NSCA Releases 2022 Compensation & Benefits Report

NSCA has just released its 2022 Compensation & Benefits Report, which is based on data gathered from systems integrators across North America. Now in its seventh iteration, the report tracks and benchmarks compensation and benefits data for a variety of key positions within the industry, including technical, non-technical and C-suite roles. Systems integration firms of all sizes and […]

NSCA Releases 2022 Compensation & Benefits Report

Frost & Sullivan’s Global Video Conferencing Report: Global UCC Devices to Be Up 6x by 2025, With Revenues of $7.8 Billion

As businesses and educational institutions prepare for the return to work, meeting rooms and classrooms will see heavy technology investments to support hybrid work and learning. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, State of the Global Video Conferencing Devices Market, Forecast to 2025, finds that by 2025, the number of video conferencing devices, including room-based endpoints, […]

Frost & Sullivan’s Global Video Conferencing Report: Global UCC Devices to Be Up 6x by 2025, With Revenues of $7.8 Billion

How Will Installation Verticals Weather the Storm of COVID-19?

By James Kirby Futuresource Consulting Through its research in recent years, Futuresource has identified the install audio markets as a key opportunity for brands across the professional audio industry, ranging from large system touring vendors, through to business music brands and conferencing microphone suppliers. However, as with many professional audio segments and other areas of […]

How Will Installation Verticals Weather the Storm of COVID-19?

What Does the Global Demand for LED Look Like Now and In the Future?

By Xiaowen Zhu Futuresource Consulting LED production is highly centralized in China, so anxieties relating to supply have eased fairly rapidly, as the country rebounds from weeks in lockdown. As the number of new COVID-19 cases in China plummets, key vendors are making repeated assurances that their manufacturing capacity has returned to normal, though some […]

What Does the Global Demand for LED Look Like Now and In the Future?

NSCA Updates Electronic Systems Outlook Report for Winter 2019

NSCA’s Electronic Systems Outlook report has been updated for winter 2019 and includes information based upon actual data from January through November 2019, as well as forecasted information for 2020. NSCA partners with FMI to provide this report, which offers the newest, most relevant indicators of business opportunities for integrators. By tracking new construction starts […]

NSCA Updates Electronic Systems Outlook Report for Winter 2019

Hey, Do You Own an AV Integration Firm? If So, Read This!

NSCA has just released a new white paper: “Mergers & Acquisitions — Don’t Grow Your Business into the Ground.” Over the past few years, the systems integration industry has seen an active climate of mergers and acquisitions. Approximately 30 NSCA integrator members have been acquired in the last year alone. Although a successful acquisition or […]

Hey, Do You Own an AV Integration Firm? If So, Read This!

AVIXA Says North American ProAV Market Will Be $112 Billion by 2024

The market for professional audiovisual solutions and services in the Americas will grow to more than $112 billion in 2024, from $89 billion in 2019, according to AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. The growth is reflected in updated forecasts now available in AVIXA’s 2019 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) Americas Summary. […]

AVIXA Says North American ProAV Market Will Be $112 Billion by 2024

How Will the U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports Affect the LED Market?

The global LED videowall market achieved revenues of $5.7 billion last year, with year-on-year double digit growth expected out to 2023, according to a new worldwide industry report from Futuresource Consulting. As the U.S.-China trade war intensifies and political indications suggest a continuing period of punitive tariffs, Chinese companies are exploring ways to accelerate their […]

How Will the U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports Affect the LED Market?

Unified Communications & Collaboration Market to Be $60 Billion by 2025

Unified Communications & Collaboration Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $32 billion to over $60 billion by 2025, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The unified communications and collaboration market growth is attributed to the growing penetration of mobile devices and increasing adoption […]

Unified Communications & Collaboration Market to Be $60 Billion by 2025

Collaboration Board Market Sees Nearly 40 Percent Growth in 2018

Interactive Flat Panel Displays (i.e., collaboration boards) continued to be a considerable success in 2018 in the education and corporate markets. By Q4, 83 percent of all interactive display sales were IFPDs, increasing from 73 percent last year, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting. 55 of the 67 countries that Futuresource track had […]

Collaboration Board Market Sees Nearly 40 Percent Growth in 2018

NSCA Winter 2018 Electronic Systems Outlook Indicates 3 Percent Construction Growth Ahead

NSCA’s Electronic Systems Outlook report has been updated for winter 2018. It includes information based upon actual data from January through November 2018, as well as forecasted information for 2019 and beyond. NSCA partners with FMI to provide this report, which offers the newest, most relevant indicators of business opportunities for integrators. By tracking new […]

