What did CES 2026 tell us about our industry? It generated thousands of headlines, countless product launches and no shortage of expert analyses. But when the lights dim and the show floor clears, understanding what matters requires more than first impressions and a grasp of the technologies.

The global storage media market continued its transformative momentum in Q3 2025, driven by sustained demand from AI and data-centre infrastructure. According to Futuresource quarterly reports, while DRAM experienced a quarter-on-quarter decline of 17%, other storage products performed strongly, with SSD volumes up 10% QoQ and both internal and external HDDs growing 5% QoQ. 

Spain’s video entertainment market is navigating a different course to many of its European neighbours, exiting the year with renewed stability and a blend of traditional strength and digital evolution. New findings from Futuresource Consulting’s latest Video Insights Spain report show total consumer spend rising 5% to €5.1 billion in 2025, underpinned by a Pay-TV sector that maintains its position as the country’s largest entertainment category.

Momentum is building across the professional displays market, as LED technologies accelerate, and long-established display formats face growing pressure. According to Futuresource Consulting’s newly released Professional Displays Strategic Market Outlook report, the sector is still the largest component of the global Pro AV industry, but the balance of power between technologies is shifting rapidly.

CES 2026 is almost here, and the consumer tech world is awash with stories of the next shiny devices, where the value is moving, how AI is being embedded, and what happens when hardware stops being the main differentiator.

Italy’s video entertainment sector is finding fresh momentum, with total consumer spend set to rise 4% to €4.3 billion in 2025, and streaming revenue overtaking Pay-TV for the first time. That’s according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest Italy Video Insights report, which paints a market shifting decisively towards digital services, while maintaining strength across cinema and key adjacent formats.

Principal Technology Consultant Simon Forrestt explores the convergence between artificial intelligence (AI)  and quantum computing – often referred to as Quantum AI, or Quantum Intelligence – and how it could reshape industries, economies, and even the way we understand intelligence itself.

Last month, Futuresource Consulting’s Audio Collaborative 2025 opened with a data-rich session that set the tone for the day. In his keynote, Futuresource’s Head of Audio, Guy Hammett, delivered a comprehensive overview of the forces shaping the consumer, automotive and professional audio markets worldwide. 

The amount of screen time K-12 students experience in the classroom has become a lightning rod for debate. Headlines highlighting the negative effects of excessive digital exposure on children’s mental and physical well-being have fuelled understandable concern among parents, educators and policymakers. However, as Futuresource’s ongoing research into EdTech adoption consistently shows, the reality is far more nuanced than the headlines suggest. 

In a year defined by rapid shifts in audio, entertainment and intelligent listening, Futuresource Consulting’s Audio Collaborative 2025 brought the entire industry together. Taking place on 12th November at London’s Soho Hotel, it presented a day of expert perspectives, generous knowledge-sharing and rare cross-sector conversation. 

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has become a core strategy for achieving digital equity, expanding device access and accelerating the transition to 1:1 learning. As Futuresource Consulting publishes its latest BYOD end user report, new findings reveal how the model is evolving across the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, India and Japan. It also explores the shifting expectations of parents and schools, as the EdTech story unfolds. 

The conversation around hearing health is rapidly evolving, and nowhere was this more evident than at the Audio Collaborative 2025 conference. The panel on “The Future of Hearing Health” brought together leading voices from across the industry - Rasika D’Souza (Futuresource), Blair Werp (Qualcomm), Alastair Moore (RNID), and Elfed Howells (Elevear)  who set to the stage to discuss how technology, design, and innovation are shaping a more inclusive and healthier audio future. 

Futuresource Consulting has appointed David Watkins as its new Director of Consumer Electronics & Media, reinforcing the company’s commitment to intensifying its global influence across entertainment, devices and connected ecosystems.

As the professional displays market continues to evolve, Futuresource Consulting is set to launch its next Future Session, “Clearing up the picture for professional displays”, on 24th November. This  highly anticipated session brings together Principal Analyst Jeremy Wills and Lead Analyst, David Thompson to reflect on a decade of transformation, explore the rise of LED technology, and examine the challenges and opportunities ahead for meeting room displays.