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CCI to buy Escenic – the perfect match
Tuesday 19. November 2013 - Escenic becomes a CCI company
CCI, known among the world’s largest media companies as a provider of multichannel publishing software solutions, is now strengthening its position through the acquisition of Escenic from Vizrt. CCI and Vizrt have been strategic partners for the past six years, and have signed an agreement that also allows Vizrt to continue selling Escenic products as an integral part of its overall solutions offering.
“This is the perfect match. Escenic is an important part of our business, due to its strong expertise in online publishing. CCI and Vizrt have enjoyed a great cooperation during the last 6 years, and we have been able to provide the best of breed solutions to the news industry as a direct result of this partnership. The latest example is the corporate-wide CCI NewsGate editorial and Escenic online solution to McClatchy in the US. This acquisition is a natural next step in the close cooperation between our companies, “said Dan Korsgaard, CEO of CCI.
“For CCI customers this offers a complete publishing solution provided by a single vendor. For Escenic-only customers we will not only continue to offer Escenic as a standalone system, but also offer the additional benefit of being serviced by a larger professional services organization” Korsgaard continues.
Martin Burkhalter, CEO of Vizrt, stated, “We are pleased with the signing of this agreement. We are convinced of the importance of the Escenic product range for our customers, and we will continue to provide fully integrated solutions, which form an important part of our sales strategy. We will continue to meet current and future challenges and opportunities that our customers are facing in the implementation of their multiplatform distribution strategy.
Considering the dynamics in Escenic’s core markets, we believe that CCI, which is highly focused on the online market place, provides a great platform for Escenic to ensure future growth.”
Both companies are committed to ensure that current and potential Escenic and Vizrt customers will continue to receive the highest level of service. Vizrt and CCI have also agreed that CCI will sell and implement the Viz Media Engine (VME) video solution, further cementing the strong relationship between the two companies.