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Complete Post-Production Center, Inc., aka Complete Post, which opened in 1977, was a major television post-production facility located in Hollywood, California that provided editing, film transfer and sound mixing services.

The Early Years
Founded in 1977 by Nick Vanoff, Carole Warrian, Frank Peppiatt, John Aylesworth, Sam Lovullo, and Alan Courtney, it was first located on the old Columbia film lot at Sunset and Gower, primarily to provide editing and distribution services for the television show "Hee Haw," and shows produced by Nick Vanhoff that were shot on the adjacent old Columbia Stage 12.

In its original configuration, the facility featured two online editing rooms each equipped with a CMX computer-controlled editing system, and five Ampex VPR-3 Quadruplex videotape machines. In addition to some outside clients, the facility was primarily built to support the editing and syndication of the show "Hee Haw."

In 1978, at the original Gower location, the company provided videotape recording facilities for two of the three sound stages that surrounded it which had the ABC shows “Barney Miller” and “Soap.”

The "Sunset Boulevard" Building
In 1980 Complete Post purchased the 4-story building at 6087 Sunset Boulevard, completely renovating it, and in May of 1981 relocated the operation from the Sunset-Gower Studios.

The initial facilities were the original 2 on-line editing rooms

Sale to Carleton Communications - 1986
In May of 1986 it was announced that Carleton Communications, based in London, England, would acquire Complete Post Inc. for $31 million, and in the press release it claimed the Complete Post was one of America's top 10, Hollywood-based, postproduction companies.