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"CSI" Team Discovers Killer Audio Production at Horizons
Two of the stars of CBS Television's hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation stopped by Horizons' studios this week. But it wasn't clues to an unsolved homicide that David Berman and Jon Wellner were looking for.more...
Horizons Companies, May 23, 2008
It's Official - HC is Now HD!
High Definition television production - it's instantly recognized by its initials "HD". At Horizons Companies, though, what it means to clients is "ITY" -- as in versatil-ITY, affordabil-ITY and above all, qual-ITY. Horizons Companies' new High Definition system will make any project - and every project - look better...no matter how far along the HD stream a client chooses to travel more...
Horizons Companies, October 22, 2007
Emmitt Smith 'Dances With the Stars' at Horizons Companies
If anyone knows the importance of good footwork, it's the NFL's all time leading rusher - and current Dancing With the Stars champ - Emmitt Smith. And if any Central Ohio company knows the steps to creating superior television production, It's Horizons Companies.more...
Horizons Companies, October 4, 2007
Racing Chef TV Show Sparks Excitement From Coast to Coast
From the giant TV screen in Manhattan to newspapers and TV screens across the United States, the word is getting out - The Racing Chef is coming soon to a television set near you!
PRNewswire, September 26, 2007
Horizons' Work With Diamonds Nets Silver Award
While diamonds are a girl's best friend, a Silver Telly Award isn't a bad companion either -- and that's what Horizons Companies chalked up for its recent work on a series of holiday TV spots for The Diamond Cellar. more...
Horizons [Companies], July 30, 2007
Horizons Enhances New Cancer Center's Family Feel With Help from a Family Member
Just imagine – a place where people, and not just illnesses, are treated…Just imagine – a place where laughter sometimes really is the best medicine… Just imagine – a place where the legacy of one man continues to touch the lives of everyone who walks through the door…
So begins a video about Central Ohio’s newest cancer care facility – a video that began playing in the center’s lobby the day it opened this summer.more...
Horizons Companies, July 1, 2007
Horizons Gives 'Fast Food' a Whole New Meaning With New Network TV Pilot
COLUMBUS, OHIO – What do you get when you combine 300 mile per hour NHRA drag racing with 5-star restaurant cuisine? For starters, you get a TV show that takes the Food Channel down the quarter-mile track…and ESPN and the Speed Channel right into the gourmet kitchen!more...
Horizons Companies, June 1, 2007
Columbus Museum of Art's Drive to Raise $80 Gets 'Video Assist' From Horizons
In preparing to undertake the largest fundraising campaign in its 100 year history, the Columbus Museum of Art tapped Horizons Companies to create a video to help support its ambitious effort.more...
Horizons Companies, May 12, 2007
Diggin Deep
Horizonites go digging to bring water to a village.more...
Horizons Companies, May 10, 2007
Horizons' Videos Take Center Stage in New ScienceTextbook Series
With a great big assist from Horizons Companies, McGraw-Hill Educational Publishing is putting the fun in fundamental, when it comes to teaching science to struggling students.more...
Horizons Companies, January 24, 2007
Horizons' Film Spot Makes Promoting Seniors' Health Plan "Easy"
As easy as driving down a country road on a warm summer day...or getting together with old friends for a Sunday brunch. Mount Carmel Health Systems wanted seniors to know that their health plan MediGold really is easy - easy to sign up for, easy to understand, easy to usemore...
Horizons Companies, August 8, 2006
Horizons Helps OSU Put Fans in Championship Spirit
For the Ohio State University Alumni Association, the goal was simple: keep the spirit of the Buckeye faithful in top form, one day before the long-awaited BCS Championship football game. And with some help from Horizons Companies, nearly 40-thousand scarlet and grey fans got an opportunity to exercise their vocal chords at "Buckeye Bash" more...
Horizons Companies, January 8, 2007
Horizons Assists America's Most Wanted in Successful Search for Top 10 Killer
During the past several years, Horizons Companies has become the go-to crew when America's Most Wanted is on the hunt for a prime suspect. more...