NSCA Winter 2018 Electronic Systems Outlook Indicates 3 Percent Construction Growth Ahead

Home Automation to Experience a Boom to 2025 – But Potentially at the Expense of the CI Market

The global home automation systems market will reach $68.1 billion, annually, during by 2025 owing to growing adoption of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) automated devices in global households. Highlighted with 50 tables and 63 figures, this 135-page GMD report,“Global DIY Home Automation Systems Market by Offerings, Product, Technology, and Region 2014-2025: Growth Opportunity and Business Strategy” is […]

Home Automation to Experience a Boom to 2025 – But Potentially at the Expense of the CI Market

Consumer 4K Products Now Number Over 100 Million

As 2018 draws to a close, consumer interest in 4K UHD continues to climb, receiving a further push due to average retail prices reaching parity with HDTV sets, according to the latest market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting. “This year, we’re expecting annual 4K UHD TV shipments to power past 100 million units,” says Tristan […]

Consumer 4K Products Now Number Over 100 Million

Video Conferencing Market to Surpass USD $20 Billion by 2024

Global videoconferencing market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $11 billion to over $20 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The falling price of the video conferencing products (and also soft-codec-based systems) is also driving the growth in the video conferencing […]

Video Conferencing Market to Surpass USD $20 Billion by 2024

Integrate Releases Report on APAC ProAV and HomeAV Markets

Last month, Integrate released its inaugural industry report and the outlook is looking good for the AV industry in the Asia Pacific region. Using information sourced from an industry-wide research survey, the Integrate Audio Visual Industry Report 2018 presents insights into a localised AV market, as well as predictions for the next five years and beyond. “Our […]

Integrate Releases Report on APAC ProAV and HomeAV Markets

UCC Drives PTZ Camera Sales Growth in ProAV Market

Sales of professional PTZ cameras will grow a steady 37 percent by 2021, as companies from across the broadcast, pro video and AV spectrum look for alternative, cost-effective ways to produce video, finds Futuresource Consulting in its latest Professional PTZ Camera Market Overview Report. Global volumes grew 5 percent to reach 108,840 units in 2016 […]

UCC Drives PTZ Camera Sales Growth in ProAV Market

Epson LightScene Targets Retail Holiday Shopping Season

Technology continues to change how we view and interact with our world, including how and where we shop. According to a study from ROTH Capital Partners1, 71 percent of millennials say they would visit physical store locations and make purchases more often if a location provided a significantly enhancing retail experience. With countless shopping options […]

Epson LightScene Targets Retail Holiday Shopping Season

AVIXA Report: Big Spending Coming in 2019 on ProAV and Digital Signage Gear in Transportation

According to AVIXA’s new Market Opportunity Analysis Report (MOAR) focused on transportation, the majority of transportation companies with capital improvement plans will increase their spending over the coming years. In line with construction data, transportation decision makers estimate 4.6 percent of their spending will go toward audiovisual (AV) solutions. The new report reveals that transportation […]

AVIXA Report: Big Spending Coming in 2019 on ProAV and Digital Signage Gear in Transportation

Evolution, Transformation and the Modern Workplace

Workplace meetings have undergone a physical and cultural transformation during the past five years, both in terms of their location and the technology used to facilitate them. Modern working habits and technological advancements have contributed to the rise of the meeting room as a high growth vertical for audio visual, unified communications and collaboration technologies. […]

Evolution, Transformation and the Modern Workplace

AVIXA Says Market Is Up, Up and More Up

For the past two years, the ProAV audiovisual industry has been consistently trending upward, demonstrating strong demand for technology solutions that enable people to communicate and collaborate more effectively. To gauge the ProAV industry’s performance each month, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) created the Pro-AV Business Index in September 2016. Since then, the […]

AVIXA Says Market Is Up, Up and More Up

Hospitality Market Booming, According to AVIXA

With the consumer shift from spending money on possessions to spending on experiences, the hospitality market is thriving. The U.S. accommodations sector alone comprises 4.2 million U.S. jobs and generates $293 billion in revenue. Understanding the need to differentiate their offerings to stay competitive, hospitality companies are investing in audiovisual solutions, with plans to spend […]

Hospitality Market Booming, According to AVIXA

Takeaways from CEDIA’s National Awareness Study

CEDIA has revealed the key findings from its recent national awareness study of the association and its members among design/build professionals, including the news that when home builders, architects and interior designers sub out smart home technology installation, they use a CEDIA contractor 45 percent of the time. Commissioned in support of the CEDIA strategic plan announced earlier this year, […]

Takeaways from CEDIA’s National Awareness Study

NSCA Reports on Findings in New ‘Financial Analysis of the Industry’

