So far, though, a relatively small percentage of customers are using the rapidly evolving technologies.
High-tech thermostats are the most commonly purchased smart home devices, but only about 8 percent of U.S. households with the Internet capacity to take full advantage of smart thermostats have them, according to Parks Associates research. Seven percent of homes have wirelessly controlled lighting.
From the article "Competition among power companies lights up" by Jordan Blum.
According to a recent report from research firm Parks Associates, services that stream television channels via the internet — known as virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) — ha...
Most consumers haven't caught IoT fever yet. "New research from Parks Associates indicates that just 36% of US broadband households have one smart home device, a percentage that decreases if all house...
Amazon also offers transactional (both purchase and rental) and subscription streaming through Amazon Prime Video, continuing to forge partnerships with cablers such as Cox, which added the service to...
The report also revealed that 29% of consumers would rather watch a live stream of an event than attend the event itself, and that a third of 18-24 year-olds share deeper connections with online video...
