DALLAS, TX — (Marketwired) — 04/21/15 — Parks Associates today announced the tenth-annual will be held November 10-11, 2015, in Amsterdam. The Advisory Board, including executives from Deutsche Telekom, Honeywell, Liberty Global, Sutherland Global, Telecom Italia, and Telefónica, will help guide the agenda topics on the Internet of Things, connected entertainment, video services, and the smart home.
“Some European countries have outpaced the U.S. in adoption of smart TVs, so consumer demand for connected solutions is a global trend,” said , President, Parks Associates. “Entertainment and the smart home have transitioned to on-demand functionality, and all companies active in the connected home must adjust their solutions accordingly. focuses on the best strategies to remain relevant in the future and to leverage current trends to create new revenues.”
The executive summit has early sponsorship support from Icontrol Networks, Prodea Systems, ROC-Connect, Tyco, and Z-Wave. The includes:
Deutsche Telekom – Holger Knoepke, Vice President
Honeywell – Mario Moura, General Manager, Home Comfort & Energy Systems EMEA
Liberty Global – Mark Giesbers, VP Video Products
Sutherland Global – Ratul Sengupta, Vice President, Client Engagement, Global Head SmartLeap Practice
Telecom Italia – Cian Paolo Balboni, Strategy & Innovation, Head, Future Centre
Telefónica – Alfredo Serret, Global Director Digital Home Services
The CONNECTIONS Europe topics include:
Defining the Connected Home: Entertainment, Smart Home, & Health
Innovative Partnerships: Opening New Opportunities in the Connected Home
IoT: Transforming Innovations into Consumer Value Propositions
Unlocking the Value of Personalization: Big Data vs. Privacy
Standards and Interoperability: Creating Competition through Cooperation
Wearables and Connected Health Opportunities
OTT and Pay TV Bundles – Defining the Future TV provider
The Next Market Opportunities on the TV Landscape: 4K & OTT
Evolution of Content Access: Cloud-based CE and Video Services
Integrating IoT into Smart Home Platforms
Next-Gen Consumer Support: Connected Devices and IoT
Integrating OTT Content with Service Provider Platforms
include:
Among broadband households, 57% in the U.K., 29% in Spain, and 24% in Germany subscribe to an OTT service.
Awareness of TV Everywhere among pay-TV subscribers stands at 23% in the U.K., 29% in Spain, and 12% in Germany.
Global OTT video service subscription revenues will increase from $8.8 billion in 2014 to $19.2 billion in 2019.
For information on CONNECTIONS Europe, visit or contact , 972-490-1113. To schedule a meeting with an analyst, contact Holly Sprague at , 720.987.6614.
CONNECTIONS Europe is the leading annual executive conference on the connected home and IoT ecosystems. The two-day event features consumer research and high-level analysis on connected devices and services, new and innovative business strategies and partnerships, and critical challenges in driving consumer adoption of entertainment, smart home, and IoT solutions.
Holly Sprague
Parks Associates
720.987.6614
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