2019
INDUSTRY
OUTLOOK
Survey
SPEAKING OUT
Professional Sound surveyed audio
professionals across Canada to gauge
the trends they anticipate for their markets
in 2019 and how their outlooks have changed
since this time last year.
29% say 2018 was significantly
more profitable than 2017, while 33%
say 2018 was slightly more profitable
& 20% say it was equally profitable
31% expect this year to be signifi-
cantly more profitable & 29% expect
it to be slightly more profitable…
13%
Only
expect 2019 to be either
slightly or significantly less
profitable
67% expect their company to
hire more employees in 2019 while
only 4% expect their staff to shrink
67% are optimistic about the near future in their segment of the audio
industry, 22% are unsure, & 11% are pessimistic
What are your thoughts
on what your industry
has in store for 2019
when compared to the
last several years? What
business, economic,
and/or technological
trends do you think will
most impact the Cana-
dian pro audio industry
in 2019 and beyond?
“I think audio- and video-
over-IP technologies will
continue in their push for
dominance.”
“The biggest impact will
be the tendency of larger
AV companies to merge
with and to swallow the
smaller companies.”
USITT’s 50 th
Stage Expo
& Conference
Heading to
Kentucky
The United States Institute
for Theatre Technology
(USITT) says its 50 th stage
expo and conference is
on track to be its largest
to date. The show, which
takes place from March
20-23, 2019, in Louisville,
KY, will host more than
200 educational sessions,
hands-on trainings, and
demos, while the expo will host more than 300 exhibitors.
The expo floor will house six stages presenting costume and makeup demos, tutorials, fashion
shows, book signings, speakers, award presentations, the Tech Olympics, and exhibits. Conference
sessions include: Interactive Sound Scapes; Current Practices and Research in Sound; Non-Linear
and Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Playback Structure and Philosophy; In-Ear Monitor Fundamen-
tals and Hearing Conservation; and more.
As well, ESTA and USITT have again partnered on the New World Rigging Symposium, which
will be held from March 19-20, 2019 in conjunction with the USITT Conference and Stage Expo.
The event allows riggers and those interested in the live entertainment rigging industry to net-
work and discuss current issues and new technologies.
For more information, go to www.usittshow.com.
“More affordable mics,
more high-quality VST
plug-ins, and more
tablet-based apps for pro-
fessional live and studio
use. The home studio
market will continue to
grow, and video game
industry growth will
facilitate increased indie
development studios and
a need for junior sound
designers.”
“3D audio and spherical
audio mic modeling.”
“With AoIP starting to
mature, we will see a
settling of trends as the
industry catches up to
the possibilities.”
Bose Corporation
Acquires
Cloud-Based
Service ZiipRoom
Bose has acquired ZiipRoom,
a developer of productivity
and connectivity software for
meeting rooms, conferences,
and devices. ZiipRoom will
integrate into Bose Professional,
the dedicated group within
the company that focuses on
the needs of professional audio
designers, consultants, and
system integrators. ZiipRoom
CEO and co-founder Martin
Bodley, former CEO of RevoLabs,
will be leading the enterprise
conferencing category for Bose
Professional at its headquarters
in Framingham, MA.
For more information,
contact Bose Professional:
800-994-2673, pro.bose.com.
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