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October 23, 2009 Star-Telegram.com
A recent news release from WD noted how much digital content
people have amassed and said that most do not have the proper knowledge
or hardware to view the content on a TV. The average consumer had 123
gigabytes of videos, photos and music in 2009, which will grow to 1.3
terabytes by 2013, according to research firm Parks Associates.
From the article, "Playing high-def video made easy" by Gregg
Ellman
April 3, 2008 Star-Telegram.com
"Americans watch lots of video on their computers. More than 12
million people paid for this kind of content last year, according to a
study by Parks Associates, a research and analyst firm that
studies how people use the Internet." "The result, says
Kurt Scherf, a principal analyst with Parks Associates, is
that Hulu has the kind of setup that allows users to stumble upon shows
that they might not have discovered otherwise."
From the article, "Welcome to Hulu vision: A new Web site
enables TV fans to watch their favorite shows past and present on one
'network'," by Erin White
September 5, 2006 Fort Worth Star Telegram
The effort comes as millions worldwide play such games every day.
According to a recent study by Parks Associates of Dallas, revenue
from online games is expected to grow from about $1.1 billion last year to
$4.4 billion by 2010.
From the article "Company aims to improve safety in online games,"
by Matt Slagle.
May 19, 2004
Star Telegram
For more than a decade, telecommunications companies have spent billions of
dollars installing the fiber-optic lines that pave the so-called information
superhighway.
Kurt
Scherf, a vice president at Parks Associates, a Dallas technology
consultant, said it's hard to underestimate the impact of fiber optic's
ability to transmit video. "The video angle is the one that the telcoms know
they have to get into to compete," he said. "If you've got enough bandwidth,
that opens up Internet video on demand," teleconferencing, interactive
gaming and other services, he said.
And those are just the services everybody already knows about. Scherf and
others point to the growth of paid music-downloading services, led by Apple
Computer's popular iTunes, as an example of how higher-speed Internet
connections can help create new services.
From the article "Verizon to lay out fiber plans for Keller" By Jim
Faquay
January 18, 2004
Here's the concept: Many people today have gobs of digital photos,
digital music, even digital movies stored on their home computers. That's
nice, but users are tied to computers to get at their goodies. Surely they'd
rather lounge on their sofas and listen to MP3s on their stereos instead of
through pairs of tiny computer speakers.
Kurt Scherf,
vice president of research at Parks Associates, a Dallas technology
consultant, said that for now it is mainly music that will attract consumers
to media-convergence products. "We see this more for consumers who
view the PC as an entertainment platform" -- witness the popularity of
downloaded music -- and who want to extend its use, he said.
From the article "Come Together" By Jim Fuquay
January 18, 2004
This was it. Cheryl Moseng looked at her telephone bill and felt enough
was enough. She decided the time had come to sever the cord with her service
provider
She chucked the bill and service provider MCI and found a cheaper
alternative. Moseng tapped a small California company that provides Voice
over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
Last year, there were 110,000 VoIP subscribers in the
United States, according to Parks Associates, a research firm in
Dallas. Parks predicts that the number will climb to 4.5 million by 2007.
From the article "Internet phone connections grow
more popular" By Bobby White
January 18, 2004
Kurt Scherf,
vice president of research at Parks Associates, a Dallas technology
consultant, said that for now it is mainly music that will attract consumers
to media-convergence products.
"We see this more for consumers who view the PC as an entertainment
platform" -- witness the popularity of downloaded music -- and who want to
extend its use, he said.
Computer makers such as Hewlett-Packard, Gateway and Dell are promoting
their "media centers," PCs that have some of these capabilities built in,
but those computers tend to be expensive and use the latest operating
systems, Scherf said. Instead, consumers might prefer to buy one of the
media receivers and hook it up to their existing home-entertainment
equipment, he said, so they don't have to buy all new equipment to enjoy
digital content.
From the article "Come Together" By Jim Fuquay
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