Deluxe Adds Vision Entertainment to its Digital Media Asset Management Initiative

Deluxe, a world leader in the technology and services behind filmedand home entertainment media, has acquired Vision Entertainment, ahigh-quality provider of specialty fulfillment services for theentertainment industry, including digital & physical distribution,assembly, convention services and warehousing. This acquisitionprovides Deluxe with a key piece of its digital media asset managementinitiative.

With facilities in Santa Monica and Glendale, Vision Entertainmentincreases Deluxe’s capabilities in the meta-data area to manageother important assets, including scripts, music cue sheets, performerslides and bios, as data. Deluxe is one of the first service companiesto manage all aspects of entertainment content as data.

“Vision Entertainment has a long standing reputation for theircommitment to customer service and has continually exceeded theexpectations of their impressive client roster by delivering on all oftheir promises,” said Peter Pacitti, president and CEO ofDeluxe’s Packaged Media Division. “This acquisition willallow us to expand upon their capabilities and provide customers withan even broader range of services. We know that customers seek acomplete solution that includes the distribution of collateral items,as well as film, DVD and videocassettes."

Founded in 1985, Vision Entertainment is dedicated to providing itsclients with the best specialty fulfillment services available,including distribution, assembly, convention services, and warehousingservices, among many others. Vision has developed a reputation for itsproduction quality and servicing support both domestically andinternationally, and strives to operate as an extension of itsclients’ internal marketing departments. The company’sclients, including studios such as Columbia Tri-Star, MGM, DreamWorks,Tribune Entertainment, Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox, Disney andParamount, have come to know and embrace the unique energy, enthusiasmand family focused atmosphere that Vision has created and will maintainthrough this partnership.

“Deluxe and Vision Entertainment share a joint dedication tocustomer service,” said Mike Alvarez, President and CEO of VisionEntertainment. “My partner Allen Russell and I, along with the110 members of the Vision Entertainment team, are very eager to combineour capabilities with Deluxe, to continue servicing the entertainmentindustry."