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Local company gets award in international competition

Newport Beach company The Video Editor recently received two Silver Telly Awards, an international competition for TV and video productions.

The Video Editor, which is in the Newport North Shopping Center, received the award for its work on a video for Advanced Access Web design for Realtors based in Orange County. The company also designed a video for IPW Experience and a local newspaper.

The Telly Awards recognize local, regional and cable commercials, programs, video and film.

Owner Steve Kosch was also nominated for the Orange County Business Journal’s Entrepreneur of the year and the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

New system provides ‘total property’ water filtration

There’s a new water conditioning and filtration system in town, thanks to two businessmen from La Quinta who completed 18 months of research in order to properly launch their Crystal Clear Water of Orange County.

The Costa Mesa-based company provides “total property” filtration and condition, which the company said removes chlorine and other chemicals in tap water.

The technology is salt- and chemical-free and can be used in the home or outside in pools, spas or in landscaping.

Travel company’s chief financial officer resigns

Newport Beach-based Ambassadors International Inc. announced Friday that its chief financial officer Brian Schaefgen will resign from his post as of June 22.

The company will temporarily replace Schaefgen with its chief accounting officer, Laura Tuthill, as the company looks for a new chief financial officer.