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Thomson’s Technicolor Sponsors 6th Annual
Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards
PARIS, FRANCE and BURBANK, CA – (February 4, 2008) – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) today announced that its Technicolor Services division sponsored and provided technical support for the 6th Annual VES (Visual Effects Society) Awards. Technicolor provided the encoding, streaming and download delivery for all nominated films, broadcast TV shows, commercial ads, and video games submitted for award consideration. This sponsorship marks the fourth consecutive year Technicolor has supported the VES Awards.
The VES Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Kodak Theatre Grand Ballroom, in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg is being honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing the contributions he has made to the art and science of visual effects.
“Technicolor has been our strategic partner since the VES Online View and Vote System was established four years ago,” said Marty Shindler, VES Awards Online View and Vote chairman. “Technicolor Electronic Distribution Services provided VES the best-in-class content delivery network, enabling members around the world to receive the streaming media as seamlessly as if they were in the same local network. This year, we expect to have the best viewing experience ever for our discriminating global membership.”
According to Lance Ware, chief technology officer, Technicolor Electronic Distribution Services, “Technicolor is excited to have been involved in bringing secure online screening to VES members for the fourth year running. VES is unique in its vision to provide greater access for its members, and security for content rights holders, and we look forward to other awards ceremonies that leverage digital distribution in the coming years.“
Eric Roth, VES executive director, said, “Technicolor has been very supportive of VES’ mission. “We are grateful for its continued sponsorship and efforts, and we look forward to working together in the future.”
Ahmad Ouri, president of Technicolor Content Services, said, “We’re honored once again to sponsor the VES Awards program, and to be part of the visual effects community, whose work continues to receive great accolades for its incredible contributions to film, broadcast, commercials and video games.”
Created in 1997, the VES is the entertainment and advertising industry’s only organization devoted to the creation and advancement of visual effects. VES represents 1,600 members – including artists, producers, and motion picture studio and broadcast executives representing every quadrant of VFX (visual effects) creation in the industry.
The 6th Annual VES Awards Ceremony recognizes outstanding visual effects in more than a dozen categories of film, television, commercials and video games.
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About Technicolor
Technicolor is the Services division of Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS). Along with being the world’s largest film processor, Technicolor has evolved to become the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of DVDs and CDs, and is a leading provider of production, postproduction, and visual effects services to film studios and cable and television networks. On an annual basis, Technicolor processes more than five billion feet of motion picture film, and has the capacity to produce over 1.7 billion DVDs and 170 million CDs. The company is also a principal developer and supplier of services for comprehensive, end-to-end digital cinema distribution, channel origination and broadcast playout, and out-of-home advertising. Technicolor serves an international base of entertainment, software, game manufacturing, promotional, direct marketing, OEM, and corporate customers with its manufacturing and postproduction facilities worldwide. Major Hollywood clients include The Walt Disney Co., DreamWorks Animation, New Line Cinema, Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Software publishing clients include Microsoft, Vivendi Universal Games, Electronic Arts, and Atari. For more information: http://www.technicolor.com.
About Thomson — World leader in digital video technologies
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems to the Media, Entertainment & Communications players – content creators, content distributors and broadcasters – and supports them in order to help them to improve their commercial offers and their performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. For more information: http://www.thomson.net.
About the Visual Effects Society
The VES is a professional, honorary society, dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of visual effects and to upholding the highest uniform standards and procedures for the visual effects profession. The VES is the entertainment industry's only official trade organization representing the extended community of visual effects practitioners including supervisors, artists, producers, technology developers, educators and studio executives.
Its 1,600 global members contribute to all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos, games and new media. VES strives to enrich and educate its members and the entertainment community at large through many domestic and international events, screenings and programs. Visual effects professionals constitute a vital creative force in content creation and are literally shaping the future of entertainment. For more information: http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/
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