Pro-Bel, the premier manufacturer and supplier of routing switchers, signal processing, master control, automation and workflow technologies, announced today the acquisition of Vistek Electronics Limited. Vistek is a privately owned company, based in the UK, and a global supplier of interface products to the broadcast media industry.

The merger will expand Pro-Bel’s offerings to the global broadcast market

No financial details are currently available

Pro-Bel is strengthening its offering with Vistek's signal processing expertise

Pro-Bel Ltd. , a U.K.-based developer of automation and master control technology, will debut the Cifer standards converter, in addition to other new and upgraded products at NAB2006. Cifer, a product Pro-Bel inherited from its recent acquisition of Vistek, a U.K.-based developer of signal processing equipment, is a

Pro-Bel will bring several debutantes to IBC following the company's recent acquisition of Vistek.

Pro-Bel , the U.K.-based leading manufacturer and supplier of routing switchers, signal processing, master control, automation, control and monitoring technologies, says it plans to go public. The company told staff and dealers at its pre-NAB2006 meeting that advisors have been appointed to plan an IPO in Q4 of 2006.

Chyron has sold Pro-Bel, its automation and distribution business to a U.K.-based company for $15.6 million. The buyer, Oval Limited, is jointly owned by members of the Pro-Bel management team and LDC, the venture capital arm of Lloyds TSB Group. Net proceeds of the sale will come to about $12 million in cash after pay