From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Executive Summary

April 2010

  • RealD’s planned IPO.
  • US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals differentiates closed captions from open captions.
  • DCI and NIST: no smoke from the chimney.
  • Where did the Subtitles Go?
  • Progress in 3-D Subtitling.
  • SMPTE and the Ugly Slash.
  • NAB Digital Cinema Summit is a success.
  • Xpand sues GDC.
  • Katzenburg was right.
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RealD Is Going Public

April 2010

3-D add-on technology provider RealD announced its pursuit of an IPO this month.  The wonderful thing about IPO filings is that everyone gets to see what’s under the covers.  RealD let out a few surprises.
Not a surprise, the company has gained substantial market share.  The screen counts according to RealD as of 25 December, 2009:

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US Federal Court Makes a Landmark Decision for Accessibility

April 2010

The US Federal law titled Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has largely been the driving force behind the inclusion of accessibility features in digital cinema.  There has been no shortage of lawsuits with cinema owners over accessibility in the US, largely initiated by Attorney Generals at the State level.  The case in Arizona was made [...]

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Where did the Subtitles Go?

April 2010

It was the studios that pushed TI to meet DCI specifications and upgrade its projector.  It was also the studios that forced the 1 January 2010 deadline on TI licensees to begin selling the DCI compliant Series 2 version of projector, against TI’s protests that it needed more time.  The studios were right to push [...]

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3-D Subtitles

April 2010

With the struggle to display 2-D subtitles, it may be difficult to explain the importance of looking ahead to 3-D subtitles.  Avatar is probably one of the best examples of why subtitling in 3-D space is so important.  If you recall, Avatar presented English subtitles when Na’vi was spoken.  It was probably no big deal [...]

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SMPTE and the Ugly Slash

April 2010

XML is the markup language used in many digital cinema messages.  With XML, one can pass data from one device to the next in a manner that can also be read by human beings.  Note that this isn’t the kind of reading you might do at night lying in bed with your Kindle, but it’s [...]

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Other News

April 2010

NAB Digital Cinema Summit was a huge success this year.  Focusing more on 3-D production, and less on digital cinema itself (your author’s panel being one of the very few on digital cinema), the event pulled in so many participants that additional seating had to be added at several points during the first day.  This [...]

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