Providing market intelligence for more than 35 years

E-commerce Times

New Tech and New Horizons for Home Media Installers

These circumstances will change, though, as more dealers will seek out knowledge about these solutions and then communicate the benefits to their customers, which will ultimately push up the number of wireless- and powerline-enabled installations. For example, Parks Associates forecasts the number of wireless-enabled control installations for energy applications will grow by 14 times from 2008 to 2012, from a little more than 100,000 to over 1.6 million.

From the article, "New Tech and New Horizons for Home Media Installers" by Bill Ablondi

Previously In The News

The Verizon Googlepad: iPad Threat or Feckless Imitator?

"The mobile phone business has always been a bit of a 'me-too' business. If anybody has a hit, their competitors always have to come up with some kind of a response," John Barrett, Parks Associates...

Court Sees DVR Case TiVo's Way

TiVo scored a major victory in its lawsuit against Dish Network and EchoStar. Dish Network maintained it had made a "herculean effort" to redesign its product to avoid infringing on TiVo's patents,...

Walmart Buys Vudu to Take Another Stab at Online Movie Distribution

"It will be a defining service for Walmart," Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates, told the E-Commerce Times. "Walmart wants to go beyond selling products, like DVD...

YouTube Slowly Sundances Into New Rental Territory

"I think it may be a smart approach, actually -- acknowledgment that in order to make money but to keep the risks relatively low, they're targeting distinct niches of consumers that may be smaller...