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UPDATED: 10/3: Extron Electronics has acquired the product engineering and development division of the Electrosonic Group. The acquisition includes all products designed and manufactured by Electrosonic, including the VN Matrix line of video and graphics over IP encoders and decoders, the HDFrend line of HD video players, and the VN Quantum line of multi-image display processors.

The acquisition is said to bring "synergies for both companies on a high level", writes David Davies.

The splendidly named Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Center is one of many Olympic venues to feature Community Pro loudspeaker systems, writes David Davies.

CRC London has invested in an Edirol V-440HD multi-format video mixing system for its Sunday morning services at the 770-seat venue. A firm adherent to the value of quality multimedia tools, the popular evangelical Christian church specified the Edirol system to enable the mixing of both HD and SD sources.

Digital cinema continues to be an industry talking point as GDC Technology unveils an upgrade for its SA-2100 Digital Cinema Servers (pictured).

More news from the eventful digital cinema segment with the announcement of a new alternate content processor from Calibre.