<s>
Scala	B-Application
is	O
a	O
producer	O
of	O
multimedia	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
a	O
young	O
Norwegian	O
entrepreneur	O
,	O
Jon	O
Bøhmer	O
founded	O
the	O
company	O
"	O
Digital	O
Visjon	O
"	O
in	O
Brumunddal	O
,	O
Norway	O
to	O
create	O
multimedia	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
computer	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
they	O
released	O
their	O
first	O
product	O
which	O
was	O
named	O
InfoChannel	B-Application
0.97L	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
hotels	O
and	O
cable	O
TV	O
companies	O
as	O
their	O
first	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
,	O
they	O
redesigned	O
the	O
program	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
renamed	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
"	O
Scala	B-Application
"	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
multimedia	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Scala	B-Application
"	O
was	O
given	O
by	O
Bøhmer	O
and	O
designer	O
Bjørn	O
Rybakken	O
and	O
represents	O
the	O
scales	O
in	O
colors	O
,	O
tones	O
and	O
the	O
opera	O
in	O
Milan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
inspired	O
a	O
live	O
actor	O
animation	O
made	O
by	O
Bøhmer	O
and	O
Rybakken	O
using	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
a	O
video	O
camera	O
and	O
a	O
frame-by-frame	O
video	O
digitizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
animation	O
was	O
then	O
included	O
into	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Demo	O
Disks	O
of	O
Scala	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
that	O
presentation	O
software	O
in	O
loading	O
and	O
playing	O
animations	O
whilst	O
also	O
manipulating	O
it	O
with	O
other	O
features	O
of	O
the	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
Scala	B-Application
released	O
Multimedia	O
MM400	O
and	O
InfoChannel	B-Application
500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
bankruptcy	O
of	O
Commodore	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
left	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
and	O
started	O
delivering	O
the	O
same	O
applications	O
under	O
MS-DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scala	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
MM100	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
Publisher	O
and	O
Scala	B-Application
InfoChannel	B-Application
100	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
x86	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scala	B-Application
MM100	O
won	O
Byte	O
Magazine	O
's	O
"	O
Best	O
of	O
Comdex	O
"	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
Scala	B-Application
is	O
Tom	O
Nix	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
formerly	O
a	O
regional	O
vice	O
president	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
were	O
a	O
video	O
titler	O
and	O
slide	O
show	O
authoring	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scala	B-Application
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
typefaces	O
,	O
background	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
transition	O
effects	O
to	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scala	B-Application
was	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
working	O
with	O
Genlock	O
equipment	O
to	O
superimpose	O
titles	O
over	O
footage	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
devices	O
video	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
its	O
move	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Scala	B-Application
became	O
more	O
complex	O
and	O
gained	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
support	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
stopped	O
calling	O
their	O
product	O
line	O
InfoChannel	B-Application
and	O
went	O
through	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
referring	O
only	O
to	O
their	O
"	O
solutions	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scala5	O
has	O
three	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
Scala	B-Application
Designer	O
,	O
an	O
authoring	O
program	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
dynamic	O
content	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
Content	O
Manager	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
distribute	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
Scala	B-Application
Player	O
,	O
which	O
plays	O
back	O
the	O
distributed	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scala	B-Application
's	O
latest	O
suite	O
of	O
Digital	O
signage	O
software	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Scala	B-Application
Enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
suite	O
consisting	O
of	O
Scala	B-Application
Designer	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
Player	O
,	O
and	O
Scala	B-Application
Content	O
Manager	O
officially	O
launched	O
in	O
mid	O
-	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
release	O
version	O
10.0	O
featured	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
player	O
support	O
,	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
interactive	O
features	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
to	O
engage	O
with	O
retail	O
and	O
corporate	O
communications	O
audiences	O
,	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
integrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Scala	B-Application
Enterprise	O
is	O
version	O
11.05	O
.	O
</s>
