"Apple" articles

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Mrugesh Desai, Head of Solutions Engineering, Accedo shared insights with the analyst team to discuss wthe challeges facing the video industry and how the industry will drive growth in video entertainment over the next few years. Mrugesh will be participating on the Evolution of the Consumer Experience panel on Wednesday, December 12, at 1:30 PM. Panelists joining him on this...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Joel Fineman, Director, Publisher Development, Premion shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the challenges facing the video industry.   Joel will be participating on the Distribution Opportunities and Challenges for Content Producers panel on Tuesday, December 11, at 8:45 AM. Panelists joining him on this session include:   Jon Cody,...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Colleen Moraghan, Senior Vice President, Data Solutions, 605 shared insights with the analyst team to discuss challenges with growing video entertainment today and in the future. Colleen will be participating on The New Economics of Video panel on Tuesday, December 11 at 3:00 PM. Panelists joining her on this session include: Kristen Finney, EVP, EMEA TVD, 20th Century Fox...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 1st-annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media conference, Anthony Smith-Chaigneau, Sr. Director Product Marketing, NAGRA shared insights with the analyst team to discuss the fthe future of Pay TV. Anthony will be participating on the Future Video Services: How VOD, Linear, OTT, and Pay TV Come Together panel on Tuesday, December 11, at 1:15 PM. Panelists joining him on this session include: Scott Ehrlich, Vice President, Emerging...

Apple kicked off the company’s Apple Event day with the introduction of the new Series 4 Apple Watch. As anticipated from leaked photos, the new version maintains the same exterior dimensions as the Series 3 but has 30% larger screens. It has louder speakers, a faster dual-core processor, and greater interaction with the Siri digital assistant – all very useful and largely anticipated upgrades. More significant are new functions that turn the watch into a medical...

One of the most exciting announcements during the Apple Event today centered around the introduction of eSIM technology into the new iPhone XS and XS Max. eSIMs act as a replacement for a traditional physical SIM card - they save internal space, improve water resistance, and allow users to configure their phone's network connection without having to request, wait for, and then physically insert a SIM card. In 2016 and 2017, eSIMS began gaining traction in the consumer market with...

Bernd Grohmann , Executive VP, EQ-3 AG, will be speaking at Parks Associates' upcoming CONNECTIONS Summit: Engaging Consumers: IoT and the Smart Home at CES, January 9, in Las Vegas. He kindly provided insights, to the Parks Associates' analyst team, on Smart TVs, voice control products, increasing consumer awareness of connected products and services (and their fears of adoption), VR/AR trends, drivers for connected home products and services adoption, and what his company is doing to...

Matthew Swatsky , Vice President-Residential Mid-Market Business, Lutron Electronics, recently provided insights to Parks Associates' analyst team regarding what companies can do to increase consumer awareness of smart home products and services and the top drivers for adoption of connected home products and services. Matthew will participate on the session, Smart Home & Interoperability: Expanding Ease of Use , at Parks Associates' CONNECTIONS Summit: Engaging Consumers: IoT...