Horizons Companies, December 20, 2006
With Horizons' Help, Jeg's Makes Big Splash with New Dragster
Jeg's knows racing, winning, and selling high-performance auto parts. It also knows who to turn to when it needs something done fast...and done right - Horizons Companies! more...
Horizons Companies, January 10, 2007
iTunes Kicks Off Horizons' Podcasting Service in a “Classic” Way!
COLUMBUS, OHIO – “Once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye” - that’s how the time-honored saying goes. Now, Buckeye football fans can always have the chance to watch classic clips of their favorite players, coaches and teams – even when they’re on the go! more...
Horizons [Companies], March 3, 2006
Horizons Teams Up With OSU Alumni Association to Give Members Their Own Piece of Buckeye Football History
If you’re one of the more than 100,000 members of the Ohio State University Alumni Association, prepare to “get your game on” – on your DVD player, that is! more...
Horizons [Companies], February 22, 2006
Courlas proves toy cameras are for more than just child’s play
8/10/2005
Horizons[Companies], 8/10/2005
Team JEG'S Newsletter
8/4/2005
Horizons [Companies], 8/4/2005
Buckeye Classics scores another Emmy Award!
July 14th, 2005
Horizons[Companies], On May 25th, the Ohio Valley cha
Buckeye Classics scores another Emmy nomination!
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Horizons [Companies], On May 25th, the Ohio Valley cha
In Audio, HC Goes HD -- In a Big Way!
Offering proof that there’s no such thing as “too much of a good thing”, Horizons Companies is upgrading not one, not two, but all three of its digital audio production suites with High Definition Pro Tools digital production systems more...
Horizons Comapnies, January 30, 2005
Horizons, Real Living Use Super Bowl Showcase to Kick-Off Breakthrough Ad
Moments before the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXIX, viewers in two major Ohio markets saw what might be the beginning of a revolutionary new trend in television advertising – a spot running within another spot for an entirely different sponsor. more...
Horizons Companies, February 6, 2005
Horizons Companies Produces Golf Infomercial For National Cable Distribution
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Across the USA, golfers interested in lowering their scores will be tuning in to a new infomercial, produced by Horizons Companies.more...
Horizons Companies, November 30, 2004
Horizons Companies Helps Document Ohio's Pivotal Role in 2004 Presidential Race
COLUMBUS, OHIO The work of three Horizons Companies cameramen may be appearing soon on big screens across America – as well as at Cannes, Sundance and other major film festivals. For nearly two weeks, the trio helped capture Ohio’s growing political frenzy, as it became apparent that the election of the next U.S. President would be decided by this mother of all swing states. more...
Horizons Companies, November 8, 2004
Horizons Companies, Jack Hanna Team Up to Shoot New National ‘Election’ Spot on HD
COLUMBUS, OHIO – World-famous animal expert Jack Hanna is lending his considerable influence to persuade young voters to cast their presidential ballots this election season. But not for George Bush or John Kerry.more...
Horizons Companies, October 11, 2004
Time-Honored Reading Development Program Gets an ‘Extreme’ Makeover – Thanks to Horizons Education
It’s been a fixture in elementary school classrooms across the country for nearly half a century, helping generations of youngsters develop and polish their reading skills.more...
Horizons Companies, September 27, 2004
Dozens of Clients Agree: Horizons Companies is the Perfect ‘Host’
For Horizons Companies, hosting clients’ web sites was a natural outgrowth of its commitment to customer service.more...
Horizons Companies, August 12, 2004
Horizons Companies Retains Three Spot on List of Local Audio-Visual Firms
While Avis Rental Cars once made being #2 an enviable position, Horizons Companies is proud to be #3 in 2004 – but first in the hearts of its clients.more...
Horizons Companies, August 3, 2004
Horizons Companies lends camera expertise to network television ‘Makeover’
“Looking Good!” That’s a phrase that applies not only to the young Ohio man who recently underwent a total makeover, but to the video footage that will introduce him to the entire country.more...
