Press Releases

F-Secure announced today that Steve Levine, Director, Solutions, Content Cloud, F-Secure, will be participating as a speaker at the upcoming CONNECTIONS™ at TIA, June 5-7, 2012, at the Gaylord Texan. Mr. Levine will participate in the session “The Media Cloud: Technology, Business, and the Consumer," Tuesday, June 5, - ...read more

Parks Associates today announced that IBM, Platinum Sponsor at CONNECTIONS™ at TIA, will host the special session “Industry Convergence and the Smarter Home Cloud” on Wednesday, June 6, 2:30 p.m. The session features leading IBM executives discussing the convergence in CE and mobile devices and cloud-based delivery for services in media - ...read more

Parks Associates announced today Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, Director, Video Services Product Development and Management, Verizon, is participating as a speaker at the upcoming CONNECTIONS™ at TIA, June 5-7 at the Gaylord Texan. Ms. Krishnaswamy will participate in the session ...read more

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, explores the challenges and benefits in building the connected home ecosystem

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates, will moderate a key session this week at ConnectivityWeek tackling the challenges of building device interoperability in home area networks. The session ...read more

Parks Associates’ Harry Wang to address impact of OTT Video on mobile networks at 2012 LTE World Summit

Parks Associates research finds mobile branded data services, also termed mobile value-added services (VAS), generated estimated revenues worldwide of $14.5 billion for mobile operators in 2011. Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Research, Parks Associates, will discuss the new business climate for global mobile operators - ...read more

U.S. tech support subscriptions to generate more than $600 million in 2012

EchoStar Corporation and Troppus Software announced today John Fisher, CTO & CSA, Troppus Software; VP Product & Technology, EchoStar Corporation, is participating as a speaker at CONNECTIONS™ at TIA, June 5-7, at the Gaylord - ...read more

Industry Leaders and Analysts Discuss Cloud Media and The Personal Cloud at CONNECTIONS™ at TIA 2012 Conference in Dallas Next Month

International research firm Parks Associates reports 22% of U.S. broadband households currently would refuse to buy a "cloud copy" of digital media, while almost 30% would require a physical copy in addition to a cloud copy.

Parks Associates and industry leaders will explore business models, profit strategies, and - ...read more

New Study Finds Consumers Want More 3D Content Options at Home

The record-breaking box office success of “The Avengers,” in large part due to higher-priced 3D tickets, will increase consumer demand for access to 3D movies at home, according to analysts at Parks Associates. New research from the international firm shows U.S. 3D TV owners are satisfied with their TVs. A majority of them use their 3D TVs on a monthly basis, and 65% want access to more 3D movies.

Parks Associates research indicates cloud-based solutions will greatly expand the service market for U.S. small and medium businesses (SMBs), where currently only 21% use offsite data backup, 16% have used technical support, and 9% use virtual server solutions. Parks Associates and Waterstone Management Consulting will address market growth, new business models in SMB managed services, and the impact of the cloud during a special networking event, ...read more

New Research from Parks Associates Shows Growth Rate of Broadband and Pay-TV Services in Emerging Markets

Parks Associates' latest global research finds Brazil is outpacing Russia, China, and India in its growth rate for pay-TV subscriptions and its household discretionary spending for movies, music, and games is nearly double that of China.

During 2011, pay-TV service subscriptions in Brazil increased by over 30%, and broadband service subscriptions grew by - ...read more