Home Audio and Cinema

Consumers are increasingly interested in ensuring convenience in the home and in making experiences as simple as possible. This lifestyle trend has however had a highly damaging impact on the majority of products available in home audio and cinema. ...

When it comes to home audio, Spaniards are increasingly moving towards streaming services such as Spotify. Smartphones, laptops and tablets are the main sources for audio streaming, with these complemented by wireless speakers. Consequently, wireless...

There is a strong growing interest in sound bars, especially among millennials. Long gone are the days when sound bars were considered a TV accessory. With shrinking living units, homemakers are becoming increasingly conscious of the optimum usage of...

Wireless connectivity via Bluetooth is the main trend driving developments within home audio and cinema. There has been a clear shift from “traditional” non-connected devices towards connected home audio systems. This trend is fuelling volume growth ...

Hi-Fi systems and digital media player docks recorded declining volumes in 2019, with these categories’ products being increasingly replaced by wireless speakers, which have been seeing consistently strong growth in recent years. Portability and ...

The completion of Norway’s switch from FM radio broadcasting to digital broadcasting was completed in 2017. Since then volume sales of DAB radios have fallen strongly contributing to the overall strong negative outlook for home audio and cinema. ...

Home audio and cinema continued to record retail volume declines in 2019, with little chance of recovery during the forecast period. The majority of products in the category are regarded as old-fashioned technology, and are strongly hampered by ...

Home audio and cinema in Thailand has seen a significant shift away from the old-style stereo set or home theatre towards wireless devices or just a smartphone. The shift has led to a decline in home audio and cinema sales as many consumers prefer to...

The category continues to see strong retail volume sales decline in 2019. Some types like hi-fi systems, digital media player docks and home cinema and speaker systems are becoming less and less relevant as convenient, better quality alternatives are...

Music streaming is taking root in Japan. According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), annual sales of music streaming overtook those of music downloads for the first time in 2018 – though sales of physical audio records (including...

Home audio and cinema continued to suffer from declining demand in 2019 in Taiwan, due to a rapidly evolving technical environment, leading to local consumers shifting their methods of purchasing, listening and consuming music. The rising popularity ...

The quality of sound with small size home audio equipment and decreasing overall economic growth are influencing home audio and cinema sales. Digital media player docks had previously been popular, but, with the introduction of wireless speakers and ...

Soundbars are the future for home audio, offering space-saving simplicity with higher sound quality. Soundbars are in their introductory phase in Indonesia, but in the future, they could potentially replace home theatre in urban areas. Indonesian ...

Home audio and cinema saw continued positive growth in 2019, with growing sales of soundbars and wireless speakers. This was underpinned by rising purchasing power among local consumers, along with the growing trend of having wireless speakers or ...

Home audio and cinema presents the most negative forecast scenario, with all product categories predicted to decline over the forecast period. The major force behind the pessimistic forecast is the expansion of alternative and more user-friendly ...

As the trend for narrow televisions continues to increase in Hong Kong due to their sleek designs, the quality of sound tends to drop. Therefore, using a soundbar as a complimentary sound system is becoming increasingly common in Hong Kong, ...

Growing consumer purchasing power and a positive economic context favoured higher retail value sales of home audio and cinema in Romania in 2019. Romanians are becoming more sophisticated consumers, focusing on quality when it comes to their ...

Volume sales of home audio and cinema continue to see negative growth in 2019, due largely to rising competition from wireless speakers. Wireless speakers continue to gain popularity, meeting consumers’ requirements in a variety of sales. The ...

Home audio and cinema volume and value sales continued to decline in 2019. The growing popularity of using mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones as audio players, as well as the increasing selection and acceptance of wireless speakers, ...

Over the course of the review period, Canada witnessed a major boom in the popularity of video streaming. According to one recent research study more than half of English-speaking households in Canada subscribe to at least one online video service ...