Dalet adds depth to its portfolio through Amberfin acquisition

Published: April 07, 2014 ASIA

WORLD: Dalet Digital Media Systems has signed a definitive agreement with Advent Venture Partners to acquire AmberFin, a UK-based company specialising in video ingest, complex media manipulation, transcoding and quality control (QC) solutions.

The acquisition reportedly significantly broadens the Dalet product offerings by creating end-to-end solutions that include comprehensive MAM capabilities along with state-of-the art image processing, media transcoding and distribution.

‘This acquisition allows us to offer the industry the most advanced level of workflow options,’ said Davis Lasry, CEO of Dalet. ‘AmberFin has been at the forefront in mastering media, including transcoding and video quality control. The company has spearheaded many widely adopted industry standards such as MXF and AS-02. Its talent and expertise directly complement Dalet’s strengths in enterprise MAM-driven solutions.

‘By melding our resources and innovative technologies, we can enrich both the Dalet and AmberFin products to offer the most complete and forward-thinking solutions for content providers to optimise their human resources and media assets. From ingest through multiplatform delivery, operators in News, Sports and Programming will reap tremendous efficiencies and productivity by applying our combined technologies.’

AmberFin has headquarters in Basingstoke, United Kingdom and Dalet will continue to develop and support the AmberFin product line from that location.

Jeremy Deaner is stepping down as CEO of AmberFin but is serving as a consultant for a period of time to facilitate the transition. ‘I am extremely proud of the AmberFin team and its accomplishments, he said. ‘Our award-winning, cutting-edge products are used by prominent broadcasters, content owners and post-production houses around the globe. It’s very gratifying to know that by joining with Dalet, we can together leverage our best-in-class technologies to deliver an outstanding array of solutions that will meet the challenges of the constantly changing digital media landscape.’