72% of broadband households in Spain watch OTT Video

Thursday, November 05, 2015

The competitive landscape for video content and services is changing alongside the fundamentals of video quality and content delivery. As the market continues to change, service providers need to offer new and unique services in order to maintain or increase ARPU. Parks Associates research finds 72% of Spanish broadband households watch OTT video, compared to 57% in Germany, 55% in the U.K., and 51% in France.

Additional research shows:

45% of European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany.
French broadband households are least likely to watch OTT video.
Over 50% of broadband households in Germany and more than two-thirds of broadband households in Spain and the U.K. have a connected CE device connected to the Internet.

The 2015 CONNECTIONS Europe conference will explore the types of experiences consumers expect from their connected entertainment sources and the role of service providers in creating them. For more information on the sessions at this year's event, visit www.connectionseurope.com.

Parks Associates would like to thank the following companies for sponsoring this year's conference:

Registration Sponsor

Icontrol Networks' vision is to provide a connected home solution for every household, so people worldwide spend less time managing their lives and more time living them. Icontrol is making the connected home a reality through its software platforms, which are deployed by home security companies and service providers including ADT (ADT Pulse), Comcast (Xfinity Home), Time Warner Cable (IntelligentHome) plus many others, and the all-in-one Piper Home Security and Automation device for consumers. Icontrol is further pioneering the next generation of connected living through its OpenHome™ Partner Program, the first community for application and device makers to partner on a common platform.

Greg Roberts, VP, Marketing at Icontrol Networks, will be giving the opening keynote for CONNECTIONS Europe, "The EU vs. U.S. Smart Home Market: Differences and Opportunities," on 10 November at 10:15.

Break Sponsor, 11 November 14:45

Ayla Networks provides a cloud-based application enablement platform as a service (PaaS) that makes it easy and cost effective for OEMs to connect any device to the Internet. Their end-to-end software solution accelerates the development and support of smart, interactive product solutions, from device to cloud to application. The Ayla IoT Cloud Platform combines innovative cloud based services with software agents embedded in connected devices as well as on the mobile applications. Leading manufacturers and service providers use Ayla to quickly integrate secure connectivity and data intelligence into products without substantial design modifications or changes to existing business models, and in a way that end customers understand and appreciate.

Wendy Toth, Vice President of Marketing for Ayla Networks, will be on the panel for “IoT and APIs: Expanding the Role of Connected Devices” on Wednesday, November 11 at 3:15pm.

Break Sponsor, 10 November 14:30

MivaTek is a turnkey multiple-to-multiple interactive connected-living platform IP solution and service provider. Their smart hub and mobile-cloud offer advanced in-app interactive device control, secured video, and phone based social-sharing features seamlessly integrated for home security, safety, automation, home health-care, aging-care and other sensor-specific applications, all integrated in one single mobile-App. With their comprehensive embedded smart-hub and mobile-cloud IP platform, MivaTek provides the best turnkey private label mobile-cloud-App and OEM solutions for worldwide carriers (ISP, Cellular, Fixed-Line, Cable & Microwave) to increase their ARPU.

Joe Liu, CEO of MivaTek, will be on the panel for “IoT: Adding Value to the Smart Home Experience” on Tuesday, November 10 at 1:30pm.

Breakfast Sponsor, 11 November 8:00

Zipato is cloud based home security and automation system, which allows customers to make their home safe, comfortable and energy efficient. Supporting all the major automation standards such as Z-wave, Zigbee, EnOcean, KNX and others, it provides great flexibility during the installation in any home and functions such as multi-zone thermostat, multi-partition security system, drag and drop programming, central monitoring and alerting system, provides great comfort and total peace of mind for all homeowners. Zipato is being used already by thousands of users worldwide and it is being introduced under various brands of different service providers.