EDITORIAL LETTER

During the first half of 2018 the political issue in Latin America has been moving. Between fairly polarized presidential elections and political problems of different governments, business, investment and the economy in general have had a slow march, a situation from which the audiovisual industry has not been exempt.

We talk a lot from AVI LATINOAMÉRICA about the growth and quality of the audiovisual industry in the region during the last years. And it is a pleasure to be able to present real cases in which AV professionals from Latin America stand out for carrying out innovative projects, as we do in this edition.

After experiencing during the last years an evolution of the market slower than you would like, the audiovisual industry will experience an annual growth that will exceed 5% in the coming years, highlighting Mexico as one of the countries that will have a greater development of the AV world.

In a globalized world like the one we live in, in which technology is quickly available anywhere, generating a differentiating factor for end users becomes increasingly difficult. Therefore, it is essential that the audiovisual industry offers exceptional experiences.

Although during the last two years the economic situation in Latin America affected the sustained growth of the audiovisual industry in the region, expectations for the next 4 years are positive. This is shown by the market study Panorama of the professional audio and video industry (Pro AV) and trend analysis 2017 (IOTA), produced by Avixa.