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Approval for AT&T / Time Warner, Let the Games Begin

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. According...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 15, 2018
Tags: broadband, cord cutting, digital content, digital media, Google, multiscreen, online video, operator, OTT, pay TV, second screen, streaming

CONNECTIONS Sponsor Passport Challenge Winners

The 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS Conference took place last week in San Francisco. Hosted by international research firm Parks Associates, over 500 executives from companies across the connected ecosystem attended, participating in panel discussions, learning about the latest smart home trends,...

by Parks Associates | Jun. 1, 2018
Tags: CONNECTIONS, industry event

Growing Demand for Streaming Media Players: Amazon's Share Increases by 4%

OTT video is firmly established in the U.S. entertainment marketplace— more than two-thirds of U.S. broadband households have an OTT service —and the popularity of this service translates into hardware sales and usage. At first, connected gaming consoles were a leading connected...

by Kristen Hanich | May. 31, 2018
Tags: Amazon, online video, OTT, smart TV, streaming

Late-Night Reflections on CONNECTIONS 2018 and Diversity

Parks Associates is a women-owned business, founded more than 30 years ago, and has actively advocated for diversity in a traditionally male industry throughout its history. This was long before diversity became the “in” issue for opportunistic journalists. All efforts towards a...

by Tricia Parks | May. 29, 2018
Tags: CONNECTIONS

Speaker Insights from Reliant: The Future of Smart Homes

Prior to Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Wayne Morrison, Principal, Emerging Technologies, Reliant shared insights with the analyst team to discuss how DIY solutions and consumer concerns about data security and privacy as the number of...

by Parks Associates | May. 23, 2018
Tags: CONNECTIONS, industry event, privacy, security, smart home

LUX Products Discusses Strategies to Engage Consumers

Rob Munin, CEO, LUX Products spoke with the Parks Associates’ analyst team prior to the 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference to discuss how LUX is using new technology solutions to engage consumers. Rob will be speaking on the Energizing the Smart Home:...

by Parks Associates | May. 22, 2018
Tags: none

Will AI impact the smart home, IoT, and connected entertainment landscapes? Insights from Mersoft

Prior to Parks Associates’ 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Jeffrey Weiner, VP, Product, Marketing and Sales, Mersoft sat down with the analyst team to discuss consumer concerns of data security and privacy, the impact of AI on the smart home and more....

by Parks Associates | May. 22, 2018
Tags: CONNECTIONS, industry event, interoperability, privacy, security, smart home

Industry Insights with Mivatek: Future of the Connected Home

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...