From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Executive Summary

June 2009

State of the Industry Report
(bi-annual)

This edition of mkpeReport covers the state of the digital cinema industry, and provides a discussion for each of the major entities.  Included in this report:

  • System & Service Providers Chart
  • State of the Industry
  • Deployment Entities
  • Arts Alliance Media
  • Cinedigm (formerly AccessIT)
  • Cinema Buying Group (CBG)
  • Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP)
  • Film & Kino
  • Kodak Digital Cinema
  • XDC
  • Ymagis
  • Delivery
  • Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC)
  • Deluxe Digital Media
  • Microspace
  • Technicolor
  • Projectors
  • Barco
  • Christie Digital
  • NEC
  • Sony Electronics
  • Server & Theatre Management Systems (TMS)
  • Datasat
  • Digicine
  • Dolby
  • Doremi
  • GDC
  • Qube
  • 3-D
  • MasterImage
  • RealD
  • XpanD
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Service & System Providers Chart

June 2009
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State of the Industry

June 2009

In the circus, the ringmaster tells the audience that the surprises never stop coming, and one has only to look at the past few months for testament of that in digital cinema. The biggest news is that the industry has shifted focus to 4K. Nearly as significant, the growth rate for new digital [...]

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Deployment Entities

June 2009

The number of deployment entities in the world is growing. The studios are now engaged in negotiating deployment deals on nearly every continent. Some of these will offer financing to their regional exhibitors. Some will manage the deployment contract but will rely on exhibitor-sourced funds. Some will do both. Some [...]

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Delivery

June 2009

Fulfillment and satellite distribution entities abound. The players listed in this group have content delivery as their primary focus. But other entities also deliver content, including Cinedigm, Dolby, Qube, and GDC.
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition is a joint venture of Warner Bros, Universal, and DCIP. The joint-venture’s goal is to [...]

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Projectors

June 2009

No news was more stunning that Regal’s announcement in May to install Sony 4K projectors. In June, TI took the wraps off of its Series 2 design, which by design was to have 4K future capability, and announced the intent to produce a 4K chip and light engine for the projectors available for late [...]

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Digital Cinema Servers & Theatre Management Systems (TMS)

June 2009

Digital cinema server manufacturers have their challenges. DCI continues to tweak its specification and test plan, requiring changes to designs. And the nascent 4K market will create a new market for media blocks that install within the physical boundary of the projector, requiring new designs.
The goal of achieving DCI compliance is complicated [...]

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3-D

June 2009

Of the four major suppliers of add-on 3-D technology for digital cinema, we report on three of them in this section. Dolby, the fourth, is reported in the Servers section.
3-D tickets are sold with a premium added, typically in the $2-$3 range. The premium is split between exhibitor and distributor in the same [...]

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