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Parks: Top 10 Connected Entertainment Disruptors

Parks Associates has hosted the final day of the company’s 20th annual CONNECTIONS conference in San Francisco with panel discussions moderated by the firm’s analysts and featuring executives from companies throughout the IoT space, including Vivint Smart Home, Rovi, AT&T Digital Life, Schneider Electric, Comcast, and Hewlett-Packard. In the opening session “A Look at IoT 2.0,” Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates, discussed business models for the smart home.

From the article "Parks: Top 10 Connected Entertainment Disruptors" by Ian D. Nock.

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