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Some success stories...
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Founded in 1952,
Les Films du Soleil is one of the oldest
companies in the audiovisual sector in the
region. The company specialises in audiovisual
production and television reporting diffused
by satellite. The head of the company, Jacques
Hubinet, is proud to be from Marseille, and
he is one of the four associates of the Studios
de Marseille at the Belle-de-Mai Media Centre. |
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Originally from Paris, LSP is a company that produces video games. After
convincing the venture capital companies
in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur
region, LSP obtained 4.5 million € in
aid, and relocated to Marseille. The company
transferred their team of 25 people at the
end of 2002.
In February 2004, the Canadian group Hip
Interactive decided to co-operate with LSP
in a bid to penetrate the European market.
This is a significant step forward for LSP,
in a market that is growing 10 % a year. |
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Studio
Action, makes 3D feature
films in partnership with HP and Softimage,
co-produced by Pathé UK and France
2. The company has chosen to establish itself
in Provence, and the next 3D Pollux version
will be made in Marseille! The release date
is 2005. |
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Aymanimation. A Parisian
operator runs this company, with input by
students from the Université d’Aubagne.
Aymanimation is involved with creating a
2D studio, and producing audiovisual works.
A talented youngster from the team, Mohamed
Labidi, won the «Jeune Espoir » cartoon
prize at Mifa with « Steeve Raja ». |
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Karobas, a 3D virtual space
sold to public organisations, has set up
experimental schools. Customers include the
Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône
with Kid@ville. The aim of this game is to
give young people a civil conscience. They
are given a score according to their civil « quota ». |
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Mobivillage moved to Marseille
in 2 phases during 2001 and 2003, following
successful regional negotiations. Mobivillage
offers advice, support and development for
its customers (operators, terminal manufacturers
and suppliers of content) seeking ready-made
or tailor-made multimedia services that add
value and generate traffic. The Technocentre
establishes a synthesis of existing protocols,
and develops new software adapted to standards
that are constantly evolving: WAP, i-mode,
xHTML, Ezweb, J2ME, SMS, MMS. It offers varied
services, including hosting, supervision
and maintenance. The Mobivillage creation
studio works on graphics, ergonomy and sound
effects. Their musicians compose high-definition
sounds for new generation mobile phones. |
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Digital
Key Stone is an American high-tech company that
relocated to Provence so that it could become
integrated in the multimedia production chain.
This “start-up” was created in
California, in Silicon Valley, and has established
its European subsidiary in Aix-en-Provence
following the Home Sweet Home operation run
in the USA by Provence Promotion. As a computer
software company, Digital Keystone has positioned
itself at the heart of the PC industries,
the electronic and content world. Its products
include a peripheral device that distributes
multimedia content from a computer to a television
situated in another room.
Customers: Microsoft JVC, Sony, Philips
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Neotion is a successful start-up
company, with the turnover to prove it – increasing
from 7 million € in 2002, to 40 million € en
2003. Based in La Ciotat, Neotion creates
and markets reception equipment for digital
television. Néotion began 2004 by
buying Xeole Technologies, a company involved
in the strategic sector of compressing audio
and visual data, and will open a subsidiary
in Shanghaï, China. |
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Worldsat manufactures reception
terminals for digital television for Médiaset,
part of the Berlusconi group. The group employs
45 people and exports 75 % of its production.
Innovations for 2004 include a module that
enables the reception of email on television,
by satellite and without a telephone, and
a hard disk that can record between 24 to
72 hours of programmes. |
They have all succeeded
in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur
region.
How about you?
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