Horizons Companies, July 29, 2004
Horizons Puts HER Real Living on the Crew's Real BIG Screen
For HER Realtors, their “Real Living” advertisement was not only “Got To Be Real” – it was “Got to be Real BIG” when it debuted on the giant scoreboard at Crew Stadium in Columbus.more...
Horizons Companies, July 12, 2004
Horizons treats USA’s race fans to live interview with Indy-winning owner Bobby Rahal
Fresh from his team’s Indianapolis 500 victory, Bobby Rahal told his story live to a nation of ‘speed freaks’, thanks to the help of Horizons Companies’ Don Lee, who shot a satellite-uplinked video feed for Speed TV’s Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain.more...
Horizons Companies, June 13, 2004
Buckeye Classics Counts ‘em Down: the Fifty Greatest Things About Ohio State Football
Who do you think is the Ohio State Buckeyes’ Greatest Player ever? What about the Greatest Team? The Greatest Game? The Greatest Tradition?more...
Horizons Companies, May 15, 2004
Horizons Puts Wraps on Third Season of Producing OhioHealth's Medical TV Show
A world class heart hospital, a high-rise building implosion and a brand new studio host – those are just a few of the items that made the final installment of Health Dimensions’ third season a cause for celebration…and anticipation. more...
Horizons Companies, April 30, 2004
The newly created Jeg's Fan Center has the pits buzzing…
The days of walking by roped up pit areas may soon change, or at least that's the hopes of the Jeg's Mail Order racing team. Through the efforts of hard-working team PR spokesman Scott “Woody” Woodruff, the Coughlin family has created a pit area experience that many feel is second to none.
Horizons [Companies], February 16, 2004
Parenting Magazine Honors Horizons' Product with 'Video of the Year' Award
Parenting magazine, a trusted source of information for parents across the U.S., has selected Noodlebug: Animal Friends as one of its 2003 Videos of the Year. The video, which is also available on DVD, was produced by Horizons Companies for Carus Publishing of Chicago, which publishes Babybug, Ladybug, Cricket and Spider magazines. more...
Horizons [Companies], January, 2004
Horizons Companies, History Channel Team Up To Explore Documents Behind NASA’S First Historic Earth Orbit
Aviator, astronaut, senator, hero…John H. Glenn has always represented his country with courage, determination and pride. Today, Horizons Companies shares a tiny bit of that pride, lending its production services to a History Channel documentary exploring Glenn’s first historic ride into space.more...
Horizons [Companies], September 30, 2003
Horizons' Work Honored with Prestigious Parents' Choice Award
Parents’ Choice, the country’s oldest and most respected nonprofit consumer guide to quality children’s media, has recognized the creative, audiovisual and interactive efforts of Horizons Companies with its highest award – the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, for the Noodlebug – Animal Friends DVD. This is the second consecutive year that Horizons Companies has won this prestigious award.
Horizons [Companies], August 27, 2003
Horizons Companies Engineers Latest Album for Popular Gospel Quartet
They’ve made – and sold – lots of CDs in the past, but this time the popular GraceWay Quartet wanted real instruments on their newest disc, played by accomplished musicians with a finely tuned ear for both the music and the spirit behind it. more...
Horizons [Companies], June 19, 2003
"Health Dimensions" Stays in Prime Time for 2003
"Health Dimensions", the television show that continues to bring you the latest medical advancements performed by some of Columbus' best doctors, will return to prime time this spring and summer more...
OhioHealth, Spring, 2003
Move Over, Smokey - Horizons Helps Holzer Clinic Introduce Talking "Spokes-Bear"
He’s blue, he’s furry – and he looks like he just stepped out of the latest Muppet caper. He’s Bennie, the new “spokes-bear” for Holzer Clinic more...
Horizons [Companies], April 22, 2003
Horizons' Work Honored in Latest Emmy, Addy Competitions
Horizons Companies and its creative staff have been well represented in two of this year's most prestigious regional awards competitions more...
Horizons [Companies], March 26, 2003
Sacre Bleu! Horizons Produces French Language Book For LeapFrog!
