Events

33% of US broadband households own a security system, a 17% increase since 2018

Parks Associates today announced executives from Vivint Smart Home and ANGI Homeservices/Handy will provide keynotes at the firm’s 24th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 19-21 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in San Francisco, California.  The company released new research at CES reporting significant growth among multiple categories of smart home devices. ...read more

Arcadia Power, Innowatts, Sunrun, Direct Energy, IBM, Lennox, Schneider Electric, and more address energy management in the home at Smart Energy Summit

Parks Associates’ latest research shows 10% of US broadband households report extreme energy-saving measures, by installing solar panels or a variable-speed pool pump, an increase of 66% from 2018 to 2019. Over that same time, 40% made home improvements to save energy, a 14% increase. Parks Associates will host its eleventh ...read more

Austin Energy, Bidgely, Johnson Controls, and Parks Associates to keynote 11th annual Smart Energy Summit, featuring consumer trends and new opportunities for utilities and energy providers

International research firmParks Associates will host the eleventh annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, February 17-19, 2020, at the Omni Austin Downtown in Austin, Texas, featuring keynotes from Austin Energy, Bidgely, and Johnson Controls. The firm’s Research Director Brad ...read more

ADT, Arlo Technologies, Google, Ring, and SimpliSafe share insights on growth of DIY Security Solutions at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES®

New Parks Associates security research finds 7% of US broadband households have bought a self-installed security system, with 46% doing so to protect their home and belongings. Leading players ADT, Arlo Technologies, Google, Ring, and SimpliSafe will address key topics in the home security business at Parks Associates’ fifteenth annual CONNEC ...read more

Consumer privacy and connectivity a core focus at CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES®

Parks Associates announced new research today from its 4Q 2019 survey of 10,000 broadband households finding that 29% of US broadband households now own a smart home device, a 20% growth rate from one year ago. The international research firm will host the fifteenth annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit: Smart Home Business Models and Strategies, January 7 at CES® 2020 in Las Vegas, sponsored by Alarm.com, Am ...read more

Parks Associates research shows 17% of insured homeowners in the US own at least one security-related device, apart from a home security system.  The research firm will examine successful consumer-focused strategies that meet the challenges of today’s IoT and smart home ecosystems at the fifteenth annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit: Smart Home Business Models and Strategies on January 7 at CES® 2020 in Las Vegas.

CONNECTIONS™ Summit sponsors include Alarm.com, ARM, Bitdefender, Cirr ...read more

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES® features energy management session hosting industry leaders from Constellation, Inspire, Racepoint, Sprosty Network, and STRATIS IoT

Parks Associates research finds that retail channels are the top purchase location for smart thermostats, as 67% of US broadband households planning to buy this device prefer to use the retail channel for their purchase. One in seven households plans to purchase a smart thermostat in the next 12 months, and more t ...read more

Deltatre sponsors session at Future of Video focused on direct-to-consumer video services

Parks Associates research shows the top three reasons why consumers would recommend their OTT service are content variety, ease of content discovery, and good original programming. Parks Associates will address the factors for success in the OTT video services ecosystem at the 2nd annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media, December 9-11 in Marina del Rey, California, with t ...read more