My History
It takes decades to create the future
An industry pioneer in entertainment for a half century
Just like those who pioneered the largest production and post-production companies serving Hollywood (Technicolor, Deluxe), the management at LADB (which guides and supports the staff) has a vast and successful legacy as a trusted partner for the top content owners ranging over 5 decades.
The Present - We are a customer-oriented post production company offering our expertise in a wide variety of quality and cost effective services with fast results. In 2002 LADB began offering unique post production services to several major Hollywood studios and TV networks as well as over 200 other Hollywood production companies and leading streaming distributors. With our constantly updating technology and rapid turnaround services we began a steady rise as a trusted name when our clients need something done quickly and correctly.
History / Experience Counts
The Beginning of 50 years of industry leadership - In 1966, Robert Seidenglanz (LADB management) was hands on involved on several filmed TV shows all done at major studios, as well as a motion picture, Tobruk, a Universal feature with the special effects team on location with the Howard Anderson Company. He then worked on ABC Wide World of Sports (1 of 11 permanently assigned to the WWS engineering staff out of 700 engineers), then later, many TV shows on video including Laugh In, Steve Allen and ABC's Operation Entertainment (a weekly 1 hour primetime special lasting a year and a half which entertained our servicemen, many who were already gravely injured, all videotaped on American Military bases stateside during Vietnam!).
Then in 1970-71 Compact Video Inc. is founded and hits the road, soon establishing a legacy as the most trusted partner for the top content owners. From concept to Prime Time Television!
1968 Concept
1970 Prototype
1971 Compact hits the road
Compact Video changed television forever as it took television production out of the studio and gave top content owners a practical set of tools (compared to film one on one) yet vastly increased speed of production and electronic video editing over film.
1973 - Video Production Expansion
On location globally, for example To China in 2 days notice
Air to air, Helicopter, Underwater, Compact made TV outdoors portable and practical.
1979 - Compact Video's 7 story, 165,000 sq. ft. Post Production & Satellite Park
Compact built the first high rise in Burbank
1979 - Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as financial advisors to Compact Video and introduced Compact to the founders of ESPN (father and son). Compact helps write and present an ESPN business plan to Getty Oil. From this plan, the founders raised $85 million to fund ESPN. Compact received a $15 million contract to build ESPN's Bristol, CT studio, satellite operations, and five mobile units.
1979 - Compact Video Systems acquires Image Transform, Inc. (Cantor, Fitzgerald & Co., Inc. acted as financial advisors to Compact) which has created Real Time Image Enhancement (used extensively by NASA, particularly in the transmission of television pictures from space).
“Bob Seidenglanz Shifts Over To Pacific Video” proclaimed the headline in a 1982 Variety article.
I became the court-approved CEO of the troubled Pacific Video Post Production Center, which had been undergoing reorganization under Chapter 11. Months earlier, when I first learned that Pacific Video had filed for protection under Chapter 11, I received a couple of calls from its bankruptcy counsel, Joe Eisenberg, asking me to take charge of the company. Eisenberg said my experience as head of a public company made me the “right guy” for the job.
I accepted the challenge and took over the job and within 9 months we presented a plan to the bankruptcy court
and the company, within two years, successfully went on to post producing over 50 TV shows a week.
1983 Pacific Video
1990 Pacific Video and Spectra Image merge to become Laser Pacific Media Corp.
1994 First in-flight live broadcast in the world.
Robert was the President of the company that organized live broadcast "ECA"
2002 LADB Founded
Robert was also executive in charge of production for a 4 hour TV special "An Evening of Stars" aired on NBC and 50 other markets in syndication for 10 years, up until 2005.
Eric, at 15 became a protégé to the CEO of ADS in 1990. Since then Eric has acquired 26 years of hands on industry management experience. Eric is highly qualified to preside over Hollywood's top content owners' work, manage among the industry's largest, provide guidance for lowest cost post production facilities while leading by example for a best practices security environment.
2002 WB
LADB becomes a preferred vendor for WB
Advertising and Publicity for executive turn-around-services
2003 DNA
LADB Acquires DNA - Digital Navigation & Authoring
Full DVD Production Encoding and Authoring & Replication
2006 KCH
LADB becomes an approved vendor for Kennedy Center Honors
2007 Expansion
LADB establishes its headquarters for future growth
2007 Paramount
LADB - becomes vendor to
Paramount Pictures Advertising and Publicity
2007 LADB.TV unveiled
The first secure streaming service
in the business for reviews and dailies. Built and
designed for major movie studios and major auto manufacturers
2008 MGM
Creates metadata and closed caption
departments in house for MGM. LADB becomes a
vendor for MGM Providing Metadata, captioning and VOD services
2009 CBS
LADB becomes a vendor to CBS Films
2010 Lifetime Achievement Emmy
Awarded to Robert Seidenglanz
2010 Live Storage
LADB create a state of the art Live Storage Service
2011 iPad
LADB delivers a secure video
iPad app to the industry to be used with LADB.TV
2011 IMAX
LADB becomes preferred digital
storage provider for IMAX Advertisement
2011 ISO
LADB receives the very first dual accreditation in
the business for ISO 27001 (Security) and 9001 (Quality)
2011 AMAZON
LADB - Becomes a vendor to Amazon Studios
2012 FILM DISTRICT
LADB becomes vendor to Film District
LADB - Becomes a vendor to Amazon Studios
2013 CDSA
LADB is one of the very first
vendors to obtain a CDSA certification
2014 FOCUS
LADB becomes vendor to Focus Features
LADB becomes vendor to Film District
2015 NETFLIX
LADB becomes Post Vendor to Netflix
2015 ScreeningNOW unveiled
A separate entity guided by LADB providing
client distribution service designed for content owners
wishing a method to monetize their content that will not find
distribution in the OTT Netflix, Hulu and Amazons of the world.
2015 UHD
LADB becomes one of two
Los Angeles US vendors to offer UHD
Authoring / Encoding / Replication With Scenarist and ATEME
2016 TELEPIX
LADB- Acquires Telepix Post Production services
2016 AMAZON
LADB Becomes a preferred vendor
to Amazon Studios for all critics reviews
2016 A&E
LADB becomes preferred vendor to A&E Networks
2017 Production
LADB goes in production with Sidewayz films
2017 ISO
LADB completes three accreditations in the business for
ISO 27001 (Security), 9001 (Quality), and 22301 (Continuity)
2017 Final Text
LADB announces focus on high growth
of its closed captioning and transcription services
2017 StreamD
LADB releases StreamD,
a white labeled dailies streaming service
50 Years Management Experience
See why LADB management's experience has provided top content owners with a trusted partner to help create and deliver their content to Hollywood studios, TV networks, and independent filmmakers. Experience counts: For five decades, members of LADB's management have been industry leaders. From the explosive OTT growth; to the earlier days of the Internet; to big screen Motion Pictures; to the go-go growth in Cable; and to the original domination of the three U.S. TV Networks, our management team has been there! With our LADB family of dedicated and experienced staff we can help you generate or distribute your content with an accuracy and speed you won't find from larger facilities.