Hamburg, Germany (March 3, 2008) – The renowned Hollywood technical service provider Javelin Ventures has taken on the responsibilities in conveying the stateside training and support of sofatronic’s Kaleidoscope to motion picture post-production facilities. This strategic global partnership brings together decades of industry and technical expertise from both sides of the Atlantic with a shared vision to establish the Kaleidoscope platform as the standard for BD-J development.

Javelin will provide a comprehensive support and training program to ensure seamless integration of the Kaleidoscope middleware into the workflow of both designers and programmers creating Blu-ray discs and their interactive applications. This includes in-depth training seminars as a part of the Javelin High Definition Training Center (HDTC) as well as on-site and over-the-phone technical support services.

“Not only have we found the perfect collaborative partner to deliver training, support and promotion for our software platform, but also the excellent reputation that Javelin has in the HD industry has made us proud that they have decided to work with us.”

“After a careful analysis, we knew Kaleidoscope could be the answer for many of the complicated and tedious problems in BD-J development and the solution that application developers have been waiting for. The Javelin team is exicited to work closely with sofatronic to provide support and training for Blu-ray developers.”

The first of many training seminars will be held this coming month in the US and in Europe. For more precise dates, registration can be found online at the Javelin and sofatronic websites.

sofatronic is a leading developer and technology provider for DVD’s follow up format Blu-ray. In addition to the kaleidoscope platform, sofatronic focuses on custom application development for the Blu-ray format.

Kaleidoscope offers the film industry increased value and services to enhance revenues on its franchises, while simultaneously providing an exciting new HD home cinema experience for consumers. The sofatronic group is a 20 strong team divided between Hamburg and Los Angeles. Its founders – René Baisch, Nils Hammerich and Rouven Malecki – gained international standing with their first company, mobile games developer and publisher elkware. More information can be found online at www.sofatronic.com or by contacting Marchsreiter Communications.

Javelin Ventures delivers forward-thinking education, services and products for professional DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD production. Javelin’s mission is to help production facilities and motion picture studios make the transition to next generation home entertainment formats. Starting with education and training classes for facilities with little to no HD and BD production expertise, and moving through services and products for facilities looking to optimize their production workflow, Javelin’s approach offers support to production facilities of all capacities. More information can be found online at www.javelindvd.com.

Glendale, CA (February 1, 2008) – Javelin Ventures and the High Definition Training Center are happy to announce the expansion of our seminar offerings with the addition of Java Programming for Authors. This seminar series differs from our regular course offerings in that it is designed to teach basic Java programming skills to less experienced programmers and DVD authors over a six-week period.

Similar to various continuing education programs, there will be three hours of instruction per week, assigned reading from a textbook, take home assignments and an evaluation at the completion of the course. Unlike various continuing education programs, the course will always tie the basic learnings back to specific applications in BD-J in order to prepare the student for real-world programming for Blu-ray.

The course will be held at the Javelin High Definition Training Center in Glendale, CA on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8pm to 9:30pm. Classes will begin on Tuesday February 26th and continue through Thursday April 3rd. The cost is $3995.00 per person.

The curriculum will be as follows:

Week 0: Orientation & Initial Assignment

Week 1: Chapter 1- The Mental Landscape, Chapter 2- Names and Things

Week 2: Chapter 3- Control, Chapter 4- Subroutines

Week 3: Chapter 5- Objects and Classes

Week 4: Chapter 7- Arrays

Week 5: Chapter 8- Correctness & Robustness

Week 6: Chapter 12- Advanced GUI Programming