Rohde & Schwarz and Think about Communications have reached a definitive settlement below which Think about will purchase Pixel Energy Restricted, a completely owned subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz. The transaction represents a strategic alignment for each firms, enabling Think about to supply broadcast prospects an intensive portfolio of dwell manufacturing and playout options available on the market whereas permitting Rohde & Schwarz to concentrate on its core operations in check and measurement, know-how methods, and networks and cybersecurity, together with its R&S Necessities digital oscilloscopes. The acquisition is anticipated to shut earlier than the top of the 12 months and is topic to customary closing situations.
Think about and Pixel Energy have a shared imaginative and prescient for the IP- and cloud-based way forward for broadcast and digital streaming markets. This strategic acquisition permits Think about to instantly broaden its dwell manufacturing ecosystem and playout choices through integration of Pixel Energy’s software-defined, deploy-anywhere platforms — bringing collectively complementary approaches, applied sciences and engineering experience that can present customers with deeper integration potentialities and a broader set of instruments.
The addition of Pixel Energy’s Prismon multiviewer, which affords grasp management and cloud capabilities, will complement the ultra-low-latency manufacturing capabilities of Think about’s SNP Multiviewer and allow Think about to supply a complete portfolio of IP and IP-hybrid multiviewer options.
Think about will preserve Pixel Energy’s Cambridge facility, whereas combining Pixel Energy’s current help with Think about’s care and companies crew, and totally help all present, international prospects and the put in base for Pixel Energy’s Prismon, Gallium and StreamMaster platforms.
“We’re pleased with the achievements of Pixel Energy, and we’re assured that Think about is the precise house for his or her continued progress and growth,” says Thorsten Sauer, CEO of Pixel Energy and VP of media options of Rohde & Schwarz. “This transfer permits us to focus extra deeply on our core operations and buyer base whereas making certain that we cross the reins to a brand new proprietor who cares deeply about our buyer base and can take the enterprise to the following degree.”
