Deluxe Digital Studios
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| Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Founder | William Fox |
| Headquarters | |
| Industry | entertainment |
| Products | film |
| Services | subtitling, digital processing |
| Parent | MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings |
Deluxe Digital Studios is a leading company in the business of digital cinema services.
By focusing on both theatrical and home entertainment, Deluxe provides complete digital workflow solutions to such major motion-picture groups as The Walt Disney Company, Fox Film Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Bros.
The company was founded in 1915 by William Fox, when he created the Fox Film Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
In 1919 Fox Film Corporation opened its studio in Hollywood at Sunset and Western. The first Deluxe film laboratory was built on the south side of the lot (Fernwood and Serrano), where it still operates today. The original plant consisting of one building with processing and printing operations has expanded to a high capacity manufacturing plant that is one of several film labs worldwide.
The company principally operates in three business segments: Film Labs, Creative Services, and Film Distribution.
Film Labs is one the largest processors of 35 mm film for the motion-picture industry, working with a number of Hollywood studios.
Creative Services assists the global DVD industry in motion-picture post-production, including such services as digital intermediate, compression, encoding, authoring, subtitling. This segment also distributes motion-picture-related marketing materials and provides several digital-distribution and asset-management products and services.
Film Distribution attends to the theatrical distribution of prints and trailers.
At present, Deluxe is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, Inc.