Horizons Companies’ expanding partnership with LeapFrog Enterprises has taken an international turn, with the completion of an interactive storybook for French-speaking children worldwide. more...
Horizons [Companies], February 27, 2003
Horizons Companies Produces 100th DVD
Horizons Companies’ Interactive Division is putting the finishing touches on its 100th DVD title, with the completion of its “Buckeye Classics” program featuring many of the great games and great performances in Ohio State football history.more...
Horizons [Companies], January 16, 2003
“Jungle Jack” Hanna Lays Down Tracks at Horizons
Jack Hanna, popular host of the nationally-syndicated television show Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures, popped in to Horizons Companies recently to record narration for a couple of his upcoming programs. more...
Horizons [Companies], December 21, 2002
Horizons Brings Children's Stories to Life with Kid-Friendly DVD for Major Children's Publisher
Toddlers everywhere can exercise their growing minds as they sing, dance and watch a captivating new video produced by Horizons Companies for Carus Publishing’s Cricket Magazine Group. more...
Horizons [Companies], October 11, 2002
Horizons' "Buckeye Classics" Set to March On Down the Field with its Second Season of Shows
Fans of the Ohio State Buckeyes will get another opportunity this fall to relive some of the teams’ greatest football games, through the eyes of the players and coaches who participated in those epic battles. Buckeye Classics, the Emmy-award winning series on the history of OSU football, will be broadcast each weekend this fall in nine Ohio televison markets, and cablecast throughout Ohio and surrounding states on Fox Sports Ohio. more...
Horizons [Companies], September 1, 2002
Horizons [Companies] Celebrates 20 Years of Creativity
It’s old enough to drive, old enough to vote, and before you know it, it’ll be old enough to run for Congress. Horizons Companies is turning twenty this year, and if it’s really true that time flies when you’re having fun, it’s been a happy blur for Don Lee and his Horizons staff. more...
Horizons [Companies], September 6, 2002
Horizons Hosts Wendy's "Great Gala" to Benefit Cancer Research at Children's Hospital
The stately headquarters and campus of Horizons Companies provided a fitting backdrop for a roaring twenties, Great Gatsby style party to benefit pediatric cancer research. The ‘Great Gala’ was hosted by Wendy’s International, and was held in conjunction with the company’s annual nationally-televised “Championship for Children” LPGA golf tournament. more...
Horizons [Companies], August 9, 2002
Horizons' Work Honored with Prestigious Parents' Choice Award
Parents’ Choice, the country’s oldest and most respected nonprofit consumer guide to quality children’s media, has recognized the creative, audiovisual and interactive efforts of Horizons Companies with its highest award – the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, for the Zoboomafoo Animal Alphabet CD-ROM. more...
Horizons [Companies], June 25, 2002
Horizons Companies, "America's Most Wanted" Team Up to Fight Crime
In recent years, producers for the long-running hit TV show "America's Most Wanted" have increasingly relied on Horizons Companies' production expertise to help dramatize unsolved crimes and bring dangerous fugitives to justice.

This spring for AMW, Horizons covered the court proceedings of longtime escaped killer Margo Freshwater, produced an AMW rap tribute from platinum artist Bizzy Bone, and shot footage for several upcoming AMW segments, including this one featured in a recent edition of The Chillicothe Gazette: more...
Chillicothe Gazette, May 9, 2002
LeapFrog Taps Horizons Companies to Help Produce Award-Winning Educational Product
LeapFrog, America’s leading developer of interactive learning toys and books, has found a supporting partner for its line of best selling products in Columbus, Ohio – far from its San Francisco area home, but right next door to its educational technology core. Horizons Companies has just completed programming work on its first project for LeapFrog – an interactive phonics book entitled Cake and Mice Cream. more...
