Event Coverage

CONNECTIONS™ is the premier Connected Home conference  focused on emerging technology markets in digital media, content distribution, and mobile applications and services. Apply for Press Pass.

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April 17, 2018
Speakers at Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 22-24 in San Francisco, feature industry-leading companies including Comcast, Fing, Google, Intel, LeakSentinel, SimpliSafe, Samsung, T-Mobile, and more

April 11, 2018
CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference features Intel keynote and session on independent living and the smart home

March 27, 2018
CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference features Google keynote and special Intel session on user interfaces for multimodal connected devices

March 13, 2018
CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference features keynotes from Comcast, Google, Intel, Samsung, and T-Mobile

February 22, 2018
Parks Associates announces agenda for CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

December 6, 2017
Parks Associates announces topics for 22nd annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

May 24, 2017
Parks Associates Research Shows Strong Consumer Interest for Smart Home-Connected Entertainment Integration

May 23, 2017
Parks Associates Releases New IoT Forecasts: More than 442 million connected consumer devices will be sold in the U.S. in 2020

May 22, 2017
Parks Associates to host 21st-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference this week in San Francisco

May 19, 2017
One-third of U.S. broadband households familiar with smart home devices

May 18, 2017
More than 75% of U.S. broadband households use Wi-Fi for connectivity in their home

May 17, 2017
Consumers report increase in technical challenges with smart home devices in 2017, bucking trend of declining problems from 2016

May 16, 2017
Parks Associates Highlights IoT Strategies for Recurring Revenue and Future for Connected Consumers at 21st-annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference

May 12, 2017
Cox Communications to present keynote at CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

May 10, 2017
40-50% of consumers find individual energy monitoring services appealing

May 9, 2017
Data protection is top consumer demand among connected home support solutions

May 8, 2017
Market for smart speakers with voice assistants estimated to grow roughly 60% from 2016 to 2017

May 5, 2017
Smart water leak detectors will generate more than $220M in revenue by 2020

May 4, 2017
Intel to Discuss Smart Home Technologies at CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

May 3, 2017
More than 100 million U.S. households do not have a smart home device

April 27, 2017
Comcast SVP to present opening keynote on May 23 at CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

April 13, 2017
More than 20% of U.S. broadband households have used websites or apps to communicate with a medical professional in the past 12 months

April 6, 2017
55% of U.S. broadband households find it appealing to control entertainment and smart home devices through voice commands

March 29, 2017
92% of U.S. car owners perform activities that require mobile or Internet connection while driving

March 22, 2017
Industry-leading companies speaking at Parks Associates’ 21st-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 23-25 in San Francisco

March 1, 2017
CONNECTIONS™ 2017 to feature keynotes from Comcast, Cox Communications, Intel, and Vivint Smart Home

January 25, 2017
Cox Communications and Vivint Smart Home to keynote 21st CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

November 17, 2016
Twenty-first annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference will be held May 23-25, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco

July 25, 2016
Parks Associates releases key takeaways in 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Event Summary

May 26, 2016
CONNECTIONS™: Parks Associates Presents Top 10 List of Connected Entertainment Disruptors at IoT Conference

May 25, 2016
CONNECTIONS™ Connected Home Conference Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary as Day Two Features Speakers from Cablevision, SmartThings, Rovi, Roku and More

May 24, 2016
Amazon and Comcast’s Xfinity Home Share IoT Strategies at First Day of CONNECTIONS™

May 23, 2016
Parks Associates to Host 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference This Week in San Francisco

May 19, 2016
Amazon, Cablevision, Comcast’s Xfinity Home, Rovi, SmartThings, and Vivint Keynote Parks Associates’ 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

May 18, 2016
Vivint Smart Home to Keynote Parks Associates’ 20th Annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference

May 17, 2016
Roku still leads streaming media player sales, Amazon moves to second place

May 16, 2016
2.3 million U.S. households own a virtual reality headset

May 13, 2016
23% of smartphone owners also own a smart home device

May 6, 2016
Over 80% of smartphone and tablet users who own a smart home device have downloaded mobile apps for their devices

May 5, 2016
16% of U.S. Broadband Households Subscribe to an OTT Sports Service

May 3, 2016
27% of U.S. car owners want their car to be able to connect to their smart home devices

April 28, 2016
117 million Americans will need caregiving assistance by 2020

April 26, 2016
Nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households with a smart garage door opener use a smartphone, tablet, or computer to control their opener almost every day

April 19, 2016
Over 100 companies speaking at Parks Associates’ 20th-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 24-26 in San Francisco

April 13, 2016
Twenty percent of U.S. broadband households plan to acquire a networked security camera in the next 12 months

April 8, 2016
Sixty-five percent of U.S. broadband households with a security system plan to buy a smart home device in the next 12 months

