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DTS Expands DTS Entertainment in Europe; Company Appoints Business Development Manager, DTS Entertainment, Europe.


AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5.  (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (Nasdaq: DTSI DTSI Defense Trade Security Initiative
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DTSI DataTel Solutions, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) 
) has hired music and audio technology industry veteran Rodney Orpheus as Business Development Manager, DTS Entertainment, Europe. A part of DTS' Consumer/Pro Audio Division, DTS Entertainment (DTSE DTSE Division TOC Support Element
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) is an entertainment label that licenses, produces and markets DVD-Audio and 5.1 music discs featuring DTS Digital Surround, DTS-ES DTS-ES Digital Theater Systems Extended Surround (6.1 channel surround sound)  and DTS 96/24 soundtracks. In his newly created position, Rodney is responsible for overseeing all facets of DTSE's business throughout Europe, including signing new artists, releasing new surround music titles, and managing promotion and sales of the entire DTSE catalog. He is based in the company's office in Twyford, England.

"As DTS Entertainment continues to grow and expand its presence and availability of titles in Europe, it is crucial that we have someone there that can both identify and work with artists, as well as understand the digital audio and surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio.  space thoroughly," said Jeff Skillen, Vice President, DTS Entertainment. "Rodney's combination of deep knowledge of the music industry and technical expertise is ideal for this new role."

Rodney brings 20 years of experience in the music and audio technology industries. Most recently, he served as Technology Evangelist Not to be confused with televangelist.

A technical or technology evangelist is a person whose job or role is to promote technologies, usually new technologies.
 for Steinberg Digital Audio in Germany, where he helped pioneer Steinberg's revolutionary Virtual Studio Technology. Prior to joining Steinberg he was Manager of the Original Artists record label. Rodney has also produced and remixed numerous albums in Europe, Canada and the U.S., and was the lead singer/songwriter of the group The Cassandra Complex Cassandra complex may refer to:
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  • The Cassandra Complex (band) - an electronic music band.
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. Additionally, he was a regular feature writer for Computer Music magazine in the U.K.

About DTS Entertainment

DTS Entertainment is an entertainment label that licenses, produces, and markets an expansive series of DVD-Audio and 5.1 Music Discs to millions of DTS Digital Surround enthusiasts. Currently, there are more than 100 DTS Entertainment music titles available covering a wide variety of genres, including pop/rock mega-hits such as the Eagles' "Hell Freezes Over" and Sting's "Brand New Day." For more information, please visit www.dtsEntertainment.com.

About DTS

DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (Nasdaq: DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of 5.1-channel surround processors, and there are more than 280 million DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console See video game console.  products, as well as 5.1 Music Discs, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc.


A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc.
 software. Additionally, DTS is featured on more than 22,000 motion picture screens worldwide. Founded in 1993, DTS is headquartered in Agoura Hills, Calif., and has offices in the United Kingdom, Japan and China. For further information, please visit www.dtsonline.com.

DTS is a trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
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