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November 2011

  • DCinema Alliance of the Philippines announced the signing of digital cinema deployment agreements with Disney, Fox, Paramount, and Warner.   Filipino cinemas are a consumer of English language film prints, which are rapidly diminishing.  The deal was negotiated by MKPE Consulting.
  • Barco announced the installation of its Auro-3D sound system in AMC, Cinemark, and Regal cinemas.  It is no doubt an impressive sounding system, however, Barco’s business model remains to be seen.  Notably, the press release only names one cinema in which an installation took place, which happens to be the Regal cinema closest to your author’s home, and not one of Regal’s more upscale properties.  We’ll be listening.
  • Christie Digital obtained DCI approval for projector software upgrades that allow high frame rate capability.  It is important to note that this renewed compliance with DCI only says that the high frame rate software upgrade did not break the projector’s prior compliance with DCI.  DCI does not test for high frame rate functionality.
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Toy Story 3’s New Sound Format, and the Future of Sound

May 2010

With the release of Disney’s Toy Story 3 comes the introduction of the 7.1DS sound format.  This is a different 7.1 format than that introduced by Sony in the mid-90’s.  The new format brings to light some problems that lie ahead for digital cinema sound.
First, an explanation of the oddity of sound format terminology.  The [...]

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3-D Crash

March 2010

There are those pessimistic people (perhaps you know someone?) waiting for the first spectacular 3-D flop.  It’s possible they may not have to wait long.  Major 3-D releases are fighting for screen space.  3-D has become a strategic play in the battle for box office.  And studios are willing to cut corners on quality just [...]

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Pixar Introduces a New Cinema Audio Format

February 2010

Your author quelled the happiness at the recent SMPTE 21DC10 Mastering Working Group meeting by bringing up a discussion of Annex A of 429-2, which defines audio packaging for SMPTE DCP.  Annex A of SMPTE 429-2 defines three different audio formats:  5.1, 6.1 (EX Surround), and 7.1 (SDDS).  But none of these will work for [...]

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Other News

July 2009

Europe’s International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), comprised of the major exhibitor trade organizations across Europe, held its first European Cinema Summit (ECS) trade show in Belgium mid-June, one week prior to Cinema Expo.  It was a reasonable success.  In terms of organization, it was a significant departure from the ShoWest/Cinema Expo style of trade show.  [...]

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Disney

February 2009

I’m behind in reporting a site created by Disney specifically for the benefit of the digital cinema exhibition industry. The link is:
http://digitalcinema.disney.com/
The site includes the current version of Disney’s approved equipment list, plus specially-prepared training videos for loading content and keys into digital cinema systems.

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