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.

April 11, 2019
12% of US broadband households report owning a smart major appliance

March 28, 2019
31% of US broadband households own a smart speaker with voice assistant

March 13, 2019
CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference features speakers from Arlo, Alarm.com, iRobot, Johnson Controls, Ford, Google, and more

January 30, 2019
23rd-annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference features keynotes Alarm.com, Comcast, Control4, KB Home, and Lennar

December 5, 2018
Parks Associates announces topics and Alarm.com keynote for the 23rd annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

May 22, 2018
U.S. consumers will buy more than 485 million connected devices in 2021

May 22, 2018
HelloTech releases new data findings from Parks Associates showing that 43% of summer travelers are concerned about the safety of their home while away

May 21, 2018
MEDIA ALERT: Cognitive Systems EVP to Speak on the Intel Panel at CONNECTIONS™

May 21, 2018
More than 50% of U.S. broadband households own a smart TV

May 18, 2018
27% of U.S. broadband households own at least one smart speaker CONNECTIONS™ examines AI and future evolution of the smart home

May 16, 2018
Approximately 40% of consumers planning to purchase a smart home device find interoperability with either Amazon Echo or Google Home important

May 15, 2018
Dhruvesh Patel, CTO, VOLANSYS Technologies to discuss at Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference

May 15, 2018
Nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households with insurance are interested in devices that communicate directly with their insurance company

May 14, 2018
Parks Associates: 75% of 2017 home security installations included smart control features

May 10, 2018
45% of smart home device owners cite convenience as primary reason for purchase

May 9, 2018
28% of U.S. broadband households are familiar with Amazon Alexa

May 1, 2018
17% of U.S. broadband households own both an Internet-connected entertainment device and a smart home device

April 24, 2018
73% of smart home device owners installed at least one product themselves or with help of a friend or family member

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.

3BL Media

AARP 

Accel Lab

Actiontec Electronics

ADS Security

ADT 

Alarm.com (RB/SP)

Alarmsouth

Allegion 

Alula 

Amazon 

American Family Insurance

American Strategic Insurance 

American Two-Way 

Amica Insurance 

Amtrust Group 

Andersen Corporation 

Antronix

ARRIS 

ASSA ABLOY

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers

Assurant Solutions (RB/SP)

Asurion 

Audio Analytic 

August

AvantGuard

Axion Corp

Axius

Ayla Networks 

B2 Group

b8ta

Bares Capital Management

BASF (RB/SP)

Best Buy 

Blue Line Innovations

Caavo

CABA

Calix (RB/SP)

Capital One 

CE Pro/EH Publishing

CEDIA 

Chamberlain 

Charter Communications 

Chip Design Magazine/Extension Media

Cirrent 

Clare Controls

Clean Tech / Green Business News / Smart Tech News

Cognitive Systems 

ColoRadio Communications Group

Comcast 

Commonwealth Edison 

Comporium 

ConnectSense 

Constellation Energy 

Consumer Electronics Daily - Warren Communications

Control4

Cove Smart

Cox Communications 

CPI Security Systems

CSS Corp 

CUJO AI Platform

CyberManor/Residential Systems Magazine

Dan Quigley Consulting

DCL Corp

Digital Trends

Dish Network 

Dispatch

DOMOTZ 

Drippler

DSP Group

Dynamark Consulting

Eaton 

Ei Electronics

Electronic Security Association

Emerson

Endeavor Communications

Enercare 

EnergyHub

EXQUISE Magazine

eyeSight Technologies 

EZVIZ Inc.

Ferguson Enterprises

Fibaro Group

FilterEasy

FilterSnap

Fing 

FIREDOME

Flo Technologies 

Flume 

Founder Institute / Infomatique News

Freescale

F-Secure 

GadgEon 

GE - General Electric 

General Motors 

Gentex

George Washington University

Google 

Greenwave Systems

Growth Acceleration Strategies

Guardzilla 

HardwareCon

HelloTech (RB/SP)

Hippo Insurance

Hive Home 

Home, Building, and Utility Systems

HomeAdvisor 

Honeywell 

HSN - Home Shopping Network

Hubitat

Ibacos

Icontrol Networks

ICT- Shinyusha Publishing

IGS Energy

ILLUME Advising

IMONT Technologies 

Imperial Capital

Ingersoll Rand 

InstallerNet 

Intamac Systems 

Intel (RB/SP)

Intelligent Health Association

IoT Defense

iQor (RB/SP)

iRobot

ITEL Labs

I-View Now 

Jasper Wireless

Johnson Controls (RB/SP)

JStar / Josh.ai

Kansas State University

LeakSentinel 

LeakSMART

Lennox International 

l'enterprise Magazine / La revue de lentreprise

Level Up Your Home

LFPR

Liberty Mutual

Lutron Electronics

Lux Products 

Lynx Technology

Madrona Venture Group

Mandalay Homes

Marantec America Corporation

Marubeni America

McKinsey & Company 

Mersoft (RB/SP)

Microsoft 

MiOS 

Mivatek Smart Connect 

MMB Networks

mnubo 

MoCA 

MPOGD.com / Events for Games / E4G

Nest Labs 

NETGEAR 

Newry Corp 

Nokia

Nomiku

Nortek 

Notion

Nuance Communications

Nuro Technologies 

ODL 

OneVision Resources

Online Trust Alliance, Internet Society

Pella Corporation 

Philips 

Pioneer Audio - Onkyo USA

Plex

PlumChoice 

Puls

Purdie Rogers

Qolsys (RB/SP)

Raftaar News Channel

Rambus 

Rapid Response Monitoring 

Reliant Energy

Ring

ROC-Connect 

Roost Labs 

Rowan Consulting Associates

Salt River Project 

Salto Systems

Samsung Electronics 

Samsung Electronics America 

San Francisco Business Times

Sand Cherry Associates 

Schneider Electric 

SearchSOA.com / TechTarget

Sears Home Services / ServiceLIVE

SecureNet

Security Central

Sensory

SerComm

ServiceMaster 

Sevenhugs

Silicon Labs 

Simmons 

SimpliSafe

Skelmir

SkyBell Technologies

SmartThings

Stacy on IoT / SKT Labs

Steffes

Support.com 

Suttle

Swiss Re

Telefonica

The Weather Company

Threshold

T-Mobile 

Tokyo Electric Power Co

Transmedia SF

Trend Micro 

TriCascade 

Trusource Labs 

TUV Rheinland 

Universal Electronics 

USAA 

Vector Security

Verisk Analytics (RB/SP)

Vivint 

Volansys

Wall Street Journal

Wareable Media Group

Washington Post / Straterra Partners

Waxman Industries 

Western Digital 

Whisker Labs 

Woodside Capital Partners

Yonomi

Zigbee Alliance

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