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Over the past few years, Apple has been pivoting from devices to services. This has particularly been the case this year; normally the company announces hardware during its Apple events, but rather than talk about its new AirPods or the iPad lineup refresh, in its March 25th event Apple announced a slew of new services around news, payments, gaming, and TV. These announcements have a few interesting implications for the CE ecosystem as a whole.
Breaking out of the walled garden...
After whipping up interest and expectations, Apple announced a number of new services and service oriented features, including Apple News+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, Apple TV Channels, Apple TV+, and a new Apple TV app. While Apple’s entry into print aggregation and financial services is interesting (particularly financial services), here are three thoughts on their video-related activities.
Apple is betting big on original content. Almost one-half of Apple’s entire...
The pay-TV landscape in the US has gone through dramatic changes in the past several years. Traditional pay-TV services, via cable, satellite or telco operators, face a future where consumers have a wide variety of options for video content combined with direct competition from an array of online pay-TV service providers. These online providers provide a subset of channels, targeting the entertainment content subscribers want to watch, typically at much lower prices. As a result,...
For any OTT service, including AVOD (advertising video on demand) players like Tubi TV or vMVPD offerings like Sling TV, platform availability is critical in both luring and retaining subscribers. Given the effort and cost required, services must pick and choose which platforms to support and the priority of development for those that will be supported. From a base set of platforms at launch, service providers continue to add device support as a service grows in order to reach new...
Parks Associates is supporting the 16th-annual What's Next Boomer Business Summit .
American Idol meets aging tech entrepreneurs at The What’s Next Innovation Challenge , an event hosted by Mary Furlong & Associates and sponsored by AARP Innovation Labs during the What’s Next Boomer Business Summit held in New Orleans on April 18. Competition winners receive $10,000 in funding for their product or company and the opportunity to continue to the...
by Parks Associates | Mar. 20, 2019
Tags: broadband, connected CE, digital content, digital health, fitness apps, home automation, independent living, industry event
Tags: broadband, connected CE, digital content, digital health, fitness apps, home automation, independent living, industry event
When the Apple Watch Series 4 was released in September 2018, a number of new health-related smartwatch features made their debut. The newly built-in ECG feature, and the most recently announced enhanced sleep tracking feature, have been the focus of many reviews; however, the fall detection capability may prove to be one of the most valuable features the Apple Watch has to offer.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that between the years 2007 and 2016, fall death rates in...
We are delighted to announce our official partnership with the Smart Home Expo , the UK's ultimate event for the smart technologies revolutionising the way we live, coming to the NEC Birmingham on the 26th & 27th of March 2019 .
They say home is where the heart is, but nowadays, home is also where an industry revolution is taking place! Within the next few years, the smart home sector is set to become one of the fastest growing markets in the...
Prior to Parks Associates’ 10th-annual Smart Energy Summit , in Austin, Shane Fay, SVP Sales and Marketing, Grid4C shared insights on what energy providers can do in order to generate revenue in the smart home.
Shane will be participating on the Adding Value through Utility Engagement in the Smart Home session on Wednesday, February 20, at 1:15 PM. Panelists joining him on this session include:
Ryan Harty, Environmental Market Development Manager, American Honda Motor...
by Parks Associates | Feb. 12, 2019
Tags: home automation, home networks, industry event, interoperability, robotics, Smart Energy Summit
Tags: home automation, home networks, industry event, interoperability, robotics, Smart Energy Summit
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