NSCA has just released an updated Financial Analysis of the Industry report for 2018, providing information that systems integrators can use to benchmark and compare expenses, profits, sales and other data against industry peers of similar size and business focus. The Financial Analysis of the Industry details the industry’s performance based on data collected from […]

NSCA Reports on Findings in New ‘Financial Analysis of the Industry’

Global ProAV Industry to Grow to $230 Billion by 2023, According to New Forecasts by AVIXA

The professional audiovisual industry will grow from $186 billion in 2018 to $230 billion by 2023, according to updated forecasts in the new 2018 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) Global Summary produced by AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association.This report examines the forces driving growth, from macroeconomic factors to technology trends to […]

Global ProAV Industry to Grow to $230 Billion by 2023, According to New Forecasts by AVIXA

Leyard Stakes Claim to No. 1 in LED Display

Leyard says it’s earned the No. 1 market share position in the $4.5 billion LED video display market, and the No. 1 position in the fastest growing $1.6 billion narrow pixel pitch LED video wall segment, according to two reports by Futuresource Consulting. The analyses, which compared the 2017 performance of all major video wall […]

Leyard Stakes Claim to No. 1 in LED Display

TFCinfo’s Latest Research Reveals The Most Preferred Video Display Brands In American Churches

Flat panel display use in the house of worship market has continued to grow rapidly according to TFCinfo’s recent research report entitled, “The Use of Video Displays in American Churches 2018.”  Of the AV-focused churches that TFCinfo surveyed (churches that have made a strategic and financial commitment to integrate audio visual equipment in their worship service), 75 percent state that […]

TFCinfo’s Latest Research Reveals The Most Preferred Video Display Brands In American Churches

AVIXA Research Study Indicates Retail Is Thriving, Presenting ProAV Opportunities

Contrary to popular belief, retail is healthy, reaching approximately $5.1 trillion in revenue in 2017 and growing 4 percent annually for the past eight years, according to the U.S. Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the National Retail Federation. With less than 10 percent of revenue captured online, brick-and-mortar stores still present an industry rich with […]

AVIXA Research Study Indicates Retail Is Thriving, Presenting ProAV Opportunities

Smart Home Devices Purchases Increased by 66 Percent in 2017

Research from Parks Associates finds purchase intentions for smart home devices among U.S. broadband households have increased by 66 percent year over year, which will drive an accompanying increase in consumer expectations for premium and personalized technology experiences in all aspects of their digital lives. The IoT research firm will host the sessions for Integrated Life Day at InfoComm, June 5 in Las Vegas, […]

Smart Home Devices Purchases Increased by 66 Percent in 2017

New Study From AVIXA and PMA Research Reveals Shift in Worldwide Commercial Display Purchases

During the next three years, buyers of display products (direct-view and projection) anticipate 20-percent growth in the number of displays per location, even as replacement cycles grow longer due to more durable technology, according to a new report from AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association and PMA Research. The report, Worldwide Market for Large-Display Projects: How Buying Decisions Are […]

New Study From AVIXA and PMA Research Reveals Shift in Worldwide Commercial Display Purchases

TFCinfo’s Annual Projector Brand Strength Report Highlights Winners And Improvements in the Projection Industry

TFCinfo today announced the release of its “Projector Brand Customer Perception and Preference Study 2018.” This report marks the 16th year that this annual projector brand benchmarking study has been conducted. TFCinfo’s report not only measures the strength of multimedia projector brands in the five most important market segments in the AV industry (large corporations, SMB-small and medium business, SOHU-small office/home user, education […]

TFCinfo’s Annual Projector Brand Strength Report Highlights Winners And Improvements in the Projection Industry

Wireless Presentation Solutions Market to See 16 Percent CAGR

The Wireless Presentation Solutions Global Market Report reveals that sales of WPS, which is a segment of the rapidly evolving meeting and classroom collaboration market, grew 35 percent from 2016 to 2017, accounting for over $480 million in revenues, with further growth forecast in the short to medium term. “The opportunities available in this space are vast,” […]

Wireless Presentation Solutions Market to See 16 Percent CAGR

Futuresource Says Interactive Flat Panel Display Sales Grew 16% in 2017

Interactive Flat Panels (IFPDs) continued to be a considerable success in 2017 in the education and corporate markets. By Q4, 73 percent of all interactive display sales were IFPDs. The growth has been prodigious, with a CAGR of 48 percent from 2013 to 2017 and growth is forecast to continue. The interactive whiteboard (IWB), the original technology, […]

Futuresource Says Interactive Flat Panel Display Sales Grew 16% in 2017