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Communications

Security Key Management, TKR, and MovieLabs

January 2012

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Rethinking Security Key Management

November 2011

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Next Gen Digital Cinema

February 2011

There is a lot of activity geared towards next generation equipment.  Media blocks are moving into projectors, simplifying the requirements for the server.  Projectors having a lower cost of ownership are on the horizon.  What else can we expect?  It’s useful to review what has been accomplished, where the gaps exist, and how those gaps [...]

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Delivery

June 2010

While the players listed in this group have content delivery as their primary focus, other entities also deliver content, including Cinedigm, Dolby, Qube, and GDC.
Arqiva
Arqiva provides satellite delivery services in the UK and Ireland.  Other than the usual long range plans for world domination, it is mentioned here for its unique business model.  Most satellite [...]

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Satellite and Terrestrial Distribution in Europe

November 2009

Distribution infrastructure patterns in Europe are beginning to emerge.  This year, Arqiva signed deals with Arts Alliance Media and Dolby to provide satellite distribution infrastructure and services for digital cinema.  This month Kinepolis joined Europalace in agreeing to install Central Library Servers from TDF-owned SmartJog.  Unlike most other infrastructure providers, SmartJog delivers content on both [...]

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Other News

November 2009

MPAA deploys Pirate Eye in its capture of pirates.  Pirate Eye is a camcorder detection technology first demonstrated as a bench prototype in the ETC Digital Cinema Lab in 2005.  With the help of an investment from Movie Labs, the technology has transformed into a viable product.  Originally developed by Apogen, a defense company, the [...]

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The iDon’ts of Digital Cinema

October 2009

With DCIP engaged in the syndication of its equipment bond, and Cinedigm gaining support for senior debt towards equipment, the wheels appear to be in motion for digital cinema to rollout.  But has the technology advanced sufficiently to insure stable installations, or are we still moving forward with blinders on, as was the case in [...]

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Other News

April 2009

A revised DCI v1.3 Specification is said to be in progress. Even if published soon, as rumored, more changes to the DCI specification will continue to be forthcoming. Some studios are considering changing the specification to allow a Key Delivery Message (KDM) to have an empty Trusted Device List (TDL), making it a business decision [...]

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