Horizons [Companies], May 01, 2002
Buckeye Classics honored as outstanding Sports Program
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Horizons Companies and Producer Steve Elshoff scored a game winning touchdown Saturday night, picking up an Emmy Award for their work on the television series Buckeye Classics. The Emmy Award was presented by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Buckeye Classics re-creates the great games of Ohio State football history, combining rarely seen footage from the OSU football archives, along with colorful reminiscences from the heroes, the villains, the players and the coaches who brought those memorable games to life. The series is hosted by OSU great and two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, and is narrated by legendary sportscaster – and OSU alumnus - Jack Buck. more...
Horizons [Companies], April 29, 2002
Horizons Companies Creates New Television Show for OhioHealth
Advancements in medicine and the people making them happen – that’s the essence of Health Dimensions, a new television show debuting in April on NBC4 (WCMH-TV) in Columbus.

Central Ohio is home to some of the nation’s finest hospitals and physicians.
It’s also home to some of the most advanced medical research and treatment. Health Dimensions gives local viewers a unique opportunity to see some of this progress for themselves, as they watch physicians from Riverside Methodist Hospital, Grant Medical Center and Doctors Hospital describe and administer their leading-edge care. more...
Horizons [Companies], March 15, 2002
Horizons Provides Kaboom with Sound Stage
Horizons [Companies] provides sound stage facilities for The Ohio Tobacco Use and Prevention Foundation “counter marketing” national television campaign.

Filming took place in Columbus for three days the week of February 11th, culminating with final scenes being shot in the largest of Horizons’ sound stages in Upper Arlington. more...
Horizons [Companies], February 15, 2002
Horizons [Companies] Awarded 3 ADDYs
Horizons [Companies], February 13, 2002
Horizons' "Baby Love" Voted SuperBowl's Best Commercial
Horizons [Companies], February 06, 2002
Creative events can build bonds for workers
Business First, October 12, 2001
Sony Artist Lil Bow Wow Shoots Cover At Horizons
Horizon's [Companies], November 09, 2001
A new Buck joins Buckeye Classics
When Buckeye Classics makes its debut on Saturday September 15, sports fans will hear the familiar voice of legendary sports announcer and Ohio State Buckeye Jack Buck.
Horizons [Companies], August 31, 2001
Buckeye Classics premieres September 15
There’s more for Buckeye fans to cheer about this fall as Buckeye Classics makes its debut on Saturday, September 15.
Horizons [Companies], August 28, 2001
Jeg's and Mac Tools to debut car at Indy
Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Team Jeg's will debut a special one-time paint scheme for the 2001 NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals. The design was created for Jeg's by Horizons [Companies].
Horizons [Companies], August 24, 2001
Buckeye Classics creates archival history for future generations
In fall 2001, football fans will be privy to an unprecedented treasure chest of Ohio State history through watching Buckeye Classics. Premiering September 15, Buckeye Classics can be seen in central Ohio on Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m. on Fox Sports Net and at 12:00 p.m. Sundays on WTTE, Channel 28.
Horizons [Companies], July 17, 2001
Holzer commercials hit close to home
News Release: Many television commercials have become reliant on abstract humor or ridiculous claims to effectively communicate a message to their audience. Holzer Medical Center’s new spots set themselves apart from this standard by reaching out and touching the human soul.
Horizons [Companies], July 16, 2001
Arena District comes alive on the Web
News Release: In today’s busy world, Central Ohio residents now have a one-stop solution for entertainment planning. Whether its buying tickets for an event, choosing a restaurant or finding movie listings, you can plan your entire weekend on one Web site; Arena-District.com.
Horizons [Companies], May 22, 2001
Zoboomafoo: Animal Kids rates high with software magazine
News Release: "Choosing Children’s Software" recently awarded Zoboomafoo: Animal Kids , developed by Horizons for Brighter Child Interactive, four out of five stars for excellence in children’s educational software.
Horizons [Companies], April 23, 2001
JEG’S sets the standard for electronic media kits
News release: When JEG’S wanted to make a bold statement about their company and its racing team, they turned to Horizons [Companies] to produce a high end, interactive media kit on CD-ROM.
