Henninger Capitol Completes Fifth Year of Post-Production On Kennedy Center Honors Program

Business Wire, Dec 21, 1998

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--Henninger Capitol, a member of the Henninger Media Services network, has completed its fifth consecutive year of providing post-production services on the honorees' biographies for the 21st annual Kennedy Center Honors which was held Dec. 6 and airs Dec. 30 on CBS.

The show honors six performing legends for career contributions: Willie Nelson, Bill Cosby, Shirley Temple, Andre Previn and John Kander & Fred Ebb, with narration by Tommy Lee Jones, Mia Farrow, Alec Baldwin, Felicia Rashad and George Stevens Jr.

The Honors, voted by a national committee, are a top performing arts accolade, and Honors festivities are typically Washington's starriest weekend in non-inaugural years.

Henninger Capitol General Manager Bobby Wright explained that there are other benefits as well besides the pride in knowing that the executive producers of the Kennedy Center Honors have entrusted this project to Henninger for so many years.

"The Honors Program post-production project enables us to demonstrate our capabilities in a medium that complements our work in television documentaries and political campaigns," Wright noted. "We want to show the community our versatility and, year after year, the Honors program allows us that opportunity."

Henninger Capitol, located in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., offers a complete range of post-production services including online and offline editorial; telecine; graphic design and animation; audio mixing closed-captioning; and duplication. The facility is recognized for the technical and creative achievements of its award-winning staff.

Its clientele of local, national and international producers includes National Geographic, Discovery Channel Pictures, The Learning Channel and Partridge Films, among others. As a community educator, Henninger Capitol sponsors Telecine seminars which attracts students, broadcasters, experienced filmmakers and videographers.

Information on Henninger Capitol can be obtained by calling 202/965-7800, by fax at 202/965-7815, or by e-mail at capitol@henninger.com. The company is located at 2121 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007.

Founded in 1983, privately held Henninger Media Services Inc. is one of the nation's largest post-production houses with headquarters in Arlington, Va., and facilities in Washington, Nashville, Tenn., Richmond, N.Y., and Los Angeles.

In addition to its editing, graphics and audio capabilities, Henninger Media Services includes a film lab, nationwide editing equipment rental service and a program marketing and funding division. Well-known clients include Discovery Communications, National Geographic Television, Showtime Networks and Circuit City Stores.