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Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

01/03/2025

Streaming Video Tracker - North American Update: December 2024

The Streaming Video Tracker, formerly known as the OTT Video Market Tracker, keeps companies abreast of 400+ North American OTT services, providing details on current players, new entrants, and trends...

White Paper

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

12/23/2024

Consumer IoT Product Development: Managing Costs, Optimizing Revenues

This white paper evaluates the primary product and ongoing costs associated with smart home products and services. It highlights pain points in the product development process and shares strategies fo...

Quantified Consumer

Wi-Fi and Home Networking

12/19/2024

New Competition in Broadband: 5G Home Internet & Fiber

The market dynamics for residential broadband in the US market are changing. As competition ramps up across the country, internet service providers face new questions around how to best attract and re...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Consumer Electronics Devices

12/17/2024

Tech Ecosystem Dashboard: Q3 2024

The Tech Ecosystem Dashboard visualizes the most important metrics informing the strategic decision making of companies connected to the leading consumer electronics devices in the home. Consumer I...

Market Forecasts

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

12/10/2024

Smart MDUs: Property-Provided Internet and Smart Devices 2024

The US multifamily market is an increasingly important sector for technology services and products. Parks Associates considers the size of the US smart multifamily market as the foundation of the over...

Trackers

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

12/10/2024

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2024 - November Market Update

This product is part of the Smart Home and Security Market Tracker service. Contact Parks Associates for info on subscribing to this service. Smart Home and Security Tracker provides market intelli...

Trackers

Wi-Fi and Home Networking

12/03/2024

Broadband Market Tracker Q3 2024

Includes both "Profiles and Estimates, Q3 2024" for US and Canadian home internet services and "Q3 2024 News and Analysis." The Broadband Market Tracker provides estimates for residential home inte...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

12/02/2024

Streaming Video Tracker - North American Update: November 2024

The Streaming Video Tracker, formerly known as the OTT Video Market Tracker, keeps companies abreast of 400+ North American OTT services, providing details on current players, new entrants, and trends...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Wi-Fi and Home Networking

11/22/2024

Home Services Dashboard Q3 2024

The Home Services Dashboard visualizes the most important metrics informing the strategic decision making of companies providing communications services to the home.   Consumer Insights Dashboards...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

11/20/2024

Video Services Dashboard 3Q 2024

The Video Services Dashboard provides a visual representation of the most critical indicators used by organizations that provide video services to the home to make strategic decisions. Request more...

Trackers

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

11/15/2024

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2024 - Q3 Competitor Landscape: Platforms and Products*

*This is a beta release of our new format, and we are actively seeking feedback on how we can improve future releases, please contact and let us know* ------------------- This product is part of the...

Quantified Consumer

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

11/14/2024

Single-Family Renters: Connectivity & Smart Home

The single-family rental market is growing as constrained housing inventory and high interest rates push more consumers to rent.  Residents, landlords, and property management companies have unique sa...

Trackers

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

11/08/2024

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2024 - October Market Update

This product is part of the Smart Home and Security Market Tracker service. Contact Parks Associates for info on subscribing to this service. Smart Home and Security Tracker provides market intelli...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

11/01/2024

Streaming Video Tracker - North American Update: October 2024

The Streaming Video Tracker, formerly known as the OTT Video Market Tracker, keeps companies abreast of 400+ North American OTT services, providing details on current players, new entrants, and trends...

Blogs

wearable

smart watch

connected health devices

fitness tracker

In The News

01/08/2025

Sleep Tracking Wearables, Apps And Investment Heating Up, Says Panel

Harry Wang of Parks Associates said the idea of sleep wearables was a “tall order,” but the industry has a huge growth potential. The sleep summit, which included discussions on data-driven opportuni...

smart home

home networks

IoT

broadband

internet

In The News

01/08/2025

High-Speed Data Service Demand Continues Globally: An Analyst’s View

Broadband services remain a key driving force in global productivity and communication. Businesses, governments, and individuals continue to rely upon the quality and dependability of high-speed data...

