Parks Associates research shows the smart home has become a hot topic—50% of U.S. broadband homes will have at least one smart home device by 2020, and 43% of U.S. broadband households are willing to purchase a smart home package. Other areas of the IoT are just as popular:

• 34% of U.S. broadband households have a smart TV
• Nearly 20% of U.S. broadband households now have a streaming media player
• Over 45% of U.S. pay-TV subscribers find cloud DVR technology very appealing
• Over 1.8 million households headed by consumers 25-34 own at least one smart energy product

While the smart home industry seems to have really hit its stride, the truth is we're only at the beginning of what is a massive category. Parks Associates would like to bring our unique perspective on the smart home to SXSW 2015. Our proposal includes bringing together leaders from Icontrol, Revolv, and Zonoff for a discussion on where they see the smart home in five, ten, and twenty years—and what we have to do to get there.

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