March 30, 2016
Parks Associates Research Addresses Tech Support Opportunities in the Internet of Things

March 23, 2016
Usage of authenticated video viewing, or TV Everywhere, reaches 40% of pay-TV consumers

March 16, 2016
Amazon to Keynote 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference

February 16, 2016
Comcast and Vivint to Keynote Parks Associates’ 20th Anniversary of CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference in May

October 8, 2015
Parks Associates announces 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

Press Pass - CONNECTIONS™

Press Passes are limited to traditional media, including local, national, and industry journalists. Industry analysts and consultants do not qualify for a complimentary press pass. Parks Associates reviews all applications and restricts reward of complimentary passes/admittance based on these guidelines. Parks Associates makes all final decisions regarding media passes to this event.

AARP

ADT

ADT Security

Aeon Matrix Inc.

Alarm.com

Amazon

Amazon Alexa

American Family Insurance

Andersen Corporation

Andersen Windows

Arrayent

Asurion

Ayla Networks

Bay Alarm Medical

Belkin International

Bitdefender

Blue Line Innovations Inc.

BriefCam, Inc.

CE Daily

Centercode

Centrica Connected Home

Chip Design Magazine

Cirrent

Cisco - Jasper IoT Cloud

Comcast

Comcast Ventures

Comporium

Concours Ventures

Connected Design Inc.

Connected Insites

Cox Communications

Cox Homelife

EarlySense

Ecobee

Ellation

EnergyHub, Inc.

EVRYTHNG

Flo Technologies

FTS USA

GE Lighting

General Motors

Gentex

Gentex Corporation

Greenwave Systems

Grid4C

HARMAN

HomeAdvisor

IBM Watson IoT

Intel

Itscom

Liberty Mutual

LogMeIn

Lux Products Corporation

Microsoft

MivaTek

mnubo - IoT Analytics

MONI

Mooreland Partners

Nest Labs

Nielsen

Nortek Security & Control

Norwest Venture Partners

Nuro Technologies

NXP

ODL

Open Connectivity Foundation

Orbita, Inc.

Panasonic

Parks Associates

Pepper IoT

Philips Lighting

PointCentral

Qolsys, Inc.

Raftaar News Channel

Residential Systems Magazine

RevenueWire Inc.

Salt River Project

Serta Simmons Bedding

Shinyusha Publishing

Skelmir

SmallNetBuilder.com

Smart Tech News

SSI Magazine

State Farm Insurance Companies

Stringify, Inc.

Swann

TE Connectivity

TechRadar

The Home Depot

TiVo

UnaliWear

USAA

Vital Command

Vivint

Vivint Smart Home

Whisker Labs

Wirecutter

Yale Locks and Security

Past Media Attendees

AARP/Silvers Summit
AlwaysOn Network San Francisco
Amahi
AmazingTechProducts.com
BDTI / Inside DSP/EE Times
Blacknews.com
bMighty.com & SmallBizResource.com
Broadcast Engineering's Mobile TV Update
BusinessWorld India
c´t magazine
Santa Clara Weekly/Bay Area BusinessWoman
Chip Design Magazine
Cités Numériques
Converge! Network Digest
Cool Tech Picks
CyberManor/Residential Systems
Display+
EE Times
The Economist
eHomeUpgrade
Extension Media
ExtremeTech/PCMag.com/ZiffDavis
Fast Company/Stealthmode Partners/AlwaysOn
Forbes Magazine
Fortune Magazine
GigaOM/NewTeeVee
Global 3C Newsletters/Topology
The Hard Copy Observer
High Tech Trade Show Report
The Home Electronics Survival Guide/Home Theater Made Simple
HyveUp
IDG / DEMO
Network World/PC World/InfoWorld
InfoWorld Magazine
Inside Report On New Media
InterLingua Publishing

ISP-Market, LLC
KEST 1450 AM San Francisco
Kogyo Chosakai Publishing
LIVEdigitally
Maximum PC
MoPR Blog & Unicorn Sightings
Mobile Enterprise Magazine/MuniWireless.com
MPOGD
Nikkei Business Publications
Ourmedia.org
PCG/BPL Today/Restructuring Today/Data Communications/Marin Independent Journal/Ziff Davis
PCG
PC Register
PC World Communications
Reed Infomedia
Retrevo
RISET
San Francisco Chronicle
San Jose Mercury News
Silicon Valley Journal
Skype Journal
SmartSilvers
Stern Magazine
Streaming Media Magazine
TechWatch
Tekrati, Inc.
The Sunnyvale Sun
Ultimate Home Design
Vator.tv
Ventures Technology Watch
Video Age Magazine
Viodi View
Wall Street Journal
Ziff Davis/1UP Network