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Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Mrugesh Desai, Head of Solutions Engineering, Accedo shared insights with the analyst team to discuss wthe challeges facing the video industry and how the industry will drive growth in video entertainment over the next few years. Mrugesh will be participating on the Evolution of the Consumer Experience panel on Wednesday, December 12, at 1:30 PM. Panelists joining him on this...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Joel Fineman, Director, Publisher Development, Premion shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the challenges facing the video industry.   Joel will be participating on the Distribution Opportunities and Challenges for Content Producers panel on Tuesday, December 11, at 8:45 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include:   Jon Cody,...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Anthony Smith-Chaigneau, Sr. Director Product Marketing, NAGRA shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the fthe future of Pay TV. Anthony will be participating on the Future Video Services: How VOD, Linear, OTT, and Pay TV Come Together panel on Tuesday, December 11, at 1:15 PM. Panelists joining him on this session include: Scott Ehrlich, Vice President, Emerging...

By Brett Sappington and Billy Nayden What a great coincidence that AT&T’s acquisition of the company that brought us the power struggles of Westeros and Game of Thrones is likely to set off a new era of competition in pay TV. With a federal judge approving AT&T’s $85 billion buyout of Time Warner late Tuesday afternoon, the courts cleared a path for a number of imminent media deals that will undoubtedly bring substantial change to the media landscape....

Prior to Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Joe Liu, CEO, Mivatek Smart Connect spoke with the analyst team to discuss the future of the connected home. Joe will be participating on the Future of the Connected Home: Delivering on Promises panel on Thursday, May 24, at 10:30 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include: Christopher Baskin, CEO, American Two-Way Bob Gulino, Founder and VP Marketing, Nuro Technologies...

John Driver, CEO of Lynx Technology will be speaking at Parks Associates 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference in San Francisco. He kindly provided the analyst team with insights the future of the smart home.  John will be participating on the  Connected Ecosystems: Entertainment and Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 23, at 4 PM. When will clever homes become smart homes? Let’s face it: smart homes aren’t really all that “smart”....

Every year, Google hosts its I/O conference to bring together developers and showcase its up-and-coming products/features.  This year, Google hosted its conference on May 8th in Mountain View, California. The 2018 conference had a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI), and Google announced a number of updates coming to its software across its product line. Key announcements from yesterday’s opening keynote include the following: Google Assistant becomes...

Before presenting his keynote at Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer in Austin, Jamie Staples, Head of Retail Energy Partnerships at Nest Labs, answered several key questions on adoption of smart home products and the opportunities for energy providers within the industry: What are the barriers to bringing together a broad ecosystem of smart home products that work together as an energy management system? At this point, getting the smart products...