Extends Autodesk’s Leadership in 2D and 3D Design Innovation

Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of REALVIZ S.A., the privately held developer of image-based content creation software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. more

Grows Autodesk’s Videogame Middleware and Simulation Offering

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 7, 2008 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kynogon SA, the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware. Autodesk announced its intent to acquire Paris-based Kynogon on February 19, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. more

LAS VEGAS–Cine-tal Systems (www.cine-tal.com), a leading manufacturer of image processing, display and collaboration solutions used in digital cinema and video production, has reached an agreement with Rising Sun Research (RSR) to wholly acquire its cineSpace color management technology and product line. more

Alan Ett Creative Group Pacts With 44 Blue Productions To Become Production Company’s Virtual Music Department

Studio City, CA (February 25, 2008) — 44 Blue Productions is one of America’s top suppliers of reality, documentary, lifestyle, and action-adventure programming. Alan Ett Creative Group has entered into a pact with 44 Blue where the AECG family of companies will become a Virtual Music Department for 44 Blue. more

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 19, 2008 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kynogon SA, the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Kynapse has been used to develop more than 65 AAA game titles, including Alone in the Dark 5, Crackdown, Fable 2 and The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Kynapse gives characters spatial awareness, enabling them to realistically navigate digital environments. more

Division is renamed Deluxe Vancouver Ltd.

Vancouver, BC – January 9, 2008 – Deluxe Vancouver Ltd., a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. (“Deluxe”) announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Rainmaker Income Fund’s (TSX: RNK.un) post production and visual effects business in Vancouver and its visual effects operation in London. The acquisition does not include its animation business in Vancouver. more

The DOMINION Group of Advanced Media Companies, headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, announced today that its DOMINION Post/Graphics division has signed a formal agreement with Feld Entertainment, Inc., to provide the entertainment company with a Digital Asset Management System for its multimedia collection of show productions, which include Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®, Disney On Ice, Disney Live! and Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour. more

BLAST AND ARTISTSHARE® ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP AND INVITE FANS TO PARTICIPATE IN CREATIVE PROCESS

BLAST is the First Film Incorporated Into the Successful ArtistShare® Model

December 6, 2007 (New York, NY) ArtistShare® (http://www.artistshare.com), a unique website that invites fans to fund their favorite artists in exchange for participation in the creative process, and BLAST, a documentary that exposes a world of risky, hardcore scientific adventure, announced their partnership today. BLAST is the first film to be incorporated into the successful ArtistShare model that has connected fans with their favorite musicians since 2000. more

DELUXE TO ESTABLISH MAJOR PRESENCE IN VANCOUVER

Rainmaker Animation Remains a Rainmaker Entertainment Company

VANCOUVER, B.C. November 29, 2007 – Rainmaker Income Fund (“Rainmaker”) (TSX: RNK-un) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell two divisions of its wholly owned subsidiary Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. to Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. (“Deluxe”). The purchase by Deluxe will include Vancouver-based Rainmaker Visual Effects and Rainmaker Post, and Rainmaker’s London, England, visual effects facility. It will not include the Rainmaker Animation division based in Vancouver.

Rainmaker, an award winning pioneer with a 28-year history in the Canadian post production more

Global Post Production Powerhouse, Prime Focus Group, Expands Holdings to North America with Purchase of Hollywood and New York-based Post Logic Studios and Frantic Films’ VFX offices in Los Angeles, Winnipeg and Vancouver

Prime Focus Group announced its first North American holdings today with the acquisitions of Post Logic Studios and Frantic Films VFX. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed, and the transaction is pending any and all applicable regulatory approvals. The structure of these acquisitions is yet to be finalized. more