ACMM Accom, Inc. (Accom or the Company) was found

ACMM Accom, Inc. (Accom or the Company) was founded in California in 1987 and reincorporated in the State of Delaware in 1995. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and supports a complete line of digital video signal processing, editing, and disk recording tools, primarily for the professional, worldwide video post-production and live broadcasting, and computer video post-production marketplaces. The Company's systems are designed to be used by video professionals to create, edit and broadcast high quality video content such as television shows, commercials, news, music videos and video games. The Company provides innovative products that cost-effectively meet the needs of professional content creators and broadcasters in real time video post-production and distribution. The Company's current products include integrated nonlinear editing workstations, on-line video editing systems, digital video effects systems, digital switchers and digital video disk recorders used during the content creation and post-production processes, and networked still image and video clip storage systems and digital video servers used by broadcasters in the distribution process. The Company currently offers nine product lines that address the needs of the post-production and distribution market segments. The Company's nonlinear editing systems, on-line editing control systems, digital disk recorders and signal processing equipment are used primarily in post-production. Digital news graphics and clip servers and multi-channel servers address the needs of the video distribution segment. POST-PRODUCTION: Digital Signal Processors 8150 Digital Switcher Digital switcher for on-line post-production editing for commercials and long form television programs Digital Editors Axial®3000 Edit controller for on-line post-production editing for commercials and long form television programs AFFINTY™ Integrated nonlinear workstation for long and short form programs and commercials using multiple streams of uncompressed video Video Digital Disk Recorders APR™/Attache On-line post-production editing and effects and on-air playback of graphics for broadcast WSD®/2Xtreme Desktop computer graphics and animation production WSD®/HD High definition computer graphics, animation, editing, and production. Supports both standard definition and the industry standard high definition formats. DISTRIBUTION: Digital Signal Processors Dveous™and Brutus Digital Video Effects systems for news and sports Axess™ Creation and broadcast distribution of news graphics and short video segments Abekas®6000 Multi-user digital video server for broadcast applications The 8150 Digital Switcher with Built-in 3D Effects The 8150 switcher is typically used in an on-line post-production editing suite. In addition to a switcher, this type of an editing suite requires an on-line editor like the Axial® and a digital disk recorder like the APR™ Attache or the WSD®/2Xtreme, products manufactured by Accom. This 8150 is a powerful switcher which combines the familiar Mix/Effects architecture with limitless effects layering capabilities. The 8150's graphically assisted control panel and other advanced features make it easy to operate. The 8150 offers an optional 3D Digital Video Effects based on the twin channel Dveous™ architecture. This technology provides powerful new effects such as SuperShadow™, UltraWarp™, and the realistic textures and light sources of SurfaceFX™. Dveous™ Digital Video Effects The Dveous is a fully featured DVE product. Dveous is used in post-production suites as well as for live sports and news applications by television stations and production companies. The Dveous is considered by many as the leading high-end DVE product and is used by many well-known broadcasters through out the world. The Dveous video processing system is based around four-field video framestores. Video information is upsampled vertically to create a full frame of data for every field. The Dveous also contains 23x12-point video filters and four-point store output interpolators to provide superb image quality for picture expansion and compression. All