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Prior to Parks Associates’ inaugural Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Alex Drosin, Chief Commercial Officer, Massive shared insights with the analyst team to discuss what is driving growth in video entertainment and what the biggest impacts on technology will be in the near future. Alex will be participating on the Evolution of the Consumer Experience panel on Wednesday, December 12, at 1:30 PM. Panelists joining him on this session include:...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Mrugesh Desai, Head of Solutions Engineering, Accedo shared insights with the analyst team to discuss wthe challeges facing the video industry and how the industry will drive growth in video entertainment over the next few years. Mrugesh will be participating on the Evolution of the Consumer Experience panel on Wednesday, December 12, at 1:30 PM. Panelists joining him on this...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Joel Fineman, Director, Publisher Development, Premion shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the challenges facing the video industry.   Joel will be participating on the Distribution Opportunities and Challenges for Content Producers panel on Tuesday, December 11, at 8:45 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include:   Jon Cody,...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Colleen Moraghan, Senior Vice President, Data Solutions, 605 shared insights with the analyst team to discuss challenges with growing video entertainment today and in the future. Colleen will be participating on The New Economics of Video panel on Tuesday, December 11 at 3:00 PM. Panelists joining her on this session include: Kristen Finney, EVP, EMEA TVD, 20th Century Fox...

According to Parks Associates research, the percentage of broadband households not intending to purchase a smart home device due to security and privacy concerns has increased from 21% in Q1 2017 to 32% in Q1 2018. Further, more than one-fourth of U.S. broadband households strongly agree that it’s impossible to keep their personal data away from unauthorized users. Security and privacy concerns are clearly becoming top of mind for many connected consumers. As the number of...

OTT video is firmly established in the U.S. entertainment marketplace— more than two-thirds of U.S. broadband households have an OTT service —and the popularity of this service translates into hardware sales and usage. At first, connected gaming consoles were a leading connected entertainment platform, but as the market evolved, the race for to capture consumers’ video viewing is now between two device categories: smart TVs and streaming media players (SMPs). Many industry...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Scott Hancock, VP of Marketing, Plex sat down with Parks Associates' analyst team to discuss new cutting-edge innovations in the smart home. Scott participated on the Connected Ecosystems: Entertainment and Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 23, at 4:00 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session include: Manar Alazma, Vice President of Product Management, Nuance Communications...

Speaking from an entertainment focus at CES, nearly everyone I met with talked about being able to provide a single, unified interface for all the video products and services that consumers are using. And when you think about it, it makes complete sense why that is such a big deal. We have reached the point where using two or more video services is becoming the norm rather than the exception to a rule, and because users have to sort through the several different services they use to...