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New Prolight+Sound Concept Generates Exhibitor Support for 2016
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New Prolight+Sound Concept Generates Exhibitor Support for 2016

Frankfurt Messe announced sweeping changes to Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse shows starting in 2016. A new sequence of days, a new hall layout and several innovations such as the creation of business-oriented areas, generated positive response from exhibitors, at least from the Prolight+Sound side.
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ATSC 3.0 Shows The Way Forward for Broadcasting with Immersive Audio
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ATSC 3.0 Shows The Way Forward for Broadcasting with Immersive Audio

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is steadily confirming all scheduled stages for the development and implementation of the most complete terrestrial transmission standard, effectively upgrading broadcasting to Mobile, Handheld and 4K Ultra HDTV with immersive, personalized audio.
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Bluetooth Headset Sales to Grow 12% Over Next Five Years
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Bluetooth Headset Sales to Grow 12% Over Next Five Years

Strategy Analytics reports that global Bluetooth headset revenue growth will improve modestly in 2016, even as mono headset sales volumes continue steady declines. Still, global Bluetooth headset sales will grow 12% during the next five years with the stereo category rising steadily.
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Sennheiser Completes Fiscal Year 2014 with Record Sales
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Sennheiser Completes Fiscal Year 2014 with Record Sales

The Sennheiser Group presented its annual results for fiscal year 2014 and, compared to the previous year, total sales at the audio specialist rose by 44.3 million euros to 634.8 million euros, representing an increase of around 7.5 percent. Net earnings also increased by 20.4 million euros to a total of 34.7 million euros.
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CanJam London 2015, the First Official Head-Fi Event in Europe
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CanJam London 2015, the First Official Head-Fi Event in Europe

North America’s premier headphone audio event is coming to the UK for the first time this summer. CanJam London 2015, the first of Head-Fi’s official CanJam events to be held in Europe, will take place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August 2015, bringing together the world’s best names in high-quality headphone design.
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Music Industry Meets in Nashville for Summer NAMM 2015
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Music Industry Meets in Nashville for Summer NAMM 2015

The 2015 Summer National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show is being held in Nashville, TN, from July 9–11. Attendance at Nashville’s Music City convention center is expected to increase as it happened over the past four years. It’s mainly an MI show, but focus on audio is also growing.
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Special Workshop Hosted by Flex Acoustics at AES 59th International Conference
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Special Workshop Hosted by Flex Acoustics at AES 59th International Conference

The upcoming AES 59th International Conference, on Sound Reinforcement Engineering and Technology, will feature a special workshop hosted by Flex Acoustics and will include a demonstration of Flex Acoustics' inflatable membrane low-frequency absorbers, showing the overall effectiveness of their innovative acoustic absorption at low frequencies.
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Bluetooth Speakers Drive Growth in Home Audio
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Bluetooth Speakers Drive Growth in Home Audio

According to the latest Worldwide Home Audio Market report from Futuresource Consulting, the home audio market (Wireless Speakers, Soundbars, Hi-Fi Systems, A/V Receivers and Speaker Docks) grew by 22% to ship 71 million units. Trade value also grew by 22%, generating just under $10 billion worth of revenue in 2014.
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SoundHound Updates App to Include Apple Music Integration
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SoundHound Updates App to Include Apple Music Integration

SoundHound, a pioneering company in sound recognition and search technologies, updated its music app, SoundHound, to include integration with Apple Music and Beats1 Radio. SoundHound has more than 265 million global users and the new features will go live in over 100 countries where Apple Music launched.
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Dante Media Networking Drives Immersive 3D Audio Experiences at Virginia Tech
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Dante Media Networking Drives Immersive 3D Audio Experiences at Virginia Tech

The Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech has turned to Audinate’s technology to establish a robust, multichannel Dante network for a new immersive facility, The Cube, a unique four-story theater and high-tech laboratory with one of the highest-channel count 3D audio systems in the world.
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