Top Events That Have Happened Since CEDIA 2014

Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-10-05

Top 10 Are Bolded. In order of date they took place.

• Nest Bought Revolv - Nest acquired the Boulder based company on 2014-10-24 for an undisclosed amount.
• Co-Founder Eric Smith Left Control4
• Crestron Launched Pyng - Crestron launched Pyng at last year’s CEDIA to mixed reviews. The home automation software debuted to retail for $599.
• George Feldstein, founder of Crestron, died on 2014-11-04
• Zonoff Raised $31.8 million in Series B Investment Round
• Control4 Bought Extra Vegetables
• Belden Acquired Cybersecurity Company Tripwire for $710 million
• Crestron and Savant Settle Their Numerous Lawsuits Out of Court - In 2010 Savant filed a lawsuit claiming that Crestron was guilty of antitrust violations and bullying dealers into rejecting Savant products. Crestron counter-sued. Both parties agreed to settle out of court on 2014-12-16.
• LIFX Launched Multi-Colored Light Bulb
• Toshiba No Longer Makes or Sells TV in America
• Jones’ Brothers Filed Chapter 11 Among Claims of Funding Scams for Soap Inc.
• Extron Settles With Crestron Over Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Control4 Bought Leaf for $9 million - On 2015-01-30 Control4 bought Australian based AV company, Leaf, for $9m in cash.
• Vivint CEO, Todd Pederson, Spied on Employees on “Undercover Boss”
• Why Is My Smart Home So Fucking Dumb?
• ADT Locked Out 19 Employees Seeking Union Contracts
• Joel Spira, founder of Lutron, dies on 2015-04-08
• Apple HomeKit - Five HomeKit certified devices launched on 2015-06-02. All of the HomeKit devices work with one another, and the MFi (made for iPad, etc) process for outside companies is demanding.
• Mark Walters Switched From Z-Wave to ZigBee as VP Strategic Development
• Alarm.com Went Public - Alarm.com went public on 2015-06-26 and started shares at $14. They sold seven million shares their first day, obtaining a market value of $600 million.
• Facebook Bought Oculus for $2 billion - Facebook bought Oculus on 2015-07-21. Oculus was owned by Palmer Luckey, aged 22 at the time of the acquisition.
• Vincent Bruno, Crestron Exec, Landed CEO Position at CEDIA
• Quirky and Wink Filed Chapter 11 - Quirky, owner of the home automation system, Wink, filed for bankruptcy on 2015-09-22. Flextronics International placed a bid of $15 million to acquire it, and Quirky immediately accepted.