[QuadList] Pacific Video Industries and successors (was frost nixon film)

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, Al,

Many thanks for the information regarding the truck used on "The Nixon  
Interviews."  Pacific Video Industries does come up on IMDB in  
connection with "The Nixon Interviews." So do the people you mentioned.

When you say the company morphed into "Pacific Video Post" I gather  
you mean the company that was Pacific Video Post Production Center,  
more recently known as LaserPacific Media.

QuadList member Gary Adams (now with DaVinci) worked there in the late  
1970's.

The Hollywood Reporter has a 20th Anniv. retrospective on the company  
here:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1947852

LaserPacific was formed in 1990 when former Compact Video founder  
Robert Seidenglanz's Spectra Image and Pacific Video merged. PVI had  
been in bankruptcy. LaserPacific went public in 1991 with a $6-million  
IPO.

Laser Pacific's significant subsidaries as of March, 2003 included  
Pacific Video, Inc., Laser Edit, Inc, and Great American Food Corp.  
(formerly known as Laser Edit, East, Inc.)

Kodak paid $30-million for LaserPacific in 2003.

LaserPacific was sold in Feb, 2010 by Kodak to TeleCorps Holdings,  
Inc., which is backed by HIG Capital.

Randy Blim is listed as the Chief Engineer/Chief Technical Officer and  
is now the CTO for TeleCorps.

TeleCorps was founded by a group of broadcaster/media business people,  
most notably former CBS Network President James H. Rosenfield and  
Robert F. McConnell, former head of Encoda Systems, now owned by Harris.

They've most recently formed Indycoast Partners and retain investment  
interests in Telecorps.

Between the start of 2007 and end of 2009, TeleCorps acquired Wexler  
Video, LLC, PostWorks New York, LLC, Orbit Digital California, LLC,  
Hula Post Production, Inc. and Coffey Sound, LLC, all bought  with  
backing from HIG.

And so it goes.

Ted

On Jun 8, 2010, at 8:44 PM, altv at att.net wrote:

> In regard to the original production of the interviews.  I believe  
> the truck used was provided by PVI (Pacific Video Industries).  The  
> truck had TK 44's and a couple of TR 70's, as I recall.  PVI was the  
> forerunner of Pacific Video Post, still in business.  The credits  
> included Randy Blim, who was the CE of the company.  Seymour Meyer,  
> along with his brother, who were listed in the credits, were the  
> owners of the company.
>
> The truck was unusual in that it had a window on each side of the  
> production area.  Premise being that if it was parked on a stage the  
> crew could look into the studio.
>
> It did mostly entertainment, and very little sports.  It spent a lot  
> of Sundays at the Crystal Cathedral.
>
> Al Killion
>
>
> As for the original Nixon/Frost sessions—"The Nixon Interviews"— 
> here's the Crew list:
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261639/fullcredits
>
> Anyone recognize any names?
>
> Know what company supplied the truck and cameras used?  Whether the  
> movie is accurate in its portrayal of equipment?
>
> And since the programs were recorded in 1977, were they on Quad or  
> 1"? Edited on? Where?
>
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Ted Langdell
Secretary

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