The Barcelona multimedia company Antares is venturing into a new business field: the production and distribution of 360º animation programmes for planetariums. With Marei Bauer, Head of the recently launched department Antares FullDome, the company is stepping into the international market.
Since its foundation in 1994, Antares has made a name for itself with its educational multimedia productions, primarily in the Spanish market. Now the team wants to seek new horizons and in early 2009 will focus on the production and distribution of fulldome films for planetariums.
To underline the importance of the new projects, a new department was created a couple of months ago: Antares FullDome. The department is headed
by Marei Bauer. This German film school graduate has worked for several years in the area of international film and TV sales perfect preparation for the new challenge at Antares FullDome.
Until recently its business focus was clearly on the Spanish-speaking market, but this is now changing: Marei Bauer plans to introduce the fulldome films to planetariums not only in the rest of Europe, but worldwide.
About Antares FullDome:
Since its foundation in 1994, Antares Producción y Distribución S.L. has been very successful in the area of production and distribution of audiovisual content - this can be shown by a plethora of projects for clients such as FIFA or Volkswagen España.
Its flexibility and open-mindedness are two of the reasons why Antares is still a prospering company in the fast-moving multimedia business after 15
years: new technologies and changing market needs are always taken into consideration for the individual projects and clients.
To enrich the existing product range, the recently founded department Antares FullDome is now focusing on the production and distribution of fulldome films for digital planetariums: The present portfolio consists of films and sequences, which explain astronomical phenomena to young adults
and families. All programs are based on pictures from artificial satellites and terrestrial observatories.