Moviola Launches Desktop Video Division

Hollywood, Calif. -- Moviola has launched a Desktop Video Divisionto focus on powerful and cost-effective solutions for digital video andstreaming media production. The new division will provide turnkeysolutions and support to address a national customer base for productssuch as Apple’s award-winning Final Cut Pro 3 and Avid Xpress DV3. There will also be a range of solutions and support forprofessionals requiring uncompressed quality on the Apple platform,including technologies from Pinnacle’s CinéWave, DigitalVoodoo, Bluefish, and Aurora Video.

To accelerate the growth of the new division, Moviola has enlistedthe services of Ron and Zeke Margolis. The Margolis’ are thefounders of Intelligent Media, the Apple pro video reseller that hasbeen servicing the needs of video creatives since 1994. "Zeke and I arereally excited to be joining Moviola in heading up this effort," saysthe senior Margolis. "The combination of resources that Moviola can nowapply to production solutions is unparalleled. In addition, workingwith the Avid line of desktop products adds a valuable dimension to ourproduct mix. We can offer a level of service and support that farsurpasses what we’ve done previously. Plus, we were theoriginators of providing Final Cut Pro training when the productlaunched in 1999. Moviola has developed the Apple-certified curriculumand offers professionals in our industry ETP funding so their learningis fully subsidized by the state. That is fantastic."

According to Moviola’s Managing Director Randy Paskal, "Ronand Zeke have a mastery of the desktop market that is unparalleled andtheir division will provide the perfect compliment to our otherbusiness units."

Moviola, the company responsible for the invention and developmentof the Moviola Editing System in 1924, strives to continually remain atthe forefront of media technology and education. Moviola sells andrents a full range of production and postproduction tools and servicesin addition to offering an extensive list of classes through theirMoviola Education Centers in Los Angeles and New York. Moviola is aJ&R Film company.

Moviola is located at 1135 N. Mansfield Ave., Hollywood, CA 90038.For more information, visit www.moviola.com.