Unapix Home Entertainment Partners With DTS to Develop Groundbreaking DVD Program ""What-a-Blast/Architecture In Motion"" To Feature State-Of-The-Art DTS Digital Surround Audio
Unapix Home Entertainment, a division of Unapix Entertainment, Inc. (AMEX: UPX), announced that it has entered into an agreement with Digital Theater Systems (DTS), to develop What a Blast / Architecture in Motion, an innovative DVD program, utilizing DTS Digital Surround technology. ""What a Blast/Architecture In Motion"" is a mind blowing entertainment experience, all done in DTS Digital Surround. This full-length music video production, set to the original Tangerine Dream soundtrack, features devastating implosions of buildings, bridges and smokestacks, and includes a special mix by Robert Margouleff and Brant Biles, one of the premier surround sound design teams in the world. DTS Digital Surround is the premier surround sound format for delivering 5.1 channels of ""master quality"" audio on DVD. This new technology allows consumers to experience 3-dimensional audio surround sound, transforming home theater systems into six discrete channels of exceptionally clear, high-quality, digital audio performance. ""We are extremely excited to be involved with DTS on íWhat a Blast/Architecture In Motion,í a wonderfully entertaining program which we hope will be the first of many produced in association with DTS,"" said Richard Casey, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Unapix Home Entertainment. ""A clip from the production will be featured on the new version of our Ultimate DVD Demo disc, the first version of which we believe is the most widely distributed DVD in the world."" Unapix and DTS have also teamed up in the distribution of this 42-minute program. In addition to promoting ""What A Blast/Architecture In Motion"" on its Web site (www.dtsonline.com), DTS will also focus on audio/video hardware retailers for the promotion and sale of this title. David DelGrosso, Director of Consumer Marketing at DTS commented, ""This title will instantly become a favorite for audio/video retailers to demonstrate the superb value of the DVD format and simultaneously the exceptional sound quality of DTS Digital Surround. We are confident that thousands of consumers will become exposed to this title every day as they walk through the retail showrooms and stop to experience such an exciting demonstration. We very much look forward to co-developing other state-of-the-art titles with Unapix."" About DTS DTS was launched in 1993, with the release of Universal Pictures' and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic Park, and since has remained a leader in feature film digital audio with over 16,000 installations worldwide. DTS Consumer Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of DTS, Inc.) is now licensing its technology to hardware and software manufacturers to create Digital Surround products, changing the way consumers listen to music recordings and movie soundtracks on compact discs, laser discs, and DVD. The company has its Web site at www.dtsonline.com. About Unapix Unapix Entertainment, Inc. (AMEX: UPX) is a global entertainment company specializing in distributing, producing, and licensing market-driven feature films, television programming and special-interest home video in all media worldwide. The company also distributes its products via the Internet and other new electronic media. The company has its Web site at www.unapixent.com.