Digital Domain Adds Strategic Partner; Cox Enterprises Joins with Digital Content Studio.VENICE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 1996--Digital Domain -- the award-winning creator of visual effects for "Apollo 13," "True Lies," the Budweiser "Clydesdales," "Ants" and "Frogs" commercials, and producer of the "Barbie Barbie in full Barbara Millicent Roberts A plastic doll, 11.5 in. (29 cm) tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. Fashion Designer" CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). -- today announced the addition of Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late as a new strategic partner. Cox Enterprises becomes an equal partner with Digital Domain's founding partners writer, director, producer James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award winning Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. , four-time Academy Award-winning character and creature creator Stan Winston, chief executive Scott Ross Scott Ross may refer to the following:
With the support of its two partners, Digital Domain will aggressively pursue its goal of becoming the pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae "new digital studio" which creates its own digital content. From its base -- creating visual effects for feature films, TV commercials, theme park attractions and interactive entertainment -- Digital Domain will now dramatically expand its interactive new media capabilities. Further, Digital Domain will pursue future broadband cable delivery of digital interactive content. Digital Domain's new strategic partner, Cox Enterprises, is a leading media company with diversified businesses and a history of embracing new technology. Cox's businesses and services range from newspaper interactive on-line Internet sites, the industry's most technologically advanced broadband two-way cable systems, and movie and television production. The agreement sets in place a studio with a unique combination of expertise in creative, technology and digital distribution to produce content that entertains, informs and educates consumers using CD-ROMs, broadband cable systems, the internet and other forms of digital content delivery. Working together, Cox and Digital Domain will collaborate and consult on the development and distribution of new media through the rapidly emerging digital distribution channels. So, as the new digital distribution paradigm develops, Digital Domain, in cooperation with its technology partner, IBM, and its distribution and media partner, Cox, is ready to provide new products for the new channels -- a position unique in the industry. The Cox partnership also allows Digital Domain to accelerate its schedule for investments in R&D, facilities, tools and personnel; continue building its New Media division; and expand its capacity to handle a larger slate of concurrent film and advertising projects. CONTACT: Digital Domain Bob Hoffman Wayne Robert Hoffman (December 13, 1917 - April 13, 2005) was an American football running back in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Rams. Hoffman also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons. , 310/314-2981 or Edelman Worldwide David Harrah, 415/968-4033 or Cox Enterprises Lynda Stewart, 404/843-5123 |
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