Jouy-en-Josas, June 30th, 2011 – Active Circle and Promovisa (Promotora de Video S.A.) are announcing a commercial and technical partnership under which Promovisa will integrate and sell Active Circle storage and archive solutions to customers in Spain.

Headquartered in Madrid, Promovisa is present in Barcelona and Seville and has already gained the confidence of the most prestigious customers in all sectors of the media industry, from production to broadcast and distribution. The Active Circle solution will complement Promovisa’s product portfolio by providing a way to store and archive content on disk and LTO tape.

“Most of our customers switched to a digital workflow and are now facing the challenge of storing and managing their content. Always on the cutting edge of the IT-AV convergence, we were looking for a competitive solution to virtualize all kinds of storage. Active Circle is a key player who enables us to seamlessly achieve those needs" - Tomas Nielsen, Business Director.

Headquartered in France, Active Circle extends its coverage of the EMEA region and its local presence by teaming up with Promovisa in Spain. This is part of Active Circle’s strategy to accelerate its international expansion in 2011.

“Spain is an important market for Active Circle and we are very pleased to work with the leader of broadcast and IT integration in this market. Together we will provide very competitive solutions to help customers keep their content available and secure” says Philippe Boyon, Marketing and Business Development director at Active Circle.

About Active Circle
Created in 2002, Active Circle develops and markets an innovative software-based solution that addresses the need for storing, preserving, and managing large volumes of digital content. The Active Circle software has been designed for organizations that manage video content, images, scientific and technical data, or user content to help them better control the lifecycle of their data while at the same time keeping down the costs of storage ownership and administration.

About Promovisa

Promovisa (Promotora de Video S.A.) is the most relevant Broadcast System Integrator in Spain, operating for more than 32years. With a substantial penetration in the AV Professional Production, Audiovisual IT, Post-Production, Encoding and Transmission, and Broadcast markets, including a wider portfolio of partnerships with the most prestigious manufacturers, Promovisa has been providing solutions to the most demanding environments. Promovisa solutions are supported by strong technical teams in pre & post sales, engineering, installation, technical support, and maintenance, with technicians spread across the Spanish geography. All these assets make the foundation for Promovisa’s leadership in AV-IT convergence and integration in Spain.

For more information about Promovisa, check www.promovisa.es