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OTT video has reshaped a successful industry. What must operators do to recapture their position as primary providers of video services?
Change can be sneaky, particularly when it comes to consumer products and services. Some technologies enter the market with great fanfare only to quietly fade away a few years later. Others go from interesting novelties to behavior-changing products almost before consumers realize what has happened. The smartphone is a great example. Prior to...
Traditionally defined as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment,” sports have begun to take a new form in the growing world of digital media. People of all ages participate as an audience or as competitors in esports, competitions played completely online. With the ease of sites like Twitch and Youtube’s Gaming Center, watching these events is as easy as pressing a few buttons. In...
According to Parks Associates research, 76% of North American broadband households use Wi-Fi as their primary connected technology , but in the past year, 37% of U.S. broadband households report that their Wi-Fi network seems slow. If operators want to compete effectively in the connected home, they will need to add value through premium CPE and a quality consumer experience.
Parks Associates and Calix will discuss emerging trends for service providers in an upcoming webcast, The...
by Parks Associates | Feb. 26, 2018
Tags: broadband, home networks, Internet of Things, smart home, Webcast
Tags: broadband, home networks, Internet of Things, smart home, Webcast
There was no shortage of key entertainment announcements and takeaways from CES 2018 last month in Las Vegas. Here are the top trends from the event impacting the connected entertainment landscape:
Voice control continues to be the hot feature garnering consumer and industry attention. Pay-TV providers are considering their options (or, like Comcast, are already deploying voice controls), and manufacturers of set-top boxes, streaming devices, smart speakers, and remote...
Approximately one-half of smart home device owners experience problems when setting up their devices, according to Parks Associates research.
Consumers continue to rely on operators for the majority of home networking solutions and expect simplified user experiences across multiple interfaces from setup to daily operation. By addressing support issues, service providers can become the drivers of the connected home market.
In the infographic below, Parks Associates highlights...
by Parks Associates | Feb. 6, 2018
Tags: home networks, Internet of Things, smart home, Whitepaper, Wi-Fi
Tags: home networks, Internet of Things, smart home, Whitepaper, Wi-Fi
The evolution of the connected home continues to create opportunities for communication service providers. Parks Associates research shows that 117 million households in North America have broadband, an 87% market penetration. 76% of broadband households use Wi-Fi as their primary connection technology.
Operators are competing with a growing array of products that are staking a claim in the home with offers of an improved Wi-Fi experience, smart home controls, voice interfaces, and...
Having seen a fair few products and services at CES 2018, one technology stood out to me as being particularly interesting from a consumer standpoint: cloud computing services for the consumer. Two companies in particular were showing off this technology on the show floor, NVIDIA and a smaller company called Shadow.
These companies charge consumers a monthly fee to stream the processing power of a high-end PC to any broadband-connected computer, the selling point being that once you...
by Hunter Sappington | Jan. 11, 2018
Tags: CES, cloud services, digital content, gaming, streaming, Wi-Fi
Tags: CES, cloud services, digital content, gaming, streaming, Wi-Fi
Another day of meetings and discovery at CES 2018. Here are a few additional thoughts on what I have seen at the show on day two.
8K is moving closer to reality. Yes. I understand. 4K is just gaining a foothold in the market, and HDR provides a visual pop at retail that may be more compelling than 4K alone. Yet, new 8K-based products are in evidence, with several slated for public release later this year. Samsung’s massive 146-inch “The Wall” TV (which is actually modular...
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