Sony Europe Ltd (Sony) has announced the acquisition of Memnon Archiving Services SA, a Brussels-based digitisation and archiving company. Memnons archiving services and technologies coupled with Sonys extensive workflow and media solutions are expected to create new market opportunities for advanced media asset management and digitisation solutions for media companies, broadcasters and institutions around the […]
Sony Europe Ltd (Sony) has announced the acquisition of Memnon Archiving Services SA, a Brussels-based digitisation and archiving company. Memnons archiving services and technologies coupled with Sonys extensive workflow and media solutions are expected to create new market opportunities for advanced media asset management and digitisation solutions for media companies, broadcasters and institutions around the world.
Katsunori Yamanouchi, Vice President, Sony Professional, Sony Europe, commented: Memnon has industry leading experience in handling and managing precious archives, experience which is recognised by a wide range of highly regarded institutions around the world. Together with Memnon, Sony will be able to support customers in the challenge to preserve hundreds of millions of hours of AV archive content and invaluable assets, in various formats. This is an ideal extension to Sonys Media Lifecycle Service and current worldwide portfolio of AV and IT solutions, enhancing an already impressive offering of asset digitisation, storage, distribution and monetisation capabilities.
Michel Merten, CEO Memnon Archiving Services SA, added: This acquisition by Sony creates the opportunity to bring together Memnons unique expertise around digitisation, archiving and monetisation of great volumes of audio-visual archives, held by broadcasters, public and private institutions, universities, sports organisations, amongst many, with Sonys great heritage and exceptional knowledge of broadcast and audio-visual technologies. Our combined capabilities will help our customers around the world address their urgent preservation challenges of their most precious assets: their contents.
Baku Morikuni, Head of Media Lifecycle Service, Professional Solutions, Sony Europe said: The acquisition of Memnon by Sony today is an important milestone as we continuously evolve and strengthen our media asset digitisation and management services and solutions. Sony and Memnon will harness their respective strengths to develop and deliver state-of-the-art solutions for media companies faced with growing archiving challenges.
Sonys acquisition of Memnon Archiving Services SA was effective as of July 1st and will include all assets, including Intellectual Properties Rights as well as their technology and software solutions engineering capabilities. Memnon will become a part of Sony Professional, Sony Europe Ltd.
