Dolby Employees to Receive Academy Award in Scientific and Technical Category for Environmental Film Initiative.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Dolby Laboratories “Dolby” redirects here. For other uses, see Dolby (disambiguation). Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (Dolby Labs) (NYSE: DLB) is a USA-based company specializing in audio compression and reproduction. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DLB DLB Dementia with Lewy Bodies DLB Dynamic Load Balancing DLB Don't Look Back DLB Digital Lecture Board (University of Mannheim, Germany) DLB Digital Loopback DLB Downline Builder (multi-level marketing) ) announced today that three employees, Ioan Allen, Senior Vice President; Ted Costas, Director, Distributor Services; and Martin Richards Martin Richards is a British computer scientist, best known for his development of the BCPL programming language, which is both the earliest major development in portable software and the ancestor of the widely used C programming language. , Principal Staff Engineer, will receive an Academy Award([R]) in the Scientific and Technical category to recognize their leadership in the cyan movement, an industry-wide environmental effort to convert silver-based 35 mm film to cyan dye analog soundtracks. The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards will be presented on Saturday, February 10, 2007. "Dolby is extremely honored the Academy has recognized the company's commitment to both the environment and the industry as a whole," said Tim Partridge, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Professional Division, Dolby Laboratories. "Ioan, Ted, and Marty's leadership in the cyan dye movement demonstrates Dolby's dedication to scientific innovation beyond enhancing sound and video technology for the industry." The cyan dye movement was conceptualized through technology described in a Dolby patent, which was donated to the film industry. In 1998 the Dye Track Committee, led by Dolby staff and including representatives from film stock companies, film laboratories, film distributors, and exhibitors, was formed to lead the conversion movement. Until recently, analog soundtracks were placed on film by a silver application procedure that used millions of gallons of water a year and tons of chemicals, some caustic and hazardous. For nearly a decade the Dye Track Committee worked to coordinate a change from the silver addition process to pure dye cyan soundtracks and with theatre exhibitors to equip theatres with the required red light readers to play back the cyan dye soundtracks on projectors. "The huge success of the cyan movement is due to the dedication and collaboration of many individuals in the film industry, and we are proud to be among a group of distinguished colleagues that are receiving this special award this year," said Ioan Allen, Senior Vice President, Dolby Laboratories. "It has been a pleasure being part of this industry change." Dolby Laboratories has won ten Academy Awards for various achievements in the film industry. In addition to the Academy Award in the Scientific and Technical category, the company is proud to announce that all movies nominated this year for Achievement in Sound Editing and Mixing utilized Dolby([R]) Digital sound technology. This marks the 29th consecutive year that films released with Dolby audio technologies have earned Academy Award nominations for outstanding sound quality.
Nominees for Achievement in Sound Editing include:
Apocalypto (Buena Vista)
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Dolby Digital
Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.)
Lon Bender
Dolby Digital
Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., distributed by Paramount)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Dolby Digital
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray
Dolby Digital
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista)
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Dolby Digital
Nominees for Achievement in Sound Mixing include:
Apocalypto (Buena Vista)
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Fernando Camara
Dolby Digital
Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, and Ivan Sharrock
Dolby Digital
Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Willie Burton
Dolby Digital
Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks and Warner Bros.,
distributed by Paramount)
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin
Dolby Digital
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista)
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, and Lee Orloff
Dolby Digital
The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards will be presented at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , California on Saturday, February 10, 2007. The 79(th) Annual Academy Awards will be televised live from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. in high definition and Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. 5.1 by the ABC Television ABC Television may refer to:
About Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For four decades Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality 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. in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. , games, televisions, and personal computers. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the company has entertainment industry liaison offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and licensing liaison offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Academy Award is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. S07/17893 DLB-G |
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