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Technicolor Creative Studios — the visual effects, animation and gaming division of Technicolor — was listed and began trading this morning as a stand-alone company under the symbol Tchcs on Euronext Paris.
Trading opened at €1.9539 per share (roughly 0.96 Usd). According to the company, 65 percent of its shares were distributed to Technicolor shareholders.
The remainder of the company — the connected home and supply chain services (DVD mastering and distribution) divisions — will remain listed on Euronext Paris under its new name, Vantiva. That company retained a 35 percent stake in Technicolor Creative Studios, according to Technicolor Creative Studios CEO Christian Roberton.
Paris-headquartered Technicolor Creative Studios encompasses VFX studios Mpc and The Mill, Mikros Animation and Technicolor Games. Current and upcoming work includes the VFX on Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Mufasa, as well as HBO Max’s House of the Dragon. In all, the company employs 11,700 people in 11 countries.
Technicolor Creative Studios — the visual effects, animation and gaming division of Technicolor — was listed and began trading this morning as a stand-alone company under the symbol Tchcs on Euronext Paris.
Trading opened at €1.9539 per share (roughly 0.96 Usd). According to the company, 65 percent of its shares were distributed to Technicolor shareholders.
The remainder of the company — the connected home and supply chain services (DVD mastering and distribution) divisions — will remain listed on Euronext Paris under its new name, Vantiva. That company retained a 35 percent stake in Technicolor Creative Studios, according to Technicolor Creative Studios CEO Christian Roberton.
Paris-headquartered Technicolor Creative Studios encompasses VFX studios Mpc and The Mill, Mikros Animation and Technicolor Games. Current and upcoming work includes the VFX on Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Mufasa, as well as HBO Max’s House of the Dragon. In all, the company employs 11,700 people in 11 countries.
- 9/27/2022
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After selling off its post-production color finishing service to Streamland Media last week, Technicolor was reborn on Wednesday as Technicolor Creative Studios, a new restructuring that consolidates its remaining visual effects, gaming, and animation (Mikros Animation) companies under one division.
So much for the premature demise of the Technicolor brand, although its historic connection with excellence in color marks the end of an era. But then our emotional connection to “glorious Technicolor”, associated with the three-strip camera and dye-transfer printing, essentially vanished when the company abandoned film stock and went digital in the 21st century.
“The sale of Technicolor Post was the first step in a wider, ongoing strategic plan to establish a future-facing Technicolor business,” said Christian Roberton, president of Technicolor Creative Studios. The new focus will be “on delivering work across the entertainment, advertising, and experiential marketing landscape that hinges on the intersection of creativity and technology. The...
So much for the premature demise of the Technicolor brand, although its historic connection with excellence in color marks the end of an era. But then our emotional connection to “glorious Technicolor”, associated with the three-strip camera and dye-transfer printing, essentially vanished when the company abandoned film stock and went digital in the 21st century.
“The sale of Technicolor Post was the first step in a wider, ongoing strategic plan to establish a future-facing Technicolor business,” said Christian Roberton, president of Technicolor Creative Studios. The new focus will be “on delivering work across the entertainment, advertising, and experiential marketing landscape that hinges on the intersection of creativity and technology. The...
- 5/19/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Michael Elson, head of film and COO of London-based visual effects and post facility Moving Picture Co., is leaving his post to pursue other film production interests.
Replacing him is Christian Roberton, head of film production at MPC.
Roberton has been with MPC for five years. He oversaw the company's work on "10,000 BC"cq and the upcoming "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian."
MPC, a unit of Technicolor and one of the U.K.'s largest visual effects houses, is setting up a second office in Santa Monica, slated to open this year.
MPC has produced visual effects for such films as "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Sunshine".
Replacing him is Christian Roberton, head of film production at MPC.
Roberton has been with MPC for five years. He oversaw the company's work on "10,000 BC"cq and the upcoming "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian."
MPC, a unit of Technicolor and one of the U.K.'s largest visual effects houses, is setting up a second office in Santa Monica, slated to open this year.
MPC has produced visual effects for such films as "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Sunshine".
- 3/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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