Motek Entertainment BV is an

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, format development and

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specializing in creation and production work for features,

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, television,

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, virtual and augmented media. Motek is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

History

The company is a subsidiary of Motek BV and was founded in The Netherlands by Oshri Even-Zohar as Lamalo BV in 1993. It became Motek BV with the inclusion of private investors in 1996. The company's core business lines: Medical, Simulation and Entertainment grew more independent and in 2004 the separate companies Motek Entertainment BV and Motek Medical BV were formed.

About

Motek operates a performance capture studio in

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, and was formerly a partner with the Noordelijk Hogeschool

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's motion capture studio in the Gameship initiative. The studio is equipped with Vicon T-Series cameras. Motek is known for being highly innovative in other fields as well, such as medicine. Their immersive virtual-reality medical system, named CAREN, has been put to use for clinical and research purposes by hospitals worldwide.

Projects

Television series produced include over 400 episodes of ''Cafe de Wereld'', an animated satire program for IDTV and VARA. The show aired on VARA's programs ''VARA Live'', ''VARA Laat'' and ''De Wereld Draait Door'', from 2002 to 2007. Motek is the producer and production studio of

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's animated series '' Sprookjesboom''. Based on motion capture performance, ''Sprookjesboom'' is similar in theme to DreamWorks' ''

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. The show airs daily in the Netherlands on

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and in Belgium on

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. ''Sprookjesboom'' is currently in its fourth season of production, which will be broadcast in late 2009. Episodes in German, French and English are also in production. Motek did motion-capture work on the

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"Don't Stop" television advertisements by Impact/BBDO. The advertisements achieved a top ranking on Adcritic.com in 2007, and received a Special Mention at The Loerie Awards for that year.

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Motek Medical

Motek Medical specializes in creation, design and implementation of new technologies for the medical markets, specifically focusing on early diagnostics, rehabilitation, motor training and research. Motek Medical's flagship product is the CAREN system, an immersive virtual reality (VR) system, using motion capture systems for use in clinical and research settings.

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