2018 was big for mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, spinoffs, and other transactions in home electronics, including IoT, smart home, lighting, security, audio/video, wellness and the installer channel.

UK-based Pulse-Eight, known for intelligent video-distribution products, acquires high-performance audio-switching company Zektor to bolster A/V line in the custom channel.

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Zektor contends the audio video receiver can be eliminated for most multiroom A/V systems today because streaming media does not require a tuner.

While HydraConnect dealers are stuck with bad HDBaseT switches and no support, Zektor creates replacement HDMI modules as a fix.