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There is no question that the marriage between consumer electronics devices and broadband content will be a key trend in 2008. For content providers and aggregators, a "go-to-TV" strategy solves at least one of the early challenges facing broadband video services -- the requirement to watch the content on a PC. The hope is that if the industry provides a more seamless video-on-demand experience, consumption of video and other broadband services increases...

The GM5664's price point is a good one, but it remains to be seen how well the machine will fare against serious gaming entries like HP's Voodoo models, Michael Cai, director of broadband and gaming research for Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld "Core PC gamers really drive...

"Is anyone running for the nomination cool?" posed John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates. "Holding these debates on MySpace is always nice, but I'm not sure how much more you're gonna get a lot of kids who are 18 and go 'Oh wow, I really feel like I'm connecting with the candidates.'"...

"Paramount's decision last summer to support HD DVD gave the format some momentum, but what I'm hearing is that there's a loophole in Paramount's 18-month contract with the HD DVD format so that it can get out of it," Chris Roden, research analyst with Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld...

Digging deeper into the data, Parks Associates found that in every country surveyed, a majority of those planning to purchase an additional PC already own a home network. In other words, the lion's share of additional PC purchases occurs after the adoption of a home network. Broadband leads to home networks, which in turn lead to the purchase of additional computers...

The European broadband market is growing rapidly. At the end of Q2 2007, there were close to 100 million broadband subscribers in Europe ...

The CDC report is a clear illustration of how piracy and other illegal activity in China are a threat to businesses worldwide, Parks Associates analyst James Kuai said Wild West in the Far East...

The overall trend behind the widget advertising phenomenon is to try to improve the level of engagement with consumers and the targetability of ads, Harry Wang, a research analyst with Parks Associates, told the E-Commerce Times "The first step is to generate interest from con...

"Flash memory's characteristics of non-volatility, fast read times, shock resistance and low price points will continue to make this storage technology an ideal choice for not only mobile phones, but other handheld devices such as MP3 players and digital cameras," said Chris Roden, a Parks Associates analyst...

Shoppers intended to buy less in the way of consumer electronics this year as compared with last year, according to year-to-year third quarter research on consumer electronics purchase intentions conducted by Parks Associates "Based on these results, I think that we -- along w...

eBay, the world's largest online auction site, carries considerable weight in the U.S. and has a growing presence in Europe. However, in Japan, consumers are much more likely to use local businesses, instead of one that's making the leap from overseas, Harry Wang, senior analyst at Parks Associates, told the E-Commerce Times...

In addition, Amazon's willingness to work with partners such as TiVo, might point to a longer-term strategy to get video on all kinds of different devices, said Kurt Scherf, principal analyst at Parks Associates "For AOL, this is certainly desirable, as it seeks to be a servic...

However, one stakeholder overall holds the key to adoption of the next-generation DVD format -- consumers. In Global Digital Living II, Parks Associates studied various aspects of high-definition player adoption, perception, and purchase factors in 13 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States), which provides some insight into the consumer role in this imbroglio...

"It's a natural extension of the fact that Google operates some of the world's largest data centers and has unique value-added features that it can add in terms of search and organization of the data," said Kurt Scherf, principal analyst at Parks Associates. "It looks like nice synergy, based on what they're already doing."

There is an ongoing tension between content providers and operators whereby operators want content tied to the phone, and content providers want every channel playing nothing but their content, John Barrett, director of research with Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld Inhere...

Obviously, Sony didn't need to show up for the conference to warrant DIC's nod of approval. DIC probably appreciates Sony's diversified business portfolio and wide footprint in the consumer electronics world, Parks Associates analyst James Kuai said "Although it is hard to sta...

Ultimately, much of Kindle's success may depend on whether users find the experience close enough to "being curled up in a chair reading a book -- it's just not the same with this kind of 'Star Trek' panel," John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld...

"This move is mainly geared towards smaller, independent developers. Major developers are already developing for the PS3 and they are unlikely to care about $5,000 dollars in cost differential," said Michael Cai, research director for broadband and gaming at Parks Associates M...

"As PC manufacturers try to find niches and differentiate their products, PCs increasingly are matching TV's capabilities," Harry Wang, a research analyst with Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld. "With Dell's share of PC sales lagging behind HP and others, they are trying to see if by bringing this new concept to market they can establish a market-leading position for innovation."

"It's an interesting idea, and the idea is compelling enough that a lot of people have tried it, but it never really seems to find a fit with consumers," John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates, told TechNewsWorld The problem is that e-books do not make for a be...