The size of the global smart building market (estimated to be worth 80.63 billion in 2021) is expected to increase to $96.99 billion (€91bn) by 2031, with a CAGR of 22.11% between 2022 and 2031, says a new report by Adroit Market Research.

Survey data from Biamp has found that although workers are spending more time in the office, managers acknowledge that the ability to work from anywhere remains a necessity, especially for those working on the road or in satellite offices, at least for part of the time.

Lightware Visual Engineering has announced it has joined the Q-SYS Technology Partner Program.

Shure has announced it is to acquire Ab Wavemark Oy, a software provider for theatre, film, TV, broadcast, and content streaming applications.

Vioso’s auto-calibration technology was used to create a seamlessly curved 3D visualisation theatre in the cylindrical headquarters of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) in Daejeon.

New research from Kinly shows that one in four hybrid working technology setups installed during the pandemic are being rolled back due to ‘rushed’ AV installations.

Microsoft has confirmed that Microsoft Teams will be available to business customers in EMEA separately from its Office bundle after the European Union opened an antitrust investigation into the company’s bundling of products.

d&b audiotechnik has confirmed a major strategic partnership with the Dubi Opera, seeing d&b take on the role of official technology partner for the venue.

CVP has announced that Alun Milton will take on the role of senior account manager, with the objective of solidifying the company’s position in the UK and Europe.

The Fraunhofer Institute will present a new system at IBC 2023 that can automatically localise and identify people in large media archives based on faces and voice.