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POINT.360 | ||
2777 N. ONTARIO STREET | ||
BURBANK, CA 91504 | ||
Nasdaq: PTSX | ||
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Alan Steel | |||||
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - BURBANK, CA, March 8, 2007
POINT.360 PURCHASES THE ASSETS OF EDEN FX
Point.360 (Nasdaq: PTSX), a leading provider of integrated media management services, today announced that it had acquired the assets of Eden FX, a leading independent producer of visual effects for feature films, television programs and commercial advertising content.
Haig S. Bagerdjian, Point.360’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer said: “Content creation across all media is in continual need of highly realistic, imaginative and intriguing visual effects. Due to the lower costs of digital content as compared to the costs of live production, more heightened ‘realism’ has been made possible by today’s highly skilled artists using sophisticated software. This offers producers of films, TV programs and commercials more production flexibility and time savings. Eden will give Point.360 another means by which to cement relations with our existing customers by significantly increasing our “from camera to customer” service offering, and adds Eden customers to our post production client portfolio.”
For the last several years, Eden FX has been one of the largest providers of visual effects for network and cable television shows, feature films and TV commercials. Among Eden’s TV credits are such shows as “Ghost Whisperer,” “Lost,” “24,” “The Office,” “Surface,” “Invasion,” “Six Feet Under” and the entire run of UPN’s “Star Trek: Enterprise.” Eden FX has provided visual effects for such feature films as “Superman Returns,” “The Last Mimzy”, “Idlewild” and “Hellboy.”
Formed in 2000 by visual effects and post-production notables John Gross and Mark Miller, Eden FX specializes in 3D animation, compositing, 3D matte painting, character animation and on-set supervision.
About Point.360
Point.360 is one of the largest providers of high definition and standard definition digital mastering, data conversion, video and film asset management and sophisticated computer graphics services to owners, producers and distributors of entertainment and advertising content. Point.360 provides the services necessary to edit, master, reformat, convert, archive and ultimately distribute its clients’ film and video content, including television programming, spot advertising, feature films and movie trailers.
The Company delivers commercials, movie trailers, electronic press kits, infomercials and syndicated programming, by both physical and electronic means, to hundreds of broadcast outlets worldwide.
The Company provides worldwide electronic distribution, using fiber optics, satellites, and the Internet.
Point.360
Point.360’s interconnected facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco provide service coverage in each of the major U.S. media centers. Clients include major motion picture studios, advertising agencies and corporations.
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