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Residential Security

11/07/2025

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2025: Q3 Platforms, Products, and News

This product is part of the Smart Home and Security Market Tracker service. Contact Parks Associates for info on subscribing to this service. The Smart Home and Security Market Tracker provides mar...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

11/06/2025

Streaming Video Tracker - North American Update: October 2025

The Streaming Video Tracker keeps companies informed of all major North American OTT services, providing details on current players, new entrants, and trends in the OTT video services market. Services...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

10/31/2025

Video Services Dashboard 3Q 2025

The Video Services Dashboard provides a visual representation of the most critical indicators used by organizations that provide video services to the home to make strategic decisions.  

Trackers

Wi-Fi and Home Networking

10/16/2025

Broadband Market Tracker Vol. III 2025

The Broadband Market Tracker provides estimates for residential home internet subscribers and ISP revenues for the North American market, including for those that do not publicly release figures. This...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

10/17/2025

Streaming Video Tracker: Analyst Notes, Q3 2025

The Analyst Notes for the Streaming Video Tracker, North America highlights key changes made to the Streaming Video Tracker this quarter, including any enhancements made to the streaming video tracker...

White Paper

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

10/17/2025

AI Acceleration at the Edge: Optimizing Product Design

This white paper assesses how intelligent edge devices support competitive strategies through personalized automation and AI-driven support tools. The research assesses how SoC decisions impact the p...

Trackers

Residential Security

10/07/2025

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2025 - September Update

This product is part of the Smart Home and Security Market Tracker service. Contact Parks Associates for info on subscribing to this service. The Smart Home and Security Market Tracker provides mar...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

10/03/2025

Streaming Video Tracker - North American Update: September 2025

The Streaming Video Tracker keeps companies informed of all major North American OTT services, providing details on current players, new entrants, and trends in the OTT video services market. Services...

White Paper

Residential Security

10/06/2025

How to Scale Live Video Monitoring? Empowering Next-Gen Operators with Cloud Video AI

This research identifies key B2B applications for cloud-based live video monitoring and remote guarding, including false-alarm reduction, temporary, mobile and fixed sites centralization, global scali...

Webinar

Residential Security

09/01/2025

The Next Ten Million Customers: Unlocking Value in Security

Home security is at a turning point. As technology, connectivity, and consumer expectations evolve, the meaning of “safe at home” is being redefined. In this exclusive webinar, Parks Associates brings...

Quantified Consumer

Residential Security

09/12/2025

Next Gen Home Security: Competition, Innovation, New Services

Security providers have held down churn and increased customer spending in these recent years, but the market continues to evolve with new competitors and technologies shaking up the market. This flag...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Wi-Fi and Home Networking

09/12/2025

Home Services Dashboard Q2 2025

The Home Services Dashboard visualizes the most important metrics informing the strategic decision making of companies providing communications services to the home.   Consumer Insights Dashboards...

Blogs

OTT

pay TV

streaming

online video

entertainment

Press Releases

11/08/2025

What Happens to the Professional Sports Business Model When the Pay-TV Business Model Changes?

In recent decades, broadcast revenue (primarily from television) has become a much larger part of the revenue pie for professional sports teams, increasing team valuations and player salaries. The Dal...

digital content

gaming

online video

OTT

streaming

Entertainment

11/08/2025

Netflix Enters the Gaming Market, But Only 1% Participate Daily

In November 2021, Netflix launched Netflix Gaming with five titles out of the gate. It has since grown its library of games to the current offering of over two dozen titles, with ambitions to offer 50...

smartphones

Broadband/Communications

01/20/2023

The Location Labs-AVG Marriage: The View from the CEO's Desk

In my last blog post, I commented on the AVG Technologies NV acquisition of San Francisco-based Location Labs. This week, I was given the opportunity to discuss the merger with Location Labs’ CEO, Tas...

digital content

digital media

OTT

Press Releases

11/08/2025

Univision Targets Global Spanish-Language Audience With New Service

In March, the debut of Univision Communications’ free ad-supported OTT service Prende TV marked one of the most significant streaming launches of 2021. A major service featuring Spanish-language films...

energy

smart grid

Smart Energy Summit

renewable energy

Energy

11/08/2025

Taking Your Smart Energy Knowledge to the Next Level

In many ways, I was born to moderate a panel at next week’s Smart Energy Summit, held at the Omni Hotel in Austin. I grew up in a household where my father would “politely” remind us to turn off th...

smart home

tech support

Support Services

11/08/2025

The Smart Home Connectivity Battle

In January, a little over a month after the device became available, Amazon pulled the Echo wall clock from store shelves, citing connectivity issues. Similarly, in February Arlo pulled its 4K securit...

smart home

home automation

interoperability

IoT

SecurityInfoWatch.com

In The News

11/08/2025

Interoperability key to sustaining smart home tech adoption

In fact, according to research recently published by Parks Associates, 34% of broadband households today own a listed smart home device, which is an increase of 24% from just three years ago. Addition...

smart TV

smartphones

Consumer Electronics Devices

11/08/2025

LG Exits the Mobile Market: A Sign of Changing Times, Tastes, and Competition

In early April, LG announced it would be shutting down its long-struggling smartphone business by July 31st, 2021. The move did not exactly come as a surprise; LG’s mobile division had been running at...

digital media

OTT

Entertainment

11/08/2025

OTT Services and Walled Gardens: NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia and the Future of Hulu and Netflix

In an eventful week for streaming news, an already fragmented market for content splintered further with major announcements from NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia about the future of their content on majo...

smart home

thermostats

energy

Smart Energy Summit

DISTRIBUTECH International

Energy

11/08/2025

Empty Nest-ers Beware: Smart Thermostats are Here to Stay

In an era where energy efficiency is paramount, the role of smart thermostats is becoming increasingly significant. Over recent years, these devices have transitioned from niche gadgets to essential h...

OTT

streaming

sports

subscription

entertainment

vMVPD

Streaming Video Market: Rise of Hybrid Models

Entertainment

11/08/2025

Sports Programming : Key Tactical Initiatives for Streaming

In addition to the strategic trends noted in the prior section, Parks Associates sees four key tactical moves that studios are engaging with in the short term to drive revenue. One big one is the rise...

4K

CES

cloud services

connected CE

fitness apps

online video

smart TV

Consumer Electronics Devices

11/08/2025

CES 2021: TV Brands Seek Differentiation Amid Competition

In a year unlike any other, CES 2021 similarly proceeded unlike any CES before it, with the virtual event bringing the show to arguably its broadest audience yet. One aspect of the show that remain...

pay TV

streaming

SVOD

bundles

entertainment

Entertainment

11/08/2025

Re-bundling and the Future of Streaming: Insights from Kristen Hanich

In a rapidly evolving streaming landscape, content providers are increasingly embracing re-bundling as a strategy to enhance customer retention and streamline the user experience. Kristen Hanich, R...

digital media

online video

OTT

streaming

Press Releases

11/08/2025

Webcast Recap: OTT Churn & Retention: Increasing Lifetime Subscriber Value

In a complimentary webcast hosted by Parks Associates and Swrve on September 6, 2018, Hunter Sappington, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, led discussion about OTT churn rates and how companies can...

pay TV

OTT

streaming

digital content

entertainment

Entertainment

11/08/2025

Why the Box Office Matters to Streaming

In 2025, movie theater sales are steadily rebounding from the declines seen during the pandemic and the labor strikes of 2023 that impacted film output in 2024. This year's Memorial Day weekend sales ...

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