Enterprise-grade networking solutions provider Access Networks is expanding into Canada via a partnership with the luxury hybrid rep/distribution firm The Watershed Group, which will represent the brand throughout the country.
Hunter Douglas has brought out a series of automated window treatment styles enhanced with its PowerView Motorization operating system. The company touts the shades’ and blinds’ customizability, along with their suitability for virtually any shape or size window in any smart home, theater, or control system. Hunter Douglas window treatments are available in over 20 styles that can be automated…
Hunter Douglas has brought out a series of automated window treatment styles enhanced with its PowerView Motorization operating system. The company touts the shades’ and blinds’ customizability, along with their suitability for virtually any shape or size window in any smart home, theater, or control system. Hunter Douglas window treatments are available in over 20 styles that can be automated…
The International Communications Industries Association (ICIA), organizer of the InfoComm trade exhibition, released its 2005 Market Forecast Survey with figures pointing to what executive director Randy Lemke characterizes as a significant rise in the importance of the residential systems market sector to the group’s audiovisual (AV) industry membership. “About 20 percent of our members are working in the residential environment,…
A unique new culinary content series, “Cooking in Your True to Food Kitchen,” which brings together noted chefs and interior designers, debuts today. The program is a twist on Signature Kitchen Suite’s popular “True to Food” series hosted by acclaimed food writer Mark Bittman and featuring culinary artisans from around the country exploring how we can all get the best…
“Since the start of our relationship with Jason Wu in 2006, his forward-thinking sense of style continues to enrich and influence the Brizo® brand’s unique, fashion-centric approach to design,” said Mandy Ellington, Brizo® Director of Brand Management. “Over the years, the collaboration has evolved, first producing the Jason Wu for Brizo™ Bath Collection, and now, the Jason Wu for Brizo™…
New Parks Associates smart home research finds providers and manufacturers are increasingly competing on price, innovation, and privacy protections. The firm’s Smart Home Tracker notes 44% of US broadband households who do not own or intend to purchase a smart home device perceive the devices as too expensive, so as more manufacturers, such as Blink, Eufy, and Honor, deploy low-cost…
Connected Design Publisher MaryEllen Oswald and Editor in Chief, Nancy Klosek welcomed Elizabeth Parks, president of the research firm Parks Associates, as their guest on the most recent episode of Insider Talk. With the smart home market grabbing its share of big CE headlines overt the last few years, the trio jumped right into how the sector has fared during…
KONKA North America, LLC, a subsidiary of the KONKA Group, a Digital Home Entertainment company, has announced that it has forged a strategic alliance with Nationwide Marketing Group (NMG) and O’Rourke Sales Company. KONKA is making its North American debut this month with three new series of KONKA Android TVs, including the Q7 Pro Series QLED Android TV, U5 Series…
Silicon Labs, a provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more connected world, today announced Works With 2020 (silabs.com/workswith), the defining smart home technology conference.