Andy Sykes Joins Deluxe Team in Toronto; Postproduction Veteran to Lead Business Development for Growing Division.TORONTO -- Deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. , a world leader in services and technologies for the entertainment community, today announced the hiring of Andy Sykes as Vice President, Business Development. Sykes will be based in Toronto and be responsible for business development of Deluxe's Postproduction post·pro·duc·tion n. A final stage in the production of a film or a television program, occurring after the action has been filmed or videotaped and typically involving editing and the addition of soundtracks. operations in Canada, which has been active in advancing digital strategies for entertainment content management as a complement to traditional sound, film and video services. Sykes' first assignment will be to organize Deluxe's offering of digital intermediates for Canadian filmmakers. With the company's recent acquisition of EFILM in Hollywood, Deluxe has successfully blended the best in digital and traditional film labs under one umbrella. Sykes will coordinate the company's technological and operational strategies to offer Canadian filmmakers a complete range of digital intermediate services. With more than 30 years of postproduction experience under his belt, Sykes joins Deluxe from Command Post & Transfer Corp. (Toybox), a company he co-founded in 1986, and was instrumental in building that business into one of the leading electronic postproduction enterprises in Canada. "As part of our digital suite of services, we are pleased to add postproduction veterans like Andy Sykes to our growing staff in Canada. We are committed to the Canadian film community and have plans to offer the same breadth and quality of services in Canada as we do in Hollywood and in other parts of the world," said Cyril Drabinsky, president, Deluxe Laboratories. "With expanded High Definition services and now to offer digital intermediates, we are proud to provide filmmakers a complete supply chain of services. Having someone of Andy's stature on-staff in Toronto helps us offer the very best in services and technology." With facilities around the world, Deluxe is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the Rank Group, plc (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RANKY) offering a broad range of entertainment industry services and technologies to an international client base. Services include motion picture film laboratory processing, printing and distribution; asset management, theatrical distribution and marketing fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. services; DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. compression, encoding See encode. and authoring, and digital postproduction. For more information, please visit www.bydeluxe.com. Electronic image of Andy Sykes available by contacting Scott Smith Scott Smith is the name of:
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