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July 2011

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Cinedigm and its Paradigm Shift

January 2011

Cinedigm named Chris McGurk as its new Chairman and CEO this month, formally ending the void left behind after the board ousted Bud Mayo from these roles.  Chris is an exceptional choice, having been CEO of Overture Films, and a former COO of MGM.  Overture, founded in 2007 by John Malone’s Liberty Media, was dissolved [...]

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September 2010

The European Commission has set aside €4 million ($5.4 million) over the next two years to help European cinemas go digital.  Priority will go to arthouse cinemas screening “a substantial share” of European films.
Laser Light Engines announced that it has raised $13 million in its second round of financing, from investors including IMAX Corporation  and [...]

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Deployment Financing and the Impact on Equipment Cost

August 2010

Cinedigm’s 10,000 screen Phase 2 roll-out began in early 2008, with a three year roll-out period.  If the roll-out period has not been extended, then its roll-out will end early 2011.  Likewise, DCIP’s roll-out period for its current phase is expected to end in the 2012 time frame.  (Recall that DCIP only has funding for [...]

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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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Cinedigm Undergoes Changes

July 2010

As has often been said in this report, Cinedigm is the poster child of why a deployment entity should not have public ownership.  Deployment entities are not designed to make money through the financing of equipment, with studios carefully auditing revenues against recoupment of equipment costs.  For the deployment entity to generate revenue that is [...]

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Deployment Entities

June 2010

2010 will witness the rebirth of the deployment entity.  Over the years, the concept for how to operate a deployment entity has sharpened.  Some deployment entities have renegotiated agreements to better meet the needs of the market.  With the credit markets loosening up, and exhibitor appetite increasing for conversion, the action in digital cinema will [...]

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