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Theatre Management Systems

Security Key Management Is Getting Brighter

December 2011

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If I Were A Digital Cinema Server Company…

October 2011

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The Projection Booth

December 2010

Digital cinema equipment is anything but mature.  Early equipment architectures were not original, based on a standalone server and a standalone projector.  Texas Instruments had the option early on to include media block functionality in its licensed design for the DLP CinemaTM projector.  Had TI been more aggressive in its hardware approach, it could have [...]

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What’s Up With TDL?

September 2010

The popular concept of Trusted Device List is a list of digital certificates of trusted equipment, along with the physical location of the device.  Such a list is of value to those charged with the creation of KDMs.  Without this list, security key management is impossible.
In the DCI spec, TDL has a slightly different meaning:  [...]

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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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Servers, TMS, and Media Blocks

December 2009

Server manufacturers face the most challenges in digital cinema.  DCI continues to tweak its specification and test plan, requiring changes to designs.  And the nascent 4K market will create a new market for media blocks inside projectors that will shift the way server technology is packaged and sold.
Note that XDC, reviewed in Deployment section, is [...]

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Kodak Exits Digital Cinema

November 2009

Kodak has a history of developing new technology and then pulling out of the market when execution demands commitment.  Those who read my bi-annual Industry Reports know that the demise of Kodak Digital Cinema was inevitable - only the timing remained to be learned.  So it came as little surprise that Bob Gibbons, the division’s [...]

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Digital Cinema Servers & Theatre Management Systems (TMS)

June 2009

Digital cinema server manufacturers have their challenges. DCI continues to tweak its specification and test plan, requiring changes to designs. And the nascent 4K market will create a new market for media blocks that install within the physical boundary of the projector, requiring new designs.
The goal of achieving DCI compliance is complicated [...]

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