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Sports Venues · July 13, 2026

CTI Acquires Texolve Digital, Bringing Pittsburgh's Multi-Stadium Broadcast Engineering Team

CTI adds Texolve Digital, whose broadcast infrastructure serves all three of Pittsburgh's major-league teams.

What did CTI acquire, and what is Texolve Digital known for?
CTI acquired Texolve Digital, Incorporated, a broadcast engineering and integration firm based in Oakmont, PA. Texolve provides broadcast infrastructure and integration services for all three of Pittsburgh's major professional sports venues: Acrisure Stadium (NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers), PPG Paints Arena (NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins), and PNC Park (MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates).
Where does Texolve Digital fit inside CTI's existing structure?
The acquisition rolls into CTI's Broadcast Media Division, which already counts the New York Stock Exchange, the NBA's Houston Rockets, the University of Michigan, and Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union among its clients. This division of CTI is actively growing, and Texolve's team and client relationships expand its broadcast engineering capacity.
Why does serving all three Pittsburgh teams under one firm matter?
CTI CEO John Laughlin said in the release that he does not believe another broadcast engineering and integration company in the U.S. provides broadcast solutions for every major-league sport in a single city. Covering the NFL, NHL, and MLB within one metro market represents a concentrated depth of live-event broadcast infrastructure experience that is difficult to replicate through individual venue relationships alone.
What is CTI's geographic footprint after this deal?
CTI, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, operates from 48 locations across the United States and maintains an office in London, UK. The company also serves clients worldwide through its membership in the PSNI Global Alliance, an international network of independently owned AV integration firms. The Texolve acquisition adds a Pittsburgh, PA, presence at the Oakmont address.

The Take

What does the Texolve acquisition signal about where broadcast AV integration is heading for large regional integrators?

The depth of expertise in one city is unusual: one firm serving three major-league venues across three different leagues. Each sport runs its own production calendar, its own broadcast standards relationships, and its own game-day infrastructure demands. Maintaining that depth in a single market is a different capability.

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