Market Trends of Professional Audio Industry
The Loudspeakers Segment is Expected to Hold a Major Market Share
- The increased demand for high-end professional loudspeakers in the corporate sector drives the market's growth. With increased competition, corporate organizations increasingly embrace sound equipment to ease and manage workplace workflow. Nowadays, implementing high-end professional speakers in video conferencing systems in the corporate sector has become necessary. However, the high cost of high-end speakers, due to the quality of materials, design, durability, weight, and branding, is challenging for the market's growth.
- Further, the advent of advanced technologies like the IoT and augmented reality (AR) presents lucrative opportunities for the evolution of the growth of the market as several companies are adopting AR to manufacture innovative professional loudspeakers intended for usage in commercial purposes like music concerts, recording and broadcasting studios, and the cinemas.
- Additionally, within the last decade, music festivals have become significant moneymakers in a competitive industry that sees numerous events yearly like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, etc. Hundreds of smaller, niche, or genre-specific festivals have flourished alongside the rise in mainstream music festivals' popularity.
- For instance, Live Nation organized over 43.6 thousand events worldwide in 2022, an increase from 17.2 thousand events in 2021. The soaring popularity of professional speakers in these events is expected to offer tremendous growth to the professional loudspeakers segment.
- For instance, in July 2022, many dancefloors at Detroit's Movement Festival deployed highly versatile JBL VTX Series line array sound reinforcement systems comprising streamlined rigs featuring JBL VTX A12 loudspeakers and B28 and S28 subwoofers for several of Movement's stages.
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Europe is Expected to Witness a High Market Growth
- Technological advances in Europe may allow manufacturers to make significant gains over the forecast timeline. Integration of telecommunication applications like Skype and Zoom and growing consumer demand would further drive the Professional audio market forward.
- Additionally, increased consumer spending is also likely to lead to more premium audio and visual equipment purchases. Consumer spending rose in 2022 due to the rapid rollout of the United Kingdom vaccination program, increased certainty surrounding trade relations with the European Union, and the relaxation of restrictions. This is expected to provide an opportunity for the growth of the studied market.
- Several organizations are migrating to IP-based infrastructures to enhance their media management workflow. In Europe, the government has been collaborating with various companies with the aim of enhancing its recording and streaming application in the market. For instance, in September 2022, Arbor launched a novel IP SMPTE 2110 standards-based software portfolio built on Matrox ST 2110 hardware and software technologies. Arbor’s new IP-based video management solutions support a wide range of streaming and recording applications for Europe’s government agencies and organizations.
- Arbor Solutions would be providing government organizations with broadcast-grade audio and video recordings and enabling users complete control over all audio and video content. Arbor offers its products to its customers in the government space for diverse range of applications like professional broadcast-quality video, standards, and future-proof platforms as essential requirements. Such initiatives by the government to adopt AV systems are expected to contribute to the increase in the demand for professional audio systems in the market.
- Moreover, the vendors in the market are looking for strategic investments to gain a competitive edge and cater to a broader customer base through new product offerings. For instance, in January 2022, Vitec Imaging Solutions, a global provider of premium branded hardware products and software solutions to the proliferating content creation market, announced the acquisition of Audix which is the premier microphone brand for studio and live performance audio.
- Further, in January 2023, at Integrated Systems Europe, Cisco introduced its new range of collaboration devices for Microsoft Teams and launched the new Cisco Table Microphone Pro, a digital and multi-directional table microphone for hybrid workspaces with audio interoperability advancements.
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