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Theatre Management Systems

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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Technicolor

January 2009

It’s often said that no company has spent more money in digital cinema than Technicolor. In 1999, Technicolor entered into an alliance with Real Image Digital and Sarnoff to venture into the deployment of digital cinema. That was followed by a joint venture with Qualcomm to do the same. In 2005, following the release of [...]

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Technicolor

December 2008

If one were to add up the sums, Technicolor Digital Cinema has probably spent more money over the years on digital cinema than any other venture. Circa 1999, it purchased Real Image, followed by a joint venture with Qualcomm, neither of which produced an ROI. In 2005, Technicolor negotiated VPF agreements with studios, [...]

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