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Executive Summaries

Executive Summary

January 2011

ISDCF’s January Plugfest Indicates…that we need another Plugfest.

SMPTE and ISDCF Make Progress with Audio, but don’t hold your breath for SMPTE.

DCI and NIST:  No News Is Good News? Complacency is everwhere.

Back to the Good Ol’ Days of 10.2 Audio. News on TMH, IOSONO, and Auro 3D.

CES, 3-D, and the Cinema. Riding on hope.

Cinedigm and its [...]

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Executive Summary

December 2010

State of the Industry. Our bi-annual summary of issues that face the industry.  These issues are addressed in more detail throughout the report.

3-D and Expectations. 3-D has been a significant driver for converting to digital cinema.  But is 3-D sustainable, and will 3-D for the home undermine 3-D in the cinema?

The Fulfillment Game. Fulfillment companies [...]

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Executive Summary

November 2010

SMPTE Update. Document amendments rule, and SMPTE DCP will get some tweaks.

ISDCF holds its virtual plugfest, and undertakes 16-channel Interop DCP audio.

DCI and NIST Update.

The Accessibility Gap between distributors and exhibitors.

The Kodak Projector in pictures.  (And other contributions to laser projection.)

RealD to go public again.

3-D pioneer In-Three acquired by Digital Domain.

Ascent acquired by Deluxe.

Technicolor [...]

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Executive Summary

October 2010

DCI and Backwards Compatibility. DCI made two important announcements this month.

DCI Has a Plan. Will it dodge the bullet from NIST?

TI’s Ho-Hum Marketing of 4K.

Google TV and Piracy. Search can bring so much more to the living room.

The Audio Watermark Dilemma. Younger ears should be judging today’s practice.

The Missing Closed Captions. Studios produce them, exhibitors [...]

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Executive Summary

September 2010

Will Lasers Change Everything? Kodak may have a digital cinema play, after all.

Why is DCI Hung Over NIST? This appears to be more complicated than thought.

What’s Up With TDL? Socialistic cinema is such a seductive idea.  But after all, Marx lost.

ISDCF is shining its light on software updates.

The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility [...]

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Executive Summary

August 2010

ISDCF update. The July Plugfest and the whodunit game.

SMPTE update. Report on the August SMPTE WGs and AHGs meetings.

Accessibility Technology and Market Strategy.

FIPS update. No news is bad news.

Deployment Deals and the Impact on Equipment Cost.

The Art of Bad 3-D Conversion.  You, too, can learn the shortcuts for badly converting a movie.

AAM wins [...]

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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 [...]

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Executive Summary

June 2010

State of the Industry Report
(bi-annual)
US hits the 10,000 digital screen mark!
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 (AAM)
Cinedigm [...]

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