Loch Ness Productions Acquires Albedo Fulldome Catalog

Loch Ness Productions has acquired from Albedo Fulldome of Barcelona, Spain, the exclusive ownership and distribution rights of their catalog of shows. This move assures these popular shows' continued availability in the future. Albedo closed for business 15 July 2020.

Since 2011, Loch Ness Productions has distributed hundreds of Albedo's shows world-wide, with traditional long-term licenses for display in planetarium fulldome theaters; short-term rentals to domes through its streaming service FULLDOME OnDemand; and directly to consumers through its VR Dome Theater service.

"Our association with Albedo Fulldome was a long and very respectful one," said Carolyn Collins Petersen, CEO of Loch Ness Productions. She noted LNP and Albedo began working together after meeting its owner, Sergio López Borgoñoz, at the Jena Fulldome Festival in Germany. "Both our companies presented shows at the festival," she said. "We very much appreciated Sergio's approach to fulldome shows, and he was quite open to working with us on new English translations of his work."

Sergio's death a few years ago was a tragic loss to the profession. "While we continued to work with Albedo's representative, Alexander Zaragoza, this year Sergio's remaining family decided to retire and close the business. Alexander approached us about acquiring the rights to the show catalog," said Carolyn. "We consider it a wonderful tribute to Sergio that we can continue bringing his work to fulldome theaters."

With the acquisition, Loch Ness Productions continues its tradition of supplying quality content for dome theaters. "We look forward to working with theaters that may have had licenses with the now-closed Albedo Fulldome," said LNP President Mark C. Petersen. "We also hope to work with former Albedo resellers in other countries who may be interested in continuing their distribution efforts with these popular shows."

Moving forward into the future...

•  For licenses you purchased Loch Ness Productions: No worries! Your license is still valid for the term you purchased.

•  For licenses you purchased from Albedo or another distributor: With the company Albedo Fulldome defunct, its previously issued licenses are defunct too. Loch Ness Productions would be happy to sell you new licenses to our versions of the shows, so you can continue presenting them in the future. Please contact us!

Astronomy: 3000 Years of Stargazing The LNP version of this show — with our MUSIC BACK-PACK Library soundtrack — is the only one available to license, along with our English narration. In August 2020, we updated the script and recorded new narration. Translations: We can work with you to create new soundtracks for other languages — if we have the narrations. Contact us!

Birth of the Solar System The LNP version of this show — with our MUSIC BACK-PACK Library soundtrack — is the only one available to license, along with our English narration. Translations: When we created our versions, we edited the show and modified the timings. So existing narration tracks made for Albedo's European soundtracks will not work with ours. We can work to create new soundtracks for other languages — if we have (or can easily make) the correctly-timed narrations. If you have a narration-only track you created for the Albedo film, and you want us to mix it into our music tracks, contact us!

Chronicle of a Journey to Earth The LNP version of this show — with our MUSIC BACK-PACK Library soundtrack — is the only one available to license, along with our English narration. Translations: When we created our versions, we edited the show and modified the timings. So existing narration tracks made for Albedo's European soundtracks will not work with ours. We can work to create new soundtracks for other languages — if we have (or can easily make) the correctly-timed narrations. If you have a narration-only track you created for the Albedo film, and you want us to mix it into our music tracks, contact us!

Moles: What Is Out There? Albedo originally made Moles available in two shorter parts, as well as a combined full-length show. We are making only the combined full show available, with English narration. Translations: We also have Albedo's soundtracks in Czech, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Climate Change: What Future Are We Facing? This show is now retired; not available to license.

Extrasolar Planets - discovering new worlds This show is now retired; not available to license. It has been replaced by EXOPLANETS - Discovering New Worlds with a completely rewritten script, new narration and music score, and resequenced and edited visual material.

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