2019 Review 2019 in the rear-view mirror


If this was the year of the collaborative display, dvLED and laser phos- phor projectors, Voice control and VR just snuck in at the end – point- ing to exciting times ahead.


January 2019 Global collaboration displays market up 172%


The year got off to a very encouraging start with a report from Futuresource to the effect that the market for collaboration dis- plays, with embedded cameras, microphones and speakers opti- mised for conferencing applications, increased by 172% by vol- ume during the 12 months ending March 2019. Colin Messenger, Senior Market Analyst at Futuresource Consult- ing commented: “Over the last three years, interest and demand has gone through the roof. The corporate meeting room space has been transformed, with modern working habits and technological advancements contributing to its rebirth as a collaborative work- space. With developments in collaboration displays taking place during this time of workplace reinvention, display vendors are well-positioned to take full advantage of the opportunity.”


“The corporate market takes the lion’s share of collaboration dis- plays,” said Messenger, “accounting for 85% of global sales. The remaining 15% is sold into education, where higher education is the predominant market.”


March 2019


ISE attendance growth slows but exhibition space in high demand


While it is true that the 16th Integrated Systems Europe was the biggest and broadest-reaching ever, the overall number of regis- tered visitors to ISE 2019 was 81,268 – another record figure for the show, but representing an increase of just 345 visitors over the previous year. Compare this with the 10.3% increase in 2017, and you can see that perhaps the glory days of continuous double-digit growth are over.


Nonetheless, a remarkable 32% of attendees were first time vis-


itors to ISE. The Wednesday saw the largest ever one-day atten- dance figure for any show at the Amsterdam RAI, and the number of attendees on Friday passed 20,000 for the first time. One ex- planation for the slowdown in growth is that the show doesn’t do enough for the end-user - a key growth area for sourcing attendees – or that it has reached the optimum audience of trade visitors.


“Business as usual” says TIG CEO Collaboration display volumes for full-year 2018 increased by


over 154%, says Futuresource. Tracking the global market and key world regions, as well as drilling down into the USA, China, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark.


“Futuresource


expects continued growth for the


overall collaboration displays market, with total volumes forecast to have a CAGR of 25.1% up to 2023.”


February 2019 LG to release rollable LFD this year


Innovation In screen formats continued apace with LG’s an- nouncement of a rollable 65-inch TV for later in 2019. The chief benefit of rollable OLED is that it rolls away into a compact tube housed in a piece of furniture. Switched on, the rolled-up screen rises out of the box, unrolling and achieving its full height in a few seconds. With the power turned off the TV screen goes black and lowers back into its box. Would rollable OLED withstand commercial duty cycle? LG says the TV has been tested to 50,000 rolls up or down. If you turned it on or off eight times a day, it would last 17 years. When not using it as a full TV display user can raise part of the screen as a digital hub.


“The corporate market takes the lion’s share of collaboration dis- plays,” said Messenger, “accounting for 85% of global sales. The remaining 15% is sold into education, where higher education is the predominant market, as today’s products and licencing costs are considered too expensive for most K-12 schools. This global percentage split between corporate and education is mirrored at the regional level, with Americas, Asia and EMEA exhibiting sim- ilar ratios.”


Futuresource expects continued growth for the overall collabora- tion displays market, with total volumes forecast to have a CAGR of 25.1% up to 2023.


“Would rollable OLED withstand


commercial duty cycle? LG says the TV has been tested to 50,000 rolls up or down.


If you turned it on or off eight times a day, it would last 17 years.”


ISE 2019 – the show continues to be the world’s biggest and most comprehensive marketplace for AV solutions and services.


Robin van Meeuwen CEO of TIG, the exclusive sales agent for Crestron in EMEA and new Oblong Industries’ partner, says that for Crestron buyers, it will be very much a case of “business as usual”. In an exclusive podcast for AV News, Robin explained the structure of the new Technical Innovations Group, the continuing relationship with Crestron and the developing relationship with Oblong Industries. Mary Ann de Lares Norris VP EMEA sat in on the podcast to explain the updates to Oblong’s Mezzanine that make it more compact and easier to install. “Future Vision Marketing distributed Crestron, only Crestron, for 32 years. It was started up in 1987. The company grew and grew and grew. In 1994 we became Crestron EMEA. On the face of it, we were seen in the market as the manufacturer. As the com- pany grew over the last 20 something years, it really was a massive undertaking. It was a complex organisa- tion. We were carrying huge levels of inventory. We were paying our main supplier perfectly on time but then we had to bridge the gap with the customers,” ex- plained Van Meeuwen.


Robin van Meeuwen CEO of Technological Innovations Group (TIG): “The most logical conclusion was that all the logistics should be handled by Crestron, as the manufacturer. and that we, as Technolog- ical Innovations Group should become the sales agency for Crestron.”


“So, it was a massive challenge to balance all the financial and logistical factors. About a year ago we put all the options on the table. The most logical conclusion was that all the logistics should be handled by the manufacturer and that we as Techno- logical Innovations Group would become the sales agency for Crestron.”


Hear the full story from Robin and Mary Ann at: https://myshowguide.com/podcasts-videos/


“It was a complex organisation. We were carrying huge levels of inventory. We were paying our main supplier perfectly on time but then we had to bridge the gap with the customers.”


April 2019 Plantronics rebrands as Poly ISE 2019:


“Exhibitors seemed unconcerned whether the attendance is 80,000 or 81,000 – the fact is that ISE represents a huge share of the available


market AV solutions and services.


LG’s 65-inch rollable OLED TV display is housed in a cabinet when not in use. LG says that the technology is suitable for commercial applications.


The familiar Polycom brand will transition into Poly. P14 AV News December 2019


Plantronics, the latest owner of Polycom, announced that the com- pany will transform into Poly – “a technology company focused on the human experience of communications and collaboration, aiming to make communication as rich and natural as in-person.” Poly, explains Plantronics, means “many”, and leverages the leg- endary audio and video expertise of Plantronics and Polycom and its breadth of smart endpoints that connect across and between unified communications platforms to reduce the distractions, complexity and distance in the modern workspace. Poly aims to be the solution of choice whenever and wherever collaboration clouds reach people.


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