From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Deluxe Digital Media

December 2008

Deluxe chose early on to stay out of the digital system provider game, sticking to its knitting and servicing its studio clients. But it couldn’t stay entirely out of the exhibition side, with sights now set to build out a satellite distribution network.
Deluxe Digital Media has been the largest mastering house for digital cinema [...]

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Dolby

December 2008

Dolby Laboratories’ contribution to cinema sound is legendary. It is a strong company, with a market cap of $3.74B, and whose stock has suffered only a 27% drop over the past year, compared to the much higher drops suffered by others. But in the cinema space, the company of the past is not [...]

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Doremi

December 2008

Doremi can pride itself on being the last server company to enter the digital cinema market, and the first to wildly succeed. Its success has been nothing less than spectacular. As a small and nimble company, it has shown incredible deftness at not only saying “yes” to every request that comes along, but [...]

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DTS Digital Cinema

December 2008

DTS Digital Cinema was sold by DTS to Beaufort in May of 2008. Beaufort, in turn, is nearly 100% owned by Phil Emmel of Datasat in the UK. As part of the agreement, the company must divest itself of the name “DTS” come ShoWest (end of March 2009).
Beaufort apparently was not planning to [...]

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GDC Technology

December 2008

GDC Technology has long been the Asian leader for digital cinema servers, and was the first to install digital cinema servers in China. Its president, Dr. Man-Nang Chong, learned early in the game the value of having a presence in Los Angeles near the Hollywood studios, even if not focused on the US market. [...]

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Kodak Digital Cinema

December 2008

Kodak Digital Cinema continues to defy gravity. Over the past two years, Kodak’s stock has fallen by over 75%, reducing its market cap to around $1.9B. While some industry execs have speculated that Kodak should buy Cinedigm, perhaps Dolby is in position to buy Kodak.
Kodak’s digital cinema team reportedly has created a top [...]

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Microspace

December 2008

Microspace is a satellite communications provider for business communications, digital signage, and digital cinema. It is wholly owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, a privately owned company that owns and operates radio and television stations.
Private ownership by CBC has not allowed Microspace to take on equity partnerships in the industry, even though such partnerships could [...]

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NEC

December 2008

NEC is a giant by any standards. It has a market cap of $11.2B. Its stock is down around 50% over the past two years, par with its peers. The company is well diversified, with operations in IT, networks, consumer electronics, and displays. It purchased its DLP Cinema license from IMAX [...]

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