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Home Audio Products Achieve Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rate
by Futuresource Consulting

Home Audio Products Achieve Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rate

Futuresource Consulting announced the availability of its latest Home Audio Tracking Report with smart speakers continuing to drive the market followed by home automation, immersive smart sound bars and smart displays. In the company's global Home Audio quarterly market analysis and commentary, Futuresource confirmed that smart speakers achieved a 53% growth since Q4 of 2018. Until now heavily concentrated in English and Chinese speaker markets, smart speakers are starting to expand to other language markets.
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Bluetooth LE Audio and LC3: Market Overview, Technology Trends and Forecast from SAR Insight & Consulting
by audioXpress Staff

Bluetooth LE Audio and LC3: Market Overview, Technology Trends and Forecast from SAR Insight & Consulting

Cinemas, gamers and the hard of hearing could all benefit from Bluetooth 5.2, according to the latest "Bluetooth LE Audio and LC3: Market Overview, Technology Trends and Forecast" report from SAR Insight & Consulting. Bluetooth will continue to be a popular and flexible way to connect devices, thanks in part to the technology being refreshed to remain relevant to component manufacturers and consumers, says SAR Insight & Consulting.
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Bragi and CEVA Collaborate to Drive New Class of Hearable and Personal Audio Devices
by Joao Martins

Bragi and CEVA Collaborate to Drive New Class of Hearable and Personal Audio Devices

CEVA, the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, and Bragi GmbH, the hearables pioneer from Munich, Germany, announced a strategic collaboration to drive a new class of hearable devices where the user experience is customizable via the industry’s first hearable app store and the new Bragi 4 operating system. Target devices include headsets, hearing aids, True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds and a host of other smart audio devices for the consumer and the smart home.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Reveals the Weakest Links in the Supply Chain
by audioXpress Staff

Coronavirus Outbreak Reveals the Weakest Links in the Supply Chain

For many firms, the outbreak of COVID-19 has meant staff working from home and more use of teleconferencing rather than face to face meetings. However, it's a different situation for manufacturers because, despite investments in automation, reducing the need for staff on assembly lines, they still need staff for most operations, including to receive raw materials. The impact of Coronavirus is both global and unpredictable, and the supply chain shock it is causing will most definitely and substantially cut into the worldwide manufacturing revenue of US$15 trillion currently forecasted for 2020 by ABI Research.
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Recommended Book: The Last Seat in the House - The Story of Hanley Sound
by audioXpress Staff

Recommended Book: The Last Seat in the House - The Story of Hanley Sound

University Press of Mississippi recently released a book which all audioXpress and Voice Coil readers will want to know about and own. The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound is a history of Bill Hanley, Woodstock, the live event industry and the first sound engineer to jam sprawling festivals and rock whole stadiums. The book not only pays tribute to Hanley's work but also reveals many irresistible backstage stories about the Newport Festivals, The Beatles’ final tour and much more.
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Prolight+Sound 2020 Cancelled
by audioXpress Staff

Prolight+Sound 2020 Cancelled

UPDATE: Prolight+Sound 2020 Cancelled. For the last 25 years, Prolight+Sound has been synonymous with trends and innovations in the entertainment-technology industry. Given the increasing spread of Covid-19 in Europe, Messe Frankfurt confirmed the decision to cancel Prolight+Sound 2020. The trade fair was originally planned for 31 March to 3 April. The next Prolight+Sound will be held from 13 to 16 April 2021.
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Lencore Acoustics Sound Masking Business Acquired by Media Company
by audioXpress Staff

Lencore Acoustics Sound Masking Business Acquired by Media Company

Emmis Communications Corporation announced the acquisition of the sound masking business of Lencore Acoustics Corporation, a leading manufacturer in high-quality sound masking solutions for offices and other commercial applications. Based in Long Island (Woodbury), New York, Lencore has 33 employees who will become Emmis employees, including the sound masking business' leadership team. The offices will remain in Long Island New York.
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GRAS Sound & Vibration Partners with Sound Hub Denmark Innovation Environment
by audioXpress Staff

GRAS Sound & Vibration Partners with Sound Hub Denmark Innovation Environment

GRAS Sound & Vibration announced its partnership with Sound Hub Denmark. The audio test and measurement company grabbed the opportunity to join a world-class sound and acoustics growth hub in Struer, in the North of Denmark, together with other players such us Bang & Olufsen, GN Audio (Jabra) and Harman Lifestyle, among others. Sound Hub Denmark is located in an original red stone factory building with architecture dating back to 1946, and the former location of the Bang & Olufsen R&D department until 2018.
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Lifesize Merges with Serenova to Gain Muscle on Competitive Unified Communications and Collaboration Market
by audioXpress Staff

Lifesize Merges with Serenova to Gain Muscle on Competitive Unified Communications and Collaboration Market

Lifesize, the video collaboration and meeting solutions company, and Serenova, a leading contact center-as-a-service (CCaaS) provider, announced a merger, creating a new combined business that expands solutions to serve more than 10,000 customers worldwide. Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm with over $6.7 billion of capital under management, is the financial sponsor of the merger and will continue to invest and support the combined business to address the $60 billion unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) market.
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WiSA Announces Support of Dolby Atmos Height Channels
by Joao Martins

WiSA Announces Support of Dolby Atmos Height Channels

WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association founded by Summit Wireless Technologies and supported by more than 60 leading consumer electronics brands, announced support of Dolby Atmos height channels, allowing WiSA speaker partners to develop products that include immersive 3D audio experiences made possible by Dolby Atmos technology. WiSA users will be able to assign front height, side height and rear height audio channels to WiSA Certified speakers, making it easy for consumers to configure their systems for Dolby Atmos content during set-up.
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