smart home

CONNECTIONS

connected CE

home automation

Press Releases

01/08/2025

Insurance, manufacturers, service providers, and software companies convene at CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Smart Home, IoT, and the Connected Consumer

Parks Associates announces speakers and keynotes for 11th annual event IoT research firm Parks Associates today announced the keynote and speaker lineup for its 11th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Sma...

connected CE

home automation

Internet of Things

interoperability

smart home

Consumer Electronics Devices

01/08/2025

IoT Best Practices for Home Appliance Manufacturers

Last week, Appliance Design magazine hosted a webinar focused on best practices for appliance manufacturers to consider when incorporating IoT features in their appliances. The discussion included spe...

wearable

smart home

smart watch

IoT

wearapeutics

fitness tracker

Press Releases

01/08/2025

Only 15% of smart watch owners use their watch to make a mobile payment

IoT research firm to present to discuss convergence between wearables and mobile payments at Wearable Technology Show, October 4-5 Parks Associates announced new research today showing only 19% of...

cloud services

privacy

IoT

cybersecurity

Press Releases

01/08/2025

80% of U.S. SMBs have concerns about using cloud-based services

IoT research firm announces new reports examining technology needs of SMB markets Parks Associates announced new primary and industry research today examining the technology needs of SMBs (small-to...

Press Releases

01/20/2023

CONNECTIONS Europe addresses new solutions to control content delivery to connected CE

“Bringing the Content,” the first interactive panel session at the executive summit CONNECTIONS™ Europe, will tackle the new content challenges that come with the proliferation of connected devices,...

smart home

CONNECTIONS

connected CE

home automation

Press Releases

01/08/2025

CONNECTIONS™ Europe to address impact of voice control on IoT and smart home strategies

11th-annual conference to discuss new use cases in health, insurance, cloud services, and home controls with panelists from Alarm.com, Essence, Icontrol Networks, and MiOS Parks Associates, thelead...

smart home

home automation

IoT

CEDIA

Industry Press Releases

01/08/2025

CEDIA Research Finds Home Technology Professionals Expect Growth in 2016

Each year CEDIA conducts its Size and Scope of the Residential Electronic Systems Industry Survey to analyze the size of the industry and identify market trends. In 2016, the average system integrator...

OTT

streaming

subscription

entertainment

In The News

01/08/2025

Netflix's Competitors Are Quickly Closing The Gap in A Crucial Area

Netflix customers are loyal. In research published this April, analysts from Parks Associates found that Netflix subscribers were much less likely to cancel than those of Hulu or Amazon Prime Video. O...

smart home

connected CE

home automation

IoT

In The News

01/08/2025

Consumer Demand For Smart Home Safety Alerts Increasing

"Smart home services will become a mandatory part of home insurance in the future," said Barbara Kraus, Director of Research, Parks Associates. "Insurance companies in Europe and North America have ex...

OTT

streaming

password sharing

subscription

In The News

01/08/2025

Cisco Will Use Data Science To Counter OTT Password Sharing

OTT video service credential sharing – or password sharing – cost the media industry $500 million in direct revenues during 2015, according to research published by Parks Associates in July. Now Cisco...

IFSEC Global

smart home

connected cars

connected health devices

In The News

01/08/2025

Western Europe Lags US For Smart Home Penetration, Research Shows

“We are seeing adjacent markets, including connected cars, connected health, home security, energy, entertainment, and insurance, creating new value cases by adopting and expanding on smart home techn...

connected CE

drones

TechNewsWorld

camera

In The News

01/08/2025

GoPro Karma Lets New Hero5s Fly High

Introduction of a drone is a natural extension of GoPro's core wearable camera business, and bundling its new cameras with Karma is likely to benefit sales of both devices, noted Barbara Kraus, direct...

wearable

smart watch

fitness tracker

Investor's Business Daily

In The News

01/08/2025

Fitbit Runs Higher As Fitness Wearables Market Grows

A report out Thursday from Parks Associates showed that 18% of U.S. broadband households own a wearable fitness device such as a smartwatch or a fitness tracker. Parks said 12% of U.S. broadband ho...

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