Agreements, Partnerships and Acquisitions

Christie Digital Systems and Boeing Digital Cinema are working toward the future of alternative digital cinema. This spring, the DigiPro projector featured DLP cinema technology in a showcase of Broadway Television Networks' production of Jeckyll and Hyde: The Musical at the Pacific Theater in Hollywood. The projector worked with Boeing's secure end-to-end communication system for this first non-film program distributed for digital cinema display.

CompuDyne Corporation made an agreement in principal to purchase 100% of the stock of privately owned fiber optic sensor manufacturer Fiber SenSys Inc.

Coleman Cable purchased certain assets from Spectrum Wire Corporation. The acquisition included machinery, equipment, and a portion of Spectrum's inventory. It did not include Spectrum's name, business or liabilities. For more information on Coleman, visit www.colemancable.com.

Working with Microsoft Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Seiko Epson Corporation plan to develop specifications and test methods for color quality in front-projection data/video projectors. The new specifications are to be based on international standards for color management technology. See www.mitsubishi-imaging.com.

Inetcam's iVISTA 3.0 software is being used for a whole-house wiring system developed by Superior Essex. The new system is called IntelliGain and includes multifunctional wiring introduced throughout a new home during the construction process, so that Web cameras can be easily moved through the house for a wide variety of personal Web casting and live remote monitoring applications. Visit www.inetcam.com.

Advertising firm Leo Burnett Worldwide purchased Vela's RapidAccess DVD-RAM archiving solution for storage and management of video assets at its Chicago headquarters. This marks the first time that the RapidAccess system has been installed in a non-broadcast application.

The businesses of Cambridge Protection Industries LLC will be sold by GTCR Golder Rauner LLC to ADT Security Services Inc. Cambridge Protection provides electronic security services to more than one million residential, commercial and government customers in North America.

Together, Fujitsu General America and Passeport Media created new ultra-high-resolution electronic video display screens. The first installation of the screens was completed at Canada's Montreal-Dorval International Airport.