Lightworks formerly OLE Limited offline editing Founded at the end of the 1989, by Paul Bamborough , Nick Pollock and Neil Harris.

Based on a control interface based on the industry standard steenbeck, they produced a film editing, video editing computer based non-linear editing system.

The system went on to win Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and Emmy Awards

The development team contained former members of the computer games company Magnetic Scrolls and the Computer Film Company.

Sold to Tektronix in 1994, who were not successful at developing the company's products, and then on sold to the newly form Lightworks inc in 1999, now owned by Fairlight Japan. Under new ownership, new product releases have resumed with the release of the new Lightworks Touch range.

The system has been used to edit many television programs and feature films.

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