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Carlyle Completes Buyout of GDC

October 2011

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Another Successful Plugfest for ISDCF

September 2011

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The Accessibility Gap

November 2010

It was reported in last month’s report that an accessibility gap exists between studios and exhibitors.  Studios put in substantial effort to include accessibility content with their movies.  Exhibitors complain that they can’t obtain it.
In this month’s ISDCF meeting, the subject was lightly explored.  The eye opener was a comment from Technicolor that they were [...]

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ISDCF and its July Plugfest

July 2010

ISDCF conducted its second Plugfest in July.  The first was held in March as part of a well-advertised demonstration of SMPTE DCP interoperability.  During the March demo, it became clear to the participating companies that the real benefit of the event was having so many manufacturers together in an informal test environment.  The dialog, sharing, [...]

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Servers, Media Blocks, and TMS

June 2010

Server manufacturers face the most challenges in digital cinema.  They carry the bulk of the burden of  meeting the DCI test plan.  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 the Deployment section, [...]

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Media Blocks and the Evolving Digital Cinema System

May 2010

In terms of business operations, the shift to digital distribution has been much better handled by studios than exhibitors.  Studios, having already embraced digital content preparation and distribution architectures for consumer content, welcome the opportunity to bring first release movies into this fold.
Exhibitors, on the other hand, are not in the content distribution business.  They [...]

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Other News

April 2010

NAB Digital Cinema Summit was a huge success this year.  Focusing more on 3-D production, and less on digital cinema itself (your author’s panel being one of the very few on digital cinema), the event pulled in so many participants that additional seating had to be added at several points during the first day.  This [...]

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DCIP Finally Announces, and Maybe a Surprise Coming?

March 2010

The most significant announcement for the rollout of digital cinema was also the most anti-climatic.  DCIP finally announced the completion of approximately 70% of its financing package.  The announcement was hinging on the signing of a purchase agreement with Sony Electronics.  Last minute haggling?  Given that Sony will collect the lion share of the money [...]

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