Rel MediaWorks partners Imagica for Japanese market

Anil Ambani group firm Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) today said it has partnered with post- production firm Imagica Corp to offer film restoration, image processing and enhancement, and HD conversion services to Japanese broadcasters and studios.

The Japanese firm provides services like film processing and printing, inter-media transfer, editing and sound services, DVD authoring and duplication and image restoration.

Under the alliance, the companies would provide film restoration, image processing and enhancement, and HD conversion services to Japanese broadcasters and studios, RMW said in a statement.

"The needs of Japanese marketplace, is growing for film restoration of aged and deteriorated great pictures for digital broadcasting. We are pleased to have found a partner in RMW, who shares our commitment for excellence and has time-proven hardware, software and custom R&D," Imagica Director and Managing Executive Officer Hiroyuki Tatsumi said.

Imagica would work closely with RMW's US-based subsidiary Lowry Digital, which has handled the digital restoration of picture elements for Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Academy Award winning 'Rashomon'.

Lowry Digital has handled projects for studios like Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures, MGM and 20th Century Fox.

"By combining Imagica's local leadership, know-how and expertise with our experience and versatile technology we are geared to provide next generation services to the Japanese film makers and broadcasters," RMW CEO Anil Arjun said.