Broadcast industry veterans Nigel Spratling and George Smith have joined Steve Strassberg and Tim Carroll at Linear Acoustic.

"The synergy between us has been apparent since we first met, the decision to combine our ideas and experiences within the same company was easily made," Spratling said.

"I am very excited that together we will introduce several new technologies that will finally help broadcasters solve many infrastructure gaps and deliver surround sound to all of their audiences more easily and cost effectively," Carroll said.

Linear Acoustic makes the OCTiMAX 5.1 Digital Television Audio Processor and upMAX2251 5.1 Channel Surround-Field Synthesizer.