BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$41.4M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Our continuing operations include the results of our Licensing and Recorders segments. Our licensing segment generates revenues from licenses we grant to companies covering a variety of technologies that we developed in prior years when we designed and manufactured digital video tape recorders and special effects products used in the professional television broadcast and post production industries. Historically, our licensees included other competitive manufacturers of professional products as well as manufacturers of consumer products where we did not compete but where our technology was relevant to their products functionality. Licensing our intellectual property has been a significant business segment since 1968. In recent years, we received substantial royalties from manufacturers of digital still cameras who licensed our rapid image retrieval (121) patent. This patent expired in April 2006. Today, the majority of our licensing revenue is derived from manufacturers of digital camcorders who we believe use several of our digital compression and image processing patents. These patents expire from 2012 to 2014.
Chairman, President & CEO
D. Gordon StricklandNumber of Employees 112
Contact Information
500 Broadway St
Redwood City, California 94063-3199
(650) 367-4111
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220
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Seattle ABC Television Affiliate Relies On Ampex DST Archive System for Commercial Backup
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 6, 1999-- Ampex Data Systems Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ampex Corporation (AMEX:AXC), today announced the sale of a DSTR 312 digital tape drive to the Seattle/Portland ABC affiliates, KOMO and KATU operated by Fisher Broadcasting. The Ampex DST 312 digital tape purchase is...
Los Angeles PBS Station Transitions to Fully-Automated Digital Facility With Ampex DST Nearline Archive
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 22, 1999--Ampex Corporation (AMEX:AXC) today announced that its DSTR systems will be used to launch one of the first fully-automated, all-digital PBS stations. Ampex Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary, will supply KCET with the DST libraries that will provide digital video storage and playback of...
ABC Affiliate Chooses Ampex Nearline Digital Storage for Capacity, Performance, Reliability and Scalability
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Fd Automation -- Ampex Corporation (AMEX:AXC) today announced an agreement with KGTV, flagship of the Msed ABC affiliate, plans to transition to an automated digital broadcast architecture in the new millennium. Phase one involves the adoption of a mirrored video server system, which will include an...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Chiarella | President |
| Robert L. Atchison | President |
| Christopher Lake | CFO, Treasurer & Vice President |
| Donald L. Hawks | Vice President |
| Joel D. Talcott | Vice President |
| Ramon C. Venema | Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary. |
| Raymond F. Weldon | Vice President |
| Lee Givens Jr | Director of Technology |
| Ric Gregory | |
| Reid W Dennis | Investor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| D. Gordon Strickland | Chairman, President & CEO |
| Peter Slusser | Chairman |
| Ned S. Goldstein | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Chairman, President & CEO | Current |
| Norelli & Company | Partner | Current |
| John Hancock Life Insurance Company | Senior Advisor | Current |
| Outlook Group Holdings, LLC | Director | Current |
| Mechanical Contracting Services Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Capitolwire.Com | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Medical Resources Inc. | Chairman, President & CEO | Former |
| Kerr Group, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Mechanical Contracting Services Inc. | President | Former |
| Kerr Group, Inc. | President | Former |
| Capitolwire.Com | President | Former |
| Capitolwire.Com | Co-Founder | Former |
| Yale University | BA Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | President | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Vice President | Current |
| Ampex Data Systems | President | Former |
| Ampex Data Systems | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | CFO, Treasurer & Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Vice President | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
Joel D. Talcott is Vice President and Secretary of the Company, positions he has held since 1987. He has served as General Counsel since January 1996, a position he also held from 1987 to January 1994. He is also responsible for our patent licensing activities (having served as Patent Counsel from 1981 to 1987). Mr. Talcott also serves as Chairman of Ampex Data Systems Corporation, as Vice President, Secretary and a director of Ampex Data Systems Corporation, Ampex Data International Corporation, Ampex Finance Corporation and Ampex International Sales Corporation, as Vice President and Secretary of Ampex Holdings Corporation, and as Secretary of AFC Holdings Corporation, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Talcott currently serves as a director of Command Audio Corp., a licensor of intellectual property to consumer electronics, media and technology companies.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Vice President | Current |
| Ampex Data Systems | Chairman | Current |
| Command Audio Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Secretary | Current |
| Chicago-Kent College of Law | Juris Doctorate | Former |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Bachelor of Science In Physics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Vice President | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
Lee Givens, Jr. Mr. Givens directs technical and delivery systems for Alley Films. He recently has managed the Webcast Engineering group at Loral Cyberstar in Rockville, MD, a leader in satellite data networks delivering IP-based data to 90 countries around the world. Within the streaming media industry, Mr. Givens has been Director of Technology of Executive Branch Television in Washington, DC, a subsidiary of iNEXTV/AMPEX Corporation since 1999. Mr. Givens' new media experience began at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) Video Services Stargazer interactive television group Tele-TV. At Bell Atlantic Video Services and TELE-TV, Mr. Givens was the Enterprise Systems Manager responsible for technical support, database development, Intranet implementation, and training. He has also been the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of SimplySavings.com, one of the first e-commerce shopping comparison engines on the Internet. From there, Mr. Givens worked with Apple Computer in the Educational Division before heading back to new media. Mr. Givens earned an BS degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland and is currently pursuing a dual MS/MBA degree in Technical Systems Management and Masters of Business Administration at the University of Maryland.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Director of Technology | Current |
| Alley Films, LLC | Current | |
| University of Maryland | BS Degree In Information Systems Management | Former |
Ric founded BDS in 1991 to meet the production, post production, and transmission system needs of South Texas broadcasters and production facilities. The goal was simple: provide the highest quality equipment with the best possible service. Ric started BDS after working with Ampex as Southwest Regional Account Manager. Ric's experience in the marketing and design of facilities include such milestones as the first high speed half inch camcorder, the first component analog post production facility, the first non-linear editing facility, and the first fully digital post production facility in the South Texas region.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bds-Hou(Dot) | Founder | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ampex Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Sparton Corporation | Director | Current |
| Unigene Laboratories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Harvard University | M.B.A. Degree | Former |
| Stanford University | B.A. Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| McAm, Inc. | President | Current |
| Dream Team Entertainment Group | Managing Partner | Current |
| McAm, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| McAm, Inc. | General Counsel | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional Venture Partners | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| International Venture Partners, Inc. | General Partner | Current |
| San Francisco Opera Association | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ampex Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Measure-X | Investor | Current |
| American Microsystems, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| Western Association of Venture Capitalists | President | Former |
| Institutional Venture Partners | Managing Director & General Partner | Former |
| Institutional Venture Partners | Founder | Former |
| International Venture Partners, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| American Express Company | Corporate Executive | Former |
| Fireman's Fund Insurance Company | Corporate Executive | Former |
| StorageTek | Corporate Executive | Former |
| Western Association of Venture Capitalists | Chairman | Former |
| Exabyte Corporation | Director | Former |
| Stratus Computer, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Seagate Technology, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Sequent Computer Systems | Director | Former |
| Seagate Technology, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Stratus Computer, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Sequent Computer Systems | Investor | Former |
| Exabyte Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Stanford University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. In Electrical Engineering | Former |
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