SAN FRANCISCO—PIX, an entertainment tech company specializing in secure communications and content management, is buying London-based tech firm CODEX. Financial details of the transaction were not immediately available.

The acquisition will allow each to offer a range of new products and services from streamlined camera capture to post-production finishing. The companies occupy complementary spaces in the production process, PIX said.

“Our clients have relied on PIX to protect their material and ideas throughout all phases of production,” said PIX founder and CEO Eric Dachs. “In CODEX, we found a group that similarly values relationships with attention to critical details.”

With the PIX secure communication and content management product suite, users can maintain creative continuity and reduce project risk by allowing ideas to be shared accurately, stored and preserved through the production process, the company said.

“The integration of both services [PIX and CODEX] into one simplified workflow will deliver the industry a fast, secure, global collaborative ecosystem,” said PIX Chief Design Officer Marc Dando.

The acquisition will expand the servicing reach of both companies around the globe. PIX founder Dachs will remain as CEO.

More information is available on the PIX System website. 

NEWARK, N.J.—Two heads are better than one, or at least that is the strategy employed by Panasonic and Codex, as the two companies have partnered on an updated version of Panasonic’s VariCam 35 camera, the VariCam Pure. The co-production combines the existing VariCam 35 camera head with a new Codex V-RAW 2.0 recorder.

The V-RAW 2.0 recorder attaches directly to the back of the VariCam 35 camera head, allowing the camera to maintain its Super 35 sensor, 14+ stops of latitude and dual native 800/5000 ISO. According to Panasonic, the VariCam Pure system can record uncompressed RAW up to 120 fps onto the Codex Capture Drive 2.0 media. The Codex system will also help provide dailies and archiving workflows, as well as its Virtual File system to transfer file formats, including Panasonic VRAW, Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHR.

Panasonic is expected to release the V-RAW 2.0 recorder for VariCam Pure in December with a suggested retail price of $30,000. The company also plans to showcase the new camera system at IBC 2016.