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Executive Summary

December 2009

State of the Industry Report
(bi-annual)
This edition of mkpeReport addresses the state of the digital cinema industry, and discusses each of the major players. Companies are organized by major product or services. Included in this report:

Digital Cinema Products & Services Chart
State of the Industry
Deployment Entities

Arts Alliance Media
Cinedigm (formerly AccessIT)
Cinema Buying Group (CBG)
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP)
Digital [...]

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Executive Summary

November 2009

Kodak exits digital cinema. Not so surprising to readers of mkpeReport.

US exhibitors want more choice in deployment options.

European Commission seeks further input on the technology and business of digital cinema.

Satellite and terrestrial distribution in Europe.

ISDCF update includes discussions of the March SMPTE DCP demo, audio channel reassignment, hard drive failures and [...]

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Executive Summary

October 2009

Cinedigm’s press releases. Cinedigm announced the signing of a “distribution agreement” with Warner, and letters of commitment for $100M in funds. All good news, but devils still lurk.

The “iDon’ts” of digital cinema. The list hasn’t changed much since 2005, and is unlikely to change soon without industry investment.

TI’s transition to Series 2 [...]

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Executive Summary

September 2009

Press jumps the gun with DCIP. Hollywood Reporter publishes wrong information in an unauthorized article on DCIP.

NATO members restless with CBG, Kendrick Macdowell exits. In spite of the healthy box office, NATO members fret over digital deals at recent NATO meeting. Independently, Kendrick Macdowell, VP and General Counsel, leaves.

ISDCF update. SMPTE [...]

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Executive Summary

August 2009

Digital Cinema Equipment as Collateral? The roll of the deployment entity has changed, and the risks the exhibitor faces have changed along with it.

DCIP. Rumors abound that Blackstone Group is preparing a private equity investment.

ISDCF TDL update. One studio encourages adoption of an obsolete format.

SMPTE update. Five documents, included two closed caption standards, pass ballot, [...]

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Executive Summary

July 2009

TI goes 4K. TI announced its 4K strategy in response to Regal’s switch to Sony. Will they get Regal back?

NATO produces timeline for implementation of accessibility features in digital cinema.

ISDCF and the TDL. ISDCF delves into the Trusted Device List.

Screen Growth. Dodona releases a report predicting 50% growth in worldwide [...]

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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 [...]

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