/ 07.30.2012 01:07PM
Bonded Service Group Acquires Inception Digital Services
Digital distribution and asset management service provider
BURBANK,
CALIF.: Bonded Services announced
it has acquired Inception Digital
Services, LLC from Inception Media Group, LLC. IDS provides a range of
physical media migration, digital encoding, electronic packaging, secure
high-speed content delivery services, asset management and archive data
storage. The IDS delivery network includes certified delivery access to major
online, broadcast media and VOD retailers and platforms. IDS now operates as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonded Services Group LLC, a provider of physical
archival management services to the media and content industries. Erik Pence
continues to serve as president of Inception Digital Services.
IDS provides digital master creation, digital conversion, restoration and
repair, quality control, metadata, artwork, chapter creation, electronic
storage and global delivery for online, mobile, television, VOD, cable and
satellite content distributors. Clients include iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, Sony
Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, CinemaNow, InDemand, Comcast, Echostar,
Blockbuster, Hulu and Vudu. IDS services a number of international platforms
and customers in Australia, India, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy as
well.
With the IDS acquisition, Bonded customers will be able to digitize physical
assets at a Bonded facility, keeping the chain of custody intact. In addition,
the IDS central facility is integrated with the ISWEST data center in Los
Angeles, assuring maximum security and abundant connectivity to the digital
media ecosystem. Bonded Services is an affiliate of AEP Capital LLC and The
Wicks Group of Companies, parent of NewBay Media, publisher of TV Technology.