Horizons [Companies], April 23, 2001News
KidsBible.com is innovative combination
News release: Thomas Nelson Publishers teamed up with Horizons [Companies] to create KidsBible.com It’s a Bible and Web site combined, offering a generation raised online the opportunity to learn and live the lessons of the Bible in a fun, interactive way.
Horizons Companies, April 11, 2001
Haring Project Shows Horizons' DVD Expertise
News release: Horizons [Companies] recently completed the production of a new DVD featuring the work of recording artist Fred Haring. The product not only features the musician's talent, but also the variety of production expertise offered at Horizons.
Horizons Companies, February 19, 2001
Horizons Merges with Paperless Technology
News release: Columbus-based company Paperless Technology Group recently merged with Horizons [Companies] in order to enhance Horizon's e-Business division and offer its clients the latest in digital file storage technology.
Horizons Companies, February 8, 2001
A New Look For A New Millennium
News release: In 2001, Horizons [Companies] rolled out a new look. The Horizons brand features revised graphic images which reflect the companies eight service sets; software animation, music, educational technology, video and film, interactive development, branding and design and e-business.
Horizons Companies, January 1, 2001
Rolling Out The Classics in 2001
News release: In 2001, Horizons [Companies] will give college football fans an original, in-depth look at Ohio State and the men who've worn the scarlet and gray on a new show called Buckeye Classics. Hosted by Archie Griffin, the show will go beyond game highlights, featuring the great players, coaches, fans that make up the institution of Ohio State Football.
Horizons Companies, January 1, 2001
Horizons Plugs Into ADTV
News release: On December 31, Horizons Columbus launched more than the New Year with the arrival of Arena District Television (ADTV). The giant TV screen turned downtown Columbus into the region's "largest living room".
Horizons Companies, January 1, 2001
Company grows, keeps outlook young
Newsclip: Horizons, a media and film company formerly headquartered in Grandview, has nearly completed its move into the former DeSantis mansion at Riverside Drive and Henderson Road.
Upper Arlington News, November 22, 2000
Horizons Companies Named One of Top Development Firms
News release: Horizons [Companies] was recently identified as number 14 of the top 25 Greater Columbus Web development firms by Business First's annual Book of Lists.
Horizons [Companies], November 14, 2000
Horizons Companies Produces Winning Report for AirNet Systems
News release: Horizons [Companies] recently designed an award-winning 1999 Annual Report for its client, AirNet Systems. The report received top honors as the best of the Air Transport Industry in the 2000 Nicholson Awards.
Horizons Companies, November 10, 2000
Horizons Companies Climbs to Number 16 in Fast 50
News release: News release: Horizons [Companies] was once again honored as one of the fastest growing companies in Central Ohio by Business First at its fifth annual Fast 50 luncheon.
Horizons Companies, November 2, 2000
Company converting estate
Newsclip: Equity Concepts development turns a rambling 10,000-square-foot English manor - complete with a moat, a horse stable, pink bathrooms and a geothermal heating system - into the new headquarters of a video-and Web-site production company.
The Columbus Dispatch, September 25, 2000
Horizons, Brighter Child, Wendy's - and Garfield - Team Up to Offer Food for Thought
News release: Horizons [Companies], a Columbus-based production, design and consultancy firm, has partnered with Brighter Child Interactive to create the CD-ROM title Mad About Cats. The CD-ROM is free with the purchase if a kid's meal at Wendy's restaurants.
Horizons Companies, September 21, 2000
Educational software tie-in is first of its kind
Newsclip: This fall, children across the country will get a learning boost with their lunch, thanks to the innovative pairing of Wendy's International Inc. and Brighter Child. Each kid's meal will contain the free CD-ROM, Mad About Cats.
Tri-Village News, September 13, 2000
Still Fast, Showing No Signs of Slowing Down
News release: Horizons [Companies] is living proof that 'speed' can be habit forming. Tthe Columbus-based production, design and consultancy firm has once again been nominated for the Business First Fast 50 Awards.
