20th at 1 pm CENTRAL for the webcast, Analyst Roundtable What's Hot in 2011, and learn more about CES 2011 announcements and notable trends in the digital home and CE industries. This event provides primary consumer data and trending, predictions, and forecasts for a number of product and service categories. Parks Associates research finds: -- U.S. sales of...

Consumer desire for on-demand and online video content will motivate sales of Internet-connectable TV devices to nearly 350 million units worldwide by 2015, setting the stage for intense competition in app development. Parks Associates' Connected Living Room: Web-enabled TVs and Blu-ray Players forecasts worldwide sales of Internet-connectable HDTVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and digital video players such as Roku and Apple TV will grow approximately fourfold from 2010....