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Quantified Consumer

Consumer Electronics and Entertainment

02/08/2017

Video Consumption by Language Groups

Video Consumption by Language Groups analyzes the uptake and use of pay-TV and digital video services among select ethnic groups and households that speak a language other than English in the home. Th...

Quantified Consumer

Consumer Electronics and Entertainment

02/06/2017

Pay TV and the Reality of Cord Cutting

This 360 View Update quantifies the consumer groups that are flowing away from traditional pay TV, including those cancelling services and those who never subscribe. It assesses their motivations, val...

Industry Report

Consumer Electronics and Entertainment

02/06/2017

Digital Natives: Video Strategies for Millennials and Gen Z

The Internet has changed the way young consumers watch video content, placing similar values on low-cost digital video and big-budget professionally produced video. Content companies have struggled to...

Channel Analytics

Smart Home: Products and Services

01/12/2017

2016 Security Dealer Survey

This research presents and analyzes the results of a survey of installers/dealers employed by security firms installing security systems in US households. It quantifies the dealers’ view of security m...

Industry Report

Consumer Electronics and Entertainment

12/31/2016

Disruption in Video Sourcing and Production

Internet video has shaped the way content creators produce and deliver video to their audiences, from affordable equipment to innovation in storytelling techniques. While YouTube videos have yet to ov...

Quantified Consumer

Consumer Electronics and Entertainment

12/28/2016

Streaming Audio Devices

360 View Update: Streaming Audio Devices analyzes trends in streaming audio device ownership and future purchase intention. The research assesses audio consumption in terms of weekly hours of use on m...

Industry Report

Broadband and Mobility

12/20/2016

Evolution of Support Services: Global Trends and Outlook

This report examines trends in device adoption among broadband households in the U.S., Europe, and other regions worldwide. It also examines the primary gaps in product and support experiences faced b...

Webinar

Smart Home: Products and Services

12/13/2016

Winning the European Smart Home Customer – Successful Service Provider Lessons

In the webinar, Parks Associates and Sigma Designs discuss lessons learned from successful telcos who leverage their advantages and build a revenue-generating offering with smart home solutions alongs...

Webinar

Smart Home: Products and Services

12/06/2016

Connecting the Potential with the Premise of the IoT

This webinar examines strategies to unlock the full potential of the residential IoT by extending smart capabilities to all devices - be they connected or not connected - in the smart home.

Industry Report

Broadband and Mobility

12/01/2016

Disruptions from Sharing Economy Apps

The sharing economy is a phenomenon describing new business models built on the proliferation of smartphone and app use that are supported by shared resources from these devices owners. These business...

Industry Report

Smart Home: Products and Services

11/23/2016

Transforming the Smart Home User Experience

Technology advances in data analytics, in modeling and mining unstructured data, are changing the way that consumers interact with products. Two-way voice and video analytics, combined with cognitive...

Blogs

The Streamable

OTT

streaming

advertising

In The News

04/27/2026

Streaming Users Could Save $366 per Year by Switching to Ad-Supported Streaming; Average Customer Has 5.6 Services

New data from Parks Associates reveals that users could save $366 per year by switching to ad-supported plans. The data also shows that the average streaming household is subscribed to 5.6 servic...

CONNECTIONS

europe

home networks

smart home

Press Releases

01/20/2023

11% of Spanish Homes with Broadband Already have a Control System for Smart Homes

Spain surpasses the United Kingdom and Germany in the use of Home Automation Services On the 18th and 19th of November the Connections Europe 2014 event will take place in Amsterdam. It i...

digital media

online video

OTT

pay TV

smart TV

Press Releases

04/27/2026

Comcast's New Smart TV Licensing Strategy

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast is in talks with Walmart to partner on a new line of smart TVs. The smart TVs would be running Comcast's X1 operating system, which powers the...

Google

home safety

security

smart home

Smart Home

04/27/2026

What does Google’s investment mean for the home security market?

Yesterday, Google announced that it will invest $450 million in ADT and work with the Florida-headquartered firm’s 20,000 technicians to sell and install the search giant’s Nest family of smart home p...

smartphones

Wi-Fi

Comcast

internet

T-Mobile

Broadband/Communications

04/27/2026

Comcast Dipped its Toe into the Wireless Business

Yesterday, Comcast officially unveiled its wireless ambition. It now offers a mobile service featuring unlimited voice and data starting from $45 per month (other non-unlimited data plan options are a...

COVID-19

smart home

Wi-Fi

Smart Home

04/27/2026

The Smart Home in 2031

With the exception of the high-end, luxury home market, consumers are still working to “build” their smart homes — by buying single devices and connecting them to create an experience that provides va...

care management

connected CE

Connected Health Summit

Internet of Things

wearable

Health

04/27/2026

Earbuds Evolve into a Health Monitoring Device

With rising consumer interest and hot venture money, the wearables market for health and wellness has taken a significant stride forward. The industry is currently fixated on who can dominate the wris...

smart home

home automation

MDUs

Quantified Consumer

multifamily property

Smart Home

04/27/2026

Smart, Safe, and Secure Apartment Living

With record new inventory hitting the market, the multifamily housing industry is growing increasingly competitive. Newer and older properties must vie for renters, and key decision makers are looking...

cord cutting

digital media

OTT

smart TV

streaming

Entertainment

04/27/2026

Standing Out in a Saturated OTT Market

With over 400 OTT streaming providers available to choose from in North America, consumers today are constantly barraged with an endless amount of entertainment options. Combined with inconsistent use...

Amazon

Apple

audio

connected CE

Google

home automation

smart home

Consumer Electronics Devices

04/27/2026

Amazon Sells Out of Echo and Tap

With news that Amazon is officially sold out (online) of Echo and Tap products until after the holidays, it looks like the smart speaker with personal assistant technology category has found its legs....

Amazon

Internet of Things

OTT

smartphones

Broadband and Mobility

04/27/2026

Sprint Partners with Amazon to Offer Amazon Prime to Customers: Parks Associates Insights

With growing adoption of bigger screen smartphones and LTE-enabled tablets, American consumers are spending more time for entertainment on mobile platforms than ever. According to recent Parks Associa...

COVID-19

privacy

security

home networks

Broadband/Communications

04/27/2026

Ransomware Attacks Increased Almost 500% in 2020

With global cybercrime, damages already estimated near $1 trillion in 2019,[1] the threat to businesses and their remote employees surged as lockdowns and social distancing first hit in early 2020. Or...

Internet of Things

interoperability

smart home

Smart Home

04/27/2026

IoT Mass Market Adoption: Impact of Interoperability & Ease of Use

With an estimated 20 to 50 billion cloud connected and IoT products by 2020, established players and new entrants are looking at ways to create a seamless connected experience and how interoperability...

smart home

CONNECTIONS

remote health monitoring

connected health devices

Consumer Electronics Devices

04/27/2026

Medical Devices Offer New Growth Opportunities for the Smart Home Industry

With adoption of connected health and smart home technology growing, interest is rising in how to connect these two experiences. We’ve seen in-home consumer electronics devices start to become HIPAA c...

cord cutting

OTT

streaming

Video Services: OTT, Pay TV

04/27/2026

Four Trends in Retention and Churn Among OTT Services

With a more competitive landscape in the OTT market, viewer retention is a commodity. As new and established entrants maximize retention and minimize churn, several key trends have emerged. The Big...

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