Horizons Companies, September 19, 2000
UA's CIC now owns 3 acres of former DeSantis property
Newsclip: The Upper Arlington Community Improvement Corporation now officially owns nearly 3 acres, which could be a site for expansion of Horizons Companies. The deal was finalized last Wednesday after more than a month of negotiations between the city, Horizons and C.V. Perry.
Upper Arlington News, September 6, 2000
CIC buys DeSantis land for Horizons deal
Newsclip: The Upper Arlington Community Improvement Corporation agreed last week to pay $665,000 for three acres of the former DeSantis property to give Horizons [Companies] an option to finance the land for a $3.2-million expansion.
UA This Week, September 6, 2000
Closing on CIC land buy delayed
Newsclip: The August 25 closing date for property related to the deal between the Upper Arlington Community Improvement Corporation and Horizons [Companies] to facilitate a $3.2-million expansion by the business is has been pushed back.
UA This Week, August 30, 2000
Horizons Companies honored with Community Partnership Award
News release: Horizons Companies was awarded the 2000 Community Award for Special Partnership by the city of Upper Arlington.
Horizons Companies, March 10, 2000
'Breathe' Easy with Chuck Brown's Latest CD
News release: Chuck Brown has released his second music CD, BREATH, which is a culmination of original piano music with sophisticated arrangements and broad genres ranging from New Age to smooth jazz.
Horizons Companies, February 10, 2000
Don Lee: A bit of Hollywood
Newsclip: A new corporate headquarters is on the horizon for Don Lee in 2000. Lee, president, founder and "chief creative office" of Horizons Cos., is moving is moving into the former DeSantis mansion, 4040 W. Henderson Road in Upper Arlington.
Upper Arlington News, January 12, 2000
Horizons Expands Services to Include DVD Production
News release: Horizons [Companies] has added DVD-Video development to its comprehensive array of interactive services. The company has two Sonic Solutions DVD Creator systems in place.
Horizons Companies, January 11, 2000
Horizons helps Garfield create the world's most perfect cat
News release: Horizons Interactive is currently producing the first educational CD-ROM to star Garfield for Brighter Child Interactive. Garfield: Mad About Cats is the fourth collaboration between Horizons and Brighter Child Interactive.
Horizons Companies, January 11, 2000
Horizons hopes to transform book rights into feature film
Newsclip: Columbus-based Horizons Companies Inc. is working with producer Robert Marcarelli to develop "Evidence Not Seen," a book written by missionary Darlene Deibler Rose about her four years in a Japanese prison camp in New Guinea during World War II.
Business First, October 15, 1999
Road improvements are proposed for the redevelopment of the DeSantis property
Newsclip: Traffic congestion in the Henderson Rd/33 area is expected to worsen with the planned development of nearly 17 acres near the Northwest Side intersection. Consultants project the as many as 300 more vehicles per hour to the area.
The Columbus Dispatch, August 31, 1999
Horizons Companies Wins Yet Another Addy
News release: April 27, 1999, The Fifth District American Advertising Awards Committee awarded Horizons a Citation of Excellence for their Self Promotional Interactive CD-ROM. This follows their ADDY won at the local level for the same piece.
Advertsing Federation of Columbus, Inc., April 29, 1999
DeSantis Estate will be free of Condos, for now
Newsclip: The Upper Arlington City Council unanimously shot down a proposal yesterday that would have put condominiums on part of the former estate of Albert J. DeSantis.
The Columbus Dispatch, March 26, 1999
Upper Arlington Discussing Tax Breaks to Lure Company
Newsclip: Eager to beef up its income-tax-producing base, the city of Upper Arlington is talking to Horizons Companies about tax and other incentives to lure the company to UA.
The Columbus Dispatch, March 25, 1999
Horizons Companies has designs on DeSantis estate
Newsclip: Horizons [Companies] may anchor redevelopment of the Upper Arlington estate once owned by former developer Albert J. DeSantis. Horizons [Companies] has tentative plans to renovate the Tudor-style mansion and a stable/arena complex at Riverside Drive and Henderson Road.
