"smart home" articles

  Parks Associates will be at ISC West next week checking out what's new for the security industry - not just for single family homes, but also multifamily, SMB, and we are starting to look at the commercial building market especially as it relates to access and control. If you are ISC, we would love to stop by and see what you are showing off! Contact  Ashton Gambrell  or myself to make sure we connect! The 800-pound gorilla issue in the...

Bitdefender is participating as a 2023 Platinum Sponsor in CONNECTIONS™ : The Premier Connected Home Conference, hosted by Parks Associates , taking place over the dates of May 23 – 25, in Frisco, TX. CONNECTIONS™ 2023 features an in-person conference May 23-25, with virtual sessions on July 20 and October 5, focusing on the smart home market, home security, and new services for the home.   Bitdefender  is a cybersecurity leader delivering...

  If you are going to ISC West and have new products to highlight, please be sure to share with Parks Associates team . We love to keep up with the latest developments in security and professional monitoring.   Currently less than a quarter of current home security monitoring subscribers are actively shopping to make a change to their professionally monitored system or service. Historically, consumer choice for residential security systems was...

The smart home market is rapidly evolving, and consumers are expecting more from technology that can provide convenience, safety/security, and energy management solutions. This session, "New Market Segments: Consumers and the Smart Home," at Parks Associates CONNECTIONS™ conference, brought together leaders in the industry to discuss the next generation of smart home buyers and where the market is expanding.   The event featured speakers from   ...

Parks Associates 2022 consumer survey research finds 40% of consumers in US internet households share credentials or use shared credentials from others—this is up from just 27% in 2019.  Households classified as account sharers spend most of their time watching SVOD services, but also use transactional services and watch free content more than those who do not share. These people appear to be more price sensitive, defaulting to free and shared SVOD services for most of their...

Becklar  is participating as the 2023 Wi-Fi Sponsor in CONNECTIONS™ : The Premier Connected Home Conference, hosted by Parks Associates , taking place over the dates of May 23 – 25, in Frisco, TX. CONNECTIONS™ 2023 features an in-person conference May 23-25, 2023, with virtual sessions on March 2, July 20, and October 5, focusing on the smart home market, home security, and new services for the home.   Becklar  creates solutions for a safer world by...

Smart Energy Summit, hosted by Parks Associates, returned to Austin, Texas, and the Omni Austin Downtown Hotel on February 13-15, 2023. The summit agenda featured leaders from utilities, state, and national regulators, telecom and security companies, retailers, and OEMs. Thank you to our 2023 sponsors Connectivity Standards Alliance , Rapid Response Monitoring , Resideo , Calix , Schneider Electric , Copper Labs , Austin Energy ,...

Download  Parks Associates’ complimentary whitepaper, “Personalized Virtual Channels: Maximizing FAST Content,” in collaboration with Quickplay. This whitepaper highlights personalization's engagement and monetization potential for FAST (free ad-supported television) video services. It examines the drivers and uses cases for combining data, analytics, personalization, and virtual streaming channels to create personalized hybrid virtual channels for FAST services. ...