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Smart Home: Products and Services

12/31/2026

Insuring the Smart Home: Fire and Water Monitoring

Smart home devices are reshaping the insurance landscape with proactive risk detection and mitigation. This study evaluates consumer interest in insurance incentives tied to security products and s...

Quantified Consumer

Smart Home: Products and Services

09/30/2026

Home Security in Transition: The Future of Protection

The home security landscape continues to evolve amid growing DIY adoption, AI-enhanced video analytics, and integration with smart home platforms. This study examines consumer security needs, adoption...

White Paper

Smart Home: Products and Services

09/18/2026

State of Home Energy Management

The home energy market is moving toward a more connected, automated, and consumer-driven model. Rising energy costs, growing adoption of connected devices, and the expansion of distributed energy reso...

White Paper

MDU / Multifamily Tech

09/14/2026

Beyond Connectivity: Securing the Modern Resident Experience

This white paper examines how multifamily properties and broadband providers are meeting the diverse connectivity expectations of today's residents while also protecting the network, and the devices a...

White Paper

Smart Home: Products and Services

09/10/2026

The Intelligence Advantage: How Market Research, Strategy, and Forecasts Drive Better Business Decisions

This white paper explores how independent market research, consumer insights, long-term trend data, and forecasts help companies make better strategic decisions, reduce risk, and identify new growth o...

Consumer Insights Dashboard

Broadband and Mobility

09/08/2026

Home Services Dashboard Q2 2026

"The FCC has partially backpedaled on its changes to the Covered List, but challenges remain."   - Kristen Hanich, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates The Home Services Dashboard visuali...

Blogs

smart home

Smart Energy Summit

connected home

energy management

Energy

09/24/2026

The smart home is becoming an energy platform

In the recent keynote segment of the March 5 Smart Energy Summit, Parks Associates connected the evolution of the smart home with the next wave of energy management. Energy is now one of the top re...

CES

digital music

streaming

Entertainment

01/20/2023

2014 International CES: Streaming Music and Networked Audio Product Update

In the past few years, a number of ingredients have coalesced to bring about dramatic change in the home audio market. Take, for example, the concept of multi-room audio systems. Until recently, these...

smart TV

streaming

broadband

Roku

In The News

09/24/2026

Roku's Lead in the Streaming Device Market Keeps Growing

In the first quarter of 2016, one-third of streaming devices owned in U.S. broadband households were manufactured by Roku. That is a pretty substantial chunk, given the big names making up the competi...

Apple

digital health

wearable

Wearable Technologies

Health

09/24/2026

New Apple Watch Capitalizes on Continued Growth in Wearables Market

In the connected health space, the adoption of internet connected technologies that can monitor individual health and fitness is rapidly growing. Parks Associates latest research finds 42% of US broad...

Apple

Google

Internet of Things

smart home

Smart Home

09/24/2026

Smart Home and Risk Assessment: Insurance as a Channel

In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), a tsunami of new information is coming from connected devices. Insurers, intent on securing the deepest level of insight, will need a way to tap into the so...

OTT

pay TV

streaming

online video

entertainment

Press Releases

09/24/2026

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

09/24/2026

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...

smart home

home networks

Wi-Fi

MDUs

broadband

Xfinity Communities

Broadband/Communications

09/24/2026

Connectivity Is Now a Core Amenity in Multifamily Housing

In multifamily housing, connectivity is no longer a back-office utility. It is a front-and-center part of the resident experience. In a recent episode of Beyond the Cable, Brad Randall sat down wit...

digital content

digital media

OTT

Press Releases

09/24/2026

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

09/24/2026

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

09/24/2026

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

09/24/2026

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

09/24/2026

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...

Telecompetitor

Streaming Video Tracker

Samsung

Roku

In The News

09/24/2026

Fox to acquire Roku for $22B

In April, Parks Associates’ Streaming Video Tracker report found that the Roku OS led with 28% of the market. It was followed by the Samsung Tizen OS at 23%. The leaders were followed by Apple tvOS, g...

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