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DCI and Backwards Compatibility

October 2010

Two announcements were made by DCI this month that indicate it is taking heed of commercial needs.  First, DCI posted a new policy change on its website regarding the compliance process:

Publication of a new version of the DCI Compliance Test Plan (CTP) will take effect in two stages as determined solely [...]

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DCI Proposes a Solution for its NIST Problem

October 2010

The problem posed by NIST is discussed at great length in earlier reports.  (A search on this site for NIST will reveal them.)  As much as DCI-imposed compliance to frequently-changing NIST standards poses a problem, DCI itself has caused angst by remaining silent about what it intends to do about [...]

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Why is DCI Hung Over NIST?

September 2010

In your author’s latest effort to bring awareness and action to the DCI-NIST debacle, and after discussion with fellow leaders in ISDCF, a detailed explanation of the problem was posted to the ISDCF reflector.  For those who do not subscribe to the ISDCF email reflector, the letter can be read on the MKPE website.
One solution [...]

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ISDCF

September 2010

It is fair to say that no product is perfect.  Software-driven products tend to be complex, and so are subject to “bugs” or simply outright errors.  As users provide feedback, as problems were fixed, and important features added, a new problem arose:  how to get the improvements into the user’s version of the product?  Two [...]

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FIPS Compliance

August 2010

SMPTE 21DC conducts a study group to learn the impacts on SMPTE standards of the changes in NIST FIPS standards.  Luckily for SMPTE, it was recently determined that no impact to its standards will occur for three years.
DCI wishes it were so lucky.  In its quest to carry on with its reliance on NIST, it [...]

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Other News

August 2010

AAM won with Hoyts its first non-deployment-related TMS contract, the first such public announcement where the TMS was chosen independent of the deployment entity.  In the case of Hoyt’s, the deployment entity is DCIPA.  The AAM TMS is one of the few that has a backoffice system for managing booking reports, performance logs, and VPF [...]

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DCI and NIST Review

July 2010

While much has been said in this journal of the DCI-NIST saga, it’s useful to recap.
The DCI specification is the cornerstone of digital cinema. It represents the intent of the six major studios to use common methods for the distribution of content and for maintaining the security of that content. DCI Compliance is mandated in [...]

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Fox and Security Key Management

May 2010

Surprise!  Fox has entered the 21st century in more than just name.  Its latest effort in security key management for digital cinema represents a huge shift from prior doings.  “Gone” is the modem, and “in” is the network.  Mike Radford of Fox, in ISDCF, introduced his “FLM-x” method for communicating FLMs on a B2B basis.  [...]

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