Technicolor Asia (Thailand) Announces New International Staff “Ramps Up” for Digital Images Facility Opening

As Technicolor Asia (Thailand), a division of Thomson, prepares to launch its new digital intermediate facility at its Bangkok location, new international staff additions have recently been announced to support the new business roll out. Reporting to managing director Ian Maycock, Andrew Wales joins the Technicolor Asia team as Director of Client Services. Andrew spent the last 13 years at London’s Technicolor lab. Andrew and the Client Services team will coordinate and execute projects throughout the process at the Thailand lab. Manager of the new Technicolor Asia Digital Images department, formerly based in New York, is Mike Balabuch who has worked on DI of such films as ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, ‘Prairie Home Companion’ and many others. Mike brings a wealth of management and workflow knowledge to Technicolor Asia’s new digital facility. Also joining the digital team in Bangkok is R.G. Parthasarathi (or Partha as he is better known) who takes on the “Conform/Data Specialist” position. Partha’s extensive digital experience was gained at Prime Focus, Spirit DI and Prasad EFX in India. Hailing from the Philippines where he spent time at Big Foot Entertainment and Digitraz Sound Productions as well as having worked at Soundfilm, Sydney, Warren Santiago joins the sound team at Technicolor Asia. Warren is a talented sound designer, editor and mixer. Managing director Maycock said of the new additions to the Technicolor Asia staff: “As we get ready to launch our new Digital Images facility and retrofit our existing lab, we are bringing on board some of the most talented technicians in post production. Coming from traditional film finishing, Technicolor brings years of experience into the digital world and the expertise our new international staff brings to the table supports our efforts to offer one stop services providing post production solutions for all of Asia.” About Thomson World leader in digital video technologies Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems to help its Media, Entertainment and Communications clients – content creators, content distributors and users of its technology – realize their business goals and optimize their performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. The Group is the preferred partner to the Media & Entertainment Industries through its Technicolor, Grass Valley, RCA, and Thomson brands. For more information: http://www.thomson.net. About Technicolor Headquartered in Burbank, California, Technicolor is part of the Services division of Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS). Along with being the world’s largest film processor, Technicolor has evolved to become the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of DVDs and CDs, and is a leading provider of production, postproduction, and visual effects services to film studios and cable and television networks. On an annual basis, Technicolor processes more than five billion feet of motion picture film, and has the capacity to produce over 1.7 billion DVDs and 170 million CDs. The company is also a principal developer and supplier of services for comprehensive, end-to-end digital cinema distribution, channel origination and broadcast playout, and out-of-home advertising. Technicolor serves an international base of entertainment, software, game manufacturing, promotional, direct marketing, OEM, and corporate customers with its manufacturing and postproduction facilities worldwide. Major Hollywood clients include The Walt Disney Co., DreamWorks SKG, New Line Cinema, Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Software publishing clients include Microsoft, Vivendi Universal Games, Electronic Arts, and Atari. For more information on Technicolor Asia: http://www.technicolor.com/Cultures/En-Us/Locations/Bangkok+40_19+Soi+A.htm . For additional information contact: PR Division email [email protected]

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