BUSINESS FIRST, March 25, 1999
Horizons Companies Garners Dove Award for Creating First Ever Enhanced CD for Gold Selling Artist Point of Grace
News release: Horizons Companies, took home the Dove Award for Enhanced CD of the Year at the Gospel Music Association's 30th Annual Dove Awards held on March 24 at the Nashville Arena.
Horizons Companies, March 25, 1999
Media F/X Reaches Out to Touch
Newsclip: Media F/X designed and engineered the Wireless Knowledge Web site's interactive demonstration. It showcases how Wireless Knowledge service can be applied to daily communication needs and how it can extend the mobile work forces' reach.
Beach & Bay Press, December 23, 1998
Local Firm Helps Qualcomm, Microsoft Launch Web Site
News release: Horizons Media F/X in Pacific Beach pulled together its resources locally and in Ohio to help Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. launch their new Wireless Knowledge joint venture on the Web.
San Diego Business Journal, December 21, 1998
"Actual Television" Receives Emmy Nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
News release: The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) recently announced the Emmy Award nomination of "Actual Television" in the category of Outstanding Achievement for Children or Teen Single Program.
Horizons Companies, September 29, 1998
Higher Ground
Newsclip: Warner Alliance is releasing "Actual Reality," a CD-ROM that will provide people a new way to explore the Scriptures and hear their favorite Christian music.
BILLBOARD, November 22, 1997
Self-taught Blendon Township musician releases first album
Newsclip: Chuck Brown has released his first album, titled "Unadorned," on the Columbus Ohio-based Grandma Katherine's Music label.
THIS WEEK, November 10, 1997
The Fast Fifty
BUSINESS FIRST, October 10, 1997
Memorable Mix
Newsclip: Singer-songwriter Fred Haring will release Ghost Towns and Kingdoms (on Columbus-based Grandma Katherine's Music) early next month.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH, October 2, 1997
Mediawatch Column
Newsclip: 7 Ball Magazine reviews a soon-to-be released CD-ROM project called Actual Reality (www.actreal.com ).
7 BALL MAGAZINE, September/October, 1997
Multimedia Mania - Enhanced CDs flood Christian Marketplace
Newsclip: In a ground swell of momentum, several Christian artists have recently released enhanced CDs to the Christian market. This trend reflects today's developing technology.
Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), September 5, 1997
EVER new Horizons
Newsclip: From logos to recordings, Horizons [Companies] multimedia firm keeps on growing. Four the company employed 12 people and took in about $600,000 in gross sales. Today, the company employs 43 and operates across six divisions in four buildings and three cities
BUSINESS FIRST, September 5, 1997
How To Animate A Corporate Video
Newsclip: Animators share technique and tool tips that keep visual interest high. They push past obstacles, livening up straight forward presentations with cost effective techniques and their own interesting ideas.
POST, August 18, 1997
Creating Digital Characters
Newsclip: They are creations coming out of animations shops and post houses and were all birthed in the digital world. The less dimensional characters, those 2D ones, are often unjustly saddled with a mediocre reputation, though they are just as unusual as their sophisticated 3D cousins.
POST, August 18, 1997
Up and Coming Players
Newsclip: John Morgan on his CD The Journey-Places Real and Imagined (Grandma Katherine's Music). Morgan, however possesses considerable chops, and his pieces are more melodic than the aforementioned releases, putting him at the tip of the pack of artists deserving greater exposure and attention.
FINGERSTYLE GUITAR, July/August, 1997
Local label's diverse array of acts doing benefit concert for disabled
Newsclip: The "Solidarity '97: Disability Network of Ohio Benefit" concert will feature acts from Columbus, Ohio record label Grandma Katherine's Music.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH, April 9, 1997
Generating Xcellence
Newsclip: At Horizons [Companies], the lack of formal structure gives workers autonomy, eliminates waiting for approval and places responsibility on the employees.
SMALL BUSINESS NEWS, April 1996
Above and Beyond
News release: Donald Lee is one Ohio State graduate reaching new heights in the field of multimedia communications.
Ohio State Alumni Awards, 1995
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