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The Streaming Media Device Landscape

Information for The Streaming Media Device Landscape is drawn from multiple sources:
Interviews with and research on companies, including consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers, component manufacturers, content providers, application solutions providers, and broadband providers
Company financial reports and related secondary research Parks Associates consumer surveys and forecasts

Parks Associates reports:
- The Reinvention of Gaming Consoles, Q1 2014
- The Evolution of Streaming Media Devices, Q3 2014
- Modern Broadband: Maximizing Retention and Revenues, Q4 2014
- Winning the Consumer: Profiting from Superior User Interfaces, Q4 2014
- Global Connected Living Outlook: The Era of IoT, Q1 2015
- Privacy and Big Data: Safeguarding the Consumer, Q2 2015
- TV Everywhere and the New World of OTT, Q2 2015

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