West Entertainment has been chosen by Ricochet Digital Media (Ricochet) to supply technical services for the airline market, as well as the maritime sector. Ricochet is an independent film distribution company for both airlines and cruise ships, formed by industry experts Delisa Hudson and Jason Szymanski.
Under the terms of the contract, West Entertainment will provide technical services to Ricochet, including digital asset management, mastering, audio and video editing, language localisation and origination services, encoding and transcoding for all IFE and maritime deliverables.
Ricochet’s first new release title is Chick Fight, available for April bookings. The company also has a library of classic titles, acquired from Jaguar Distribution.
Delisa Hudson, partner at Ricochet stated, “Ricochet Digital Media is looking forward to bringing quality content to the travel industry, in the form of new release titles or the Jaguar film library. I’ve known the team at West for a long time. They are highly qualified industry experts and have a state-of-the-art lab which, combined with their exceptional service and on-time delivery, meets our needs perfectly.”