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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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Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC)

December 2008

Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition is a joint venture of Warner Bros, Universal, and DCIP. The joint-venture’s goal is to build and operate an electronic distribution utility for digital cinema content. In 1st quarter 2008, it issued an RFP for satellite distribution services. By mid-year, with results in hand, the coalition kicked off [...]

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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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