Executive Summary

August 2009 by Michael Karagosian

Digital Cinema Equipment as Collateral? The roll of the deployment entity has changed, and the risks the exhibitor faces have changed along with it.

DCIP. Rumors abound that Blackstone Group is preparing