Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi: Reliance Media works has acquired the assets of ilab UK Ltd, one of only two film processing facilities operating in London’s SOHO, said the company in a release on Thursday.
The facility offers processing, restoration, 2-Dimension to 3-Dimension conversion and post-production services to broadcasters and studios. The company has been the lab of choice for high-end processing for film, TV and commercial, the statement added.
Commenting on this, Anil Arjun, CEO of Reliance Media Works, said,
“The acquisitions of ilabs not only allow us to strengthen our services portfolio in UK, but we are also fortunate to gain talent, experience and local learning that ilabs team brings onboard."
Reliance MediaWorks UK has already secured image processing and restoration work for two high profile projects from leading UK broadcaster at Reliance MediaWork’s LA-based subsidiary Lowery Digital, added the company in a release.
Lowry Digital was in the limelight recently after it handled the restoration of footage sent back to Earth from Apollo 11 as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of USA's moon mission under the aegis of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Reliance MediaWorks currently has a major presence in different types of film services such as motion picture processing, visual effects, film restoration, image enhancement, digital mastering and studio and equipment rentals at facilities in the US and India.
In addition to these, it also operates operates the Reliance BIG Cinema, India's largest film theater chain with as many as 500 screens in India, US, Malaysia and the Netherlands.
First Published: Thursday, January 07, 2010, 12:41