Hi-fi specialist Monitor Audio acquires Blok, an audio furniture manufacturer Monitor Audio has often partnered with in order to showcase Roksan products and loudspeakers.

Financial details of the deal are not available.

CEDIA opens sales of tickets for the 2019 EMEA Awards with an early bird discount until 31 July 2019. The event takes place on 26 September at the V&A in London.

Tickets for the black-tie event include a drinks reception in the Museum Dome complete with soaring ceiling, classical architecture, marble floors and a central glass sculpture. Following is a 3-course dinner and evening entertainment in the largest and most prestigious space in the museum, the Raphael Gallery, housing some of the most important surviving examples of Renaissance art in the world.

Sound United, the parent company of Denon, Polk Audio and Marantz, among others, announces the acquisition of the Onkyo consumer audio division-- owner of the Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite and Integra brands.

Financial details of the deal are not available.

“We are thrilled by the opportunity to add the venerable Onkyo and Pioneer brands to our portfolio. Sound United is one of the leading dedicated providers of premium audio/video products, and we believe the combined businesses will bring unrivaled innovation and sound performance to our consumers and channel partners,” the company says.“ Upon completion of the transaction, we will work tirelessly with the consumer audio division of Onkyo Corporation to ensure a seamless transition into the Sound United family so that all employees, customers and channel partners benefit from the enhanced breadth and depth of the new organisation.”

SnapAV and Control4 announce a "definitive merger agreement"-- one seeing SnapAV buying all Control4 shares in an all-cash agreement worth $680 million. In other words, it is less a merger and more, well, an outright acquisition.

According to the two companies, the deal makes a "highly complementary combination," bringing a one-stop shop with a complete portfolio of custom smart home, control and automation solutions. It also creates a single company with over 1200 employees, market-leading solutions, "exceptional" interoperability and channel platform, dealer-first programs, global distribution and financial resources to deliver value.