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Personal Viewing & Satellites

September 2010

One would probably be more successful gambling in Las Vegas than in gambling on the future timeline for digital content distribution models.  Of course, it would be hard to lose if taking a broad stroke and saying that Internet delivery is the future.  But even that is risky, as it overlooks the efficiencies, particularly in [...]

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Delivery

December 2009

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.
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC)
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 [...]

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Essay: Trusted Device List

November 2009

The Trusted Device List continues to be one of the most misunderstood concepts in digital cinema.  In a technology where a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous, the name invites misguided thoughts of centralized data and the means to block competition.  This causes politicians to needlessly gravitate towards implementation of government policies and regulations.
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

October 2009

Technicolor demonstrated its 3-D film process at ShowEast.  Depending on lens configuration, the system costs $5-$7K.  It’s a double-flash system, a method that was discarded in favor of triple-flash with digital systems.  Studio support remains split.  Disney and Fox are decidedly against it.  Technicolor may find a market with smaller operators inside and outside the [...]

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Technicolor and 3-D

August 2009

Technicolor has been working on a 3-D-for-film process for some time, but the first public announcement of it was made in a company focus article appearing in the Los Angeles Times this month.  In the article, Jeffrey Katzenberg was quoted with supportive statements.
The technology in discussion is not new, but simply a repackaging of an [...]

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Delivery

June 2009

Fulfillment and satellite distribution entities abound. The players listed in this group have content delivery as their primary focus. But other entities also deliver content, including Cinedigm, Dolby, Qube, and GDC.
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition is a joint venture of Warner Bros, Universal, and DCIP. The joint-venture’s goal is to [...]

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Other News

February 2009

Cinemark’s quarterly earnings call offered no hints as to progress with DCIP.
ISDCF plans the industry’s first open 3-D luminance test Tuesday morning, March 24, in Burbank. The test is designed to compare appropriately color-timed 3-D images at luminance levels of 14 ft-L, 10 ft-L, 6 ft-L, and in 4.5 ft-L, as measured through the glasses. [...]

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