PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, October 25, 2010 — Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX – News) today announced the acquisition of Logos Communications Systems, Inc. (Logos), a privately-held company headquartered in Westlake, OH. Logos has an active customer base which includes commercial, education and various local government agency accounts. Logos is a silver certified Cisco partner with advanced specializations in unified communications, wireless LAN, routing & switching and security. Annual historical revenues of Logos are approximately $13 million. more

Multi-Year Partnership Makes 3D Production Accessible to Broad Range of Producers

Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, and Panasonic, a leading provider of full HD 3D technology, announced a multi-year partnership designed to make 3D production accessible to an extensive range of professional content producers. more

Iroquois, Ontario, Canada and Adelaide, Australia – July 26, 2010 – Ross Video Limited and Codan Limited jointly announced today that Ross has entered into a letter of intent to buy 100% of the shares of Codan’s wholly-owned Melbourne-based subsidiary, Codan Broadcast Products Pty Ltd. The sale, subject only to the finalization of due diligence, is scheduled for completion on 31 August, 2010. more

FOR WORLDWIDE SALES AND NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Newbury Park, CA (May 24, 2010) –Leading digital music server developer Qsonix and legendary digital audio component manufacturer Wadia Digital, Inc. announce their new powerhouse alliance. The collaboration takes advantage of essential technological synergies each company brings, backed by Wadia’s expert handling of worldwide sales and marketing for both groups. more

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 2010: As of May 1, 2010, TransAudio Group has added Chameleon Labs to its elite roster of recording gear, handling the company’s worldwide sales and marketing. Chameleon Labs occupies a unique niche within the industry that many manufacturers aspire to – extreme value. Chameleon Labs builds vintage-inspired analog recording gear with performance and options at a fraction of the cost typically associated with high-end gear. TransAudio Group will offer Chameleon Labs’ 7602 MKII Mic Pre + EQ with Carnhill transformer option, the 7720 stereo bus compressor, the 7802 two-channel opto tube compressor and the amazing TS-1 small diaphragm tube mic. Each of these products offers the highest degree of performance for the money and enables budget limited owners to experience high-end performance for the first time. more

“We never made any secret, we will conduct an aggressive expansion strategy. Our desire is to be one of the leading players, between the content and display. We will therefore, in these sectors , make acquisitions that will complement and support our current offering.� – just an abstract of the interview with the catchy title, conducted by Denis Gaumondie from ooh-TV.

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Offers New Tier of Technical Support for All its Customers

Christie, a global leader in digital cinema, announced that the Sonic Equipment Company has signed a major agreement with Christie Managed Services that will provide Sonic’s customers with a wide-ranging new tier of technical support and maintenance that includes end-to-end turnkey solutions and a la carte service. Sonic’s expanded technical resources will be available to current customers — already at more than 400 screens — as well as all future customers across the Midwest and beyond. more

Extron Electronics is pleased to introduce a complete line of HD & 2K Video Players for single and multi-channel applications at the 2010 NAB Show. The MMP 9500 is an HD MPEG video player that supports ATSC-compliant formats for single or multi-site digital signage applications. The JMP 9600 Two-Channel JPEG2000 Players are ideal for entertainment and commercial applications where superior image quality is critical to the audience experience. more

Following its recent acquisition of the Products Division of Electrosonic, Extron Electronics will exhibit a lineup of multi-image display processors at NAB 2010. These video and graphics videowall processors feature highly scalable input, output, and windowing capabilities, plus high performance image scaling technology. The Quantumâ„¢ Elite is designed for large videowalls up to 28 screens and larger, while the Quantum Connect is ideal for small to medium-sized videowalls up to 14 screens. more

At the 2010 NAB Show, Extron Electronics will exhibit the VN-Matrixâ„¢ 200 Series and VN-Matrix 300 Series encoders and decoders for real-time transmission of high resolution audio visual content across standard IP networks. Unveiled under the Extron banner for the first time since the acquisition of the Products Division of Electrosonic, the VN-Matrix Series is ideal for live viewing, collaboration, storage, and playback of high quality A/V signals. With the scalable VN-Matrix system, you can start small and add additional encoders and decoders later to turn your IP network into a virtual routing matrix switcher that is practically limitless in size. The VN-Matrix 200 Series enables streaming of DVI & RGB video, while the VN-Matrix 300 Series supports SDI, HD-SDI, and 3G-SDI video. Both VN-Matrix Series can be used on uncorrected networks and provide visually lossless picture quality for large projected images and high resolution graphics. more