Artel Video Systems to Acquire the Assets of Communications Specialties, Inc.
Westford, Mass. April 10, 2015 — Artel Video Systems, an employee-owned provider of broadcast-quality video transport solutions, today announced that the company is acquiring the portfolio assets of Communications Specialties, Inc. (CSI), a provider of fiber optic transmission technology for the professional audio-visual and broadcast industries.
CSI manufactures the Fiberlink® Series of fiber optic transmission systems for video, audio, and data; the Copperlink™ line of signal distribution products; the award-winning Scan Do® line of scan converters, and the Deuce® line of intelligent video scalers. The acquisition is expected to close in April of 2015.
According to Richard Dellacanonica, president of Artel Video Systems, the combination of Artel and CSI products and people will create one of the market’s largest portfolios of broadcast-quality media transport solutions.
“We are excited to be expanding our product offerings with CSI’s extensive portfolio of solutions for transporting and processing broadcast-quality media. Combining CSI’s portfolio with Artel’s growing DigiLink-based product lines enables our customers to work with one vendor for virtually all of their media transport needs,” said Dellacanonica.
CSI' sales team will be joining Artel immediately after the closing of the transaction, according to Dellacanonica.
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