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Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

08/15/2025

Smart Home Dashboard 2Q 2025

The Smart Home Dashboard visualizes the most important metrics informing the strategic decision making of companies across the connected home market.   Consumer Insights Dashboards present survey-b...

Trackers

Residential Security

08/07/2025

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2025 - July 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

Residential Security

07/31/2025

Smart Home and Security Tracker 2025: Q2 Platforms, Products, and Forecasts

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...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Residential Security

07/30/2025

Residential Security Dashboard 2Q 2025

The Residential Security Dashboard visualizes the most important metrics informing the strategic decision making of companies across the residential security market. Consumer Insights Dashboards pr...

White Paper

Smart Home Devices, Automation, Controls

07/29/2025

Smart Home Evolution: Unlocking Value

This white paper explores the progress of the smart home industry, highlighting key milestones, emerging consumer demands, and the increasing role of artificial intelligence. The research highlights t...

Webinar

Independent Living

07/21/2025

Ambient Sensing: Next Frontier in Senior Care

As the US population ages, more than 25 million households are stepping into caregiving roles with nearly 10 million supporting seniors who live independently but still need assistance.  Currently, on...

Webinar

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

07/24/2025

Consolidation & Aggregation: Transformation of Streaming Services & Technologies

Streaming services are undergoing rapid consolidation and aggregation, reshaping the competitive environment. This session explores the strategic mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and technologies...

Webinar

MDU Research

07/24/2025

PropTech, Broadband, and the Future of Multifamily Living

This session explores the latest developments in proptech, including highlights from Parks Associates latest research spotlighting innovative companies enabling Smart Spaces.  Parks Assoicates team wi...

Webinar

Residential Security

07/24/2025

Intelligence Over Hardware: Security Meets Smart Tech

Join Parks Associates, Ubiety, and leading players to explore how to navigate this shift, unlock new value, and position your solutions for long-term success in a rapidly evolving market. The resid...

Webinar

Wi-Fi and Home Networking

07/24/2025

Beyond Speed: The New Era of Context-Driven Connectivity

The race for speed is over—and the race for relevance has begun. This webinar, hosted in partnership with Adeia, brings together broadband and networking leaders to explore the next era of ISP differe...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Consumer Electronics Devices

07/22/2025

Tech Ecosystem Dashboard: Q1 2025

The Tech Ecosystem Dashboard visualizes the most important metrics informing the strategic decision making of companies connected to the leading consumer electronics devices in the home. Consumer I...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

07/21/2025

Streaming Video Tracker: Analyst Notes, Q2 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...

Trackers

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

07/21/2025

Streaming Video Tracker - North American Update: July 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...

Blogs

Google

security

home safety

Smart Home

08/29/2025

The End of Google Nest Secure and the Future of DIY

Towards the end of October, Google announced the discontinuation of its three-year-old Google Nest Secure alarm system. Although Google will no longer sell its DIY home security system, it will contin...

smart home

online video

virtual reality

social media

entertainment

Entertainment

08/29/2025

Why Augmented Reality Matters

Too often augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are lumped into the same category together, which speaks to the fundamental lack of understanding about what exactly AR is and what it’s aimin...

energy

automation

Smart Energy Summit

DISTRIBUTECH International

Energy

08/29/2025

How Utilities Can Enhance Their Efficiency Through Consumer Rate Programs

Too few customers are familiar with their energy-provider’s special rate programs, according to market research firm Parks Associates. With many service providers offering special rates as part of ene...

smart home

Google

Apple

entertainment

Press Releases

08/29/2025

Alcatel-Lucent: Europeans less willing to pay for smart home services than Americans

Tom Van Leeuwen, Product Line Manager at Alcatel-Lucent, answers the following industry questions prior to the 2015 CONNECTIONS Europe event taking place 10-11 November in Amsterdam: What challenge...

smart home

Google

thermostats

energy

broadband

In The News

08/29/2025

Nest selling cheaper Internet-connected thermostat to reach masses

Tom Kerber of the research and consulting firm Parks Associates said the cheaper thermostat could persuade more shoppers to try Nest. Just 11 percent of American households with broadband Internet hav...

home networks

Internet of Things

interoperability

M2M

smart home

Smart Home

08/29/2025

IoT, Emotional Engagement, and More about Uber

Today, we learned that Uber has changed its icons on smart devices and that these city-specific icons will take on a life of their own – changing as one moves from city to city. While this development...

smart home

CONNECTIONS

home automation

interoperability

Consumer Electronics Devices

08/29/2025

Smart Home is Forcing Convergence of Traditionally Separate Industries

Today, the smart home is forcing convergence of traditionally separate industries, creating opportunities for partnerships and new ways for consumers to acquire connected solutions in the home. Connec...

energy

home automation

smart home

security

Smart Home

08/29/2025

What’s next in the Canadian Smart Home Industry?

Today, smart homes equipped with IoT technology, are quickly increasing in popularity due to the convenience, comfort and security it brings. Parks Associates, an internationally recognized market res...

energy

home automation

smart home

thermostats

Press Releases

08/29/2025

Icontrol Networks Announces Integration of WeatherBug Home

Today, Icontrol Networks announced a new partnership with Earth Networks, which centers around the integration of WeatherBug Home into Icontrol’s Developer Program. Icontrol Networks, a leader in i...

CES

home safety

security

CONNECTIONS Summit

Smart Home

08/29/2025

Home Security Growth: DIY and Pro Channels

Today, advances in home security and safety devices offer consumers an increasing array of solutions to help them trade in worry for peace of mind. As smart home security devices grow in familiarity,...

OTT

Future of Video

streaming

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

08/29/2025

The Triumph of Streaming: How it Won Against Pay TV

Today’s viewers consume video content across a range of content types and business models, gravitating toward online streaming services instead of traditional cable and satellite to meet their enterta...

OTT

pay TV

streaming

Press Releases

08/29/2025

OTT Customer Acquisition: Opportunities and Challenges – Webinar co-hosted by Parks Associates and Brightcove

Today’s OTT market is defined by the proliferation of service offerings, unprecedented amounts of online video content, and ever-increasing access points to that content. As a result, OTT content and...

Amazon

smart home

voice control

smart speakers

Consumer Electronics Devices

08/29/2025

Amazon gives Alexa devices price cut before HomePod gets on the shelves

Today is Amazon’s Prime Day (7/11). In the past week, noteworthy discounts on Amazon’s Alexa-powered devices has been top tech news. As of Q2/2017, Amazon’s smart speakers with the Alexa personal assi...

connected CE

smart home

smartphones

virtual reality

Consumer Electronics Devices

08/29/2025

Facebook's Developer Conference Addresses Trends in Connected CE

Today Facebook will address the changing environment for consumers to communicate, including the introduction of AI, VR, social sharing models, and more, at its F8 Developer Conference. Companies in c...

gaming

Apple

virtual reality

metaverse

headsets

Entertainment

08/29/2025

Apple Vision Pro: New Reality for Immersive Experiences

Today Apple unveiled its Apple Vision Pro Augmented Reality headset, designed for developers first at $3,499, and with an uncertain release date pegged for “early 2024”. Extended reality / metavers...

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