Huntsville, Alabama – April 7, 2010 – PESA, a major provider of reliable and innovative broadcast, professional AV distribution and router transport solutions, and Avitech International Corporation, an industry leader in multi-image display processors, today announced their strategic partnership that will enable customers to exploit the best of both companies’ core strengths. The integrated router / multiviewer solution, co-branded PESA Avitech will be sold and supported through PESA and Avitech International channels.

The foundation of the partnership is to enable system integrators with the widest range of key components for video routing, conversion, signal processing and multi-image display solutions. Customers will be able to leverage PESA’s capabilities of SD/HD-SDI, DVI and VGA conversion gear for coax and fiber optics while managing and controlling the complete environment through an integrated software package.

“This partnership of two synergistic companies brings together the respective strengths of both companies in signal processing, routing, and multi-image display processing,� said Howard Sutton, PESA’s Executive Chairman. “Through joint research and development efforts for future products, we remain focused on our strategic direction to deliver timely innovative solutions to our customers.�
The multiviewers have been designed to address the challenges of HD monitoring, including support for HD-SDI and SD-SDI inputs and delivering high resolution outputs up to 1920 x 1200 at 50 or 60 Hz, including 1080p. The solution offers an extensive feature set including; input auto-detection, source window sizing and positioning capabilities, full-screen mode allowing users to turn any of the source windows to full screen, ability to cascade modules for large-scale monitoring applications, static / dynamic labels, tally support, and much more.

“As video systems continue to grow exponentially, leading broadcast and AV companies are making major investments in routing and multi-image solutions across a wide range of market segments – from command and control, mobile broadcast, surveillance, and telemedicine – to gain competitive advantages,� said Morris Gong, Avitech President. “This announcement with PESA marks a key partnership – one that will open up new opportunities for existing and future customers interested in utilizing the power of Avitech’s award-winning solutions for Multviewer technology in combination with PESA’s routing expertise.�
For more information go to www.pesa.com and www.avitechvideo.com

About PESA

Located in Huntsville, Alabama, and with regional offices throughout the United States, PESA is a leading manufacturer of high end analog and digital routing and signal distribution products used in professional AV, broadcasting, industrial, educational, medical, religious, and government markets. PESA’s products are represented worldwide through a network of professional dealers and distributors. For more information, visit www.pesa.com

All products mentioned herein are trademarked property of their respective owners.

About Avitech International

Avitech is an industry leader and technology provider of multi-source video display processors. Avitech offers the most extensive and flexible multi-source virtual monitor walls and presentation modules, enabling operations of any size to truly achieve media monitoring and presentation. With the focus on raising the visual standard with Quality, Scalability and Redundancy, Avitech provides solutions for the Broadcast, Security & Surveillance, and Professional AV Markets.