From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Executive Summary

July 2010

  • ISDCF and its July Plugfest
  • SMPTE June Meeting
  • SMPTE and Audio
  • TI and 4K
  • DCI and FIPS Review
  • Cinedigm Undergoes Changes
  • XDC signs Kinepolis and Cineplex Deutschland in Germany
  • AAM signs Cineworld in UK
  • Australia announces Cinema Access Implementation Plan
  • DOJ issues new ANPRM for Cinema
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ISDCF and its July Plugfest

July 2010

ISDCF conducted its second Plugfest in July.  The first was held in March as part of a well-advertised demonstration of SMPTE DCP interoperability.  During the March demo, it became clear to the participating companies that the real benefit of the event was having so many manufacturers together in an informal test environment.  The dialog, sharing, [...]

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21DC SMPTE June Meeting

July 2010

The June meeting of the SMPTE 21DC Technology Committee took place in Montreal, inconveniently at the end of Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.  To no avail, 21DC chairman Dave Schnuelle complained about the timing of the meeting, which was set by Engineering VP Wendy Aylsworth.  Not having yet perfected the art of being in two places [...]

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SMPTE and Audio

July 2010

Nothing could seem simpler than adding audio to picture.  After all, multi-track audio in cinema has been around for 30 years, and the requirements should be well-known.  But, in truth, nothing has been more neglected than audio in digital cinema.  It is the very idea that it is simple which has blocked many from understanding [...]

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TI and 4K

July 2010

Texas Instruments was led into developing a 4K imaging device after Regal’s announcement in 2009 to install projectors from Sony Electronics.  While such an endeavor would seem to be a massive undertaking, once the decision was made, TI brushed it off as not such a big deal.  It had already developed its Pico DLP chip [...]

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DCI and NIST Review

July 2010

While much has been said in this journal of the DCI-NIST saga, it’s useful to recap.
The DCI specification is the cornerstone of digital cinema. It represents the intent of the six major studios to use common methods for the distribution of content and for maintaining the security of that content. DCI Compliance is mandated in [...]

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Cinedigm Undergoes Changes

July 2010

As has often been said in this report, Cinedigm is the poster child of why a deployment entity should not have public ownership.  Deployment entities are not designed to make money through the financing of equipment, with studios carefully auditing revenues against recoupment of equipment costs.  For the deployment entity to generate revenue that is [...]

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Other News

July 2010

Screen Growth. End of June, the number of digital cinema screens in the US reached the 10,000 mark, while the worldwide count reached 22,000.  For the US, nearly half of screens are 3-D capable.  The worldwide 3-D count is a little over 60% of digital screens.
The Australian government announced in July its Cinema Access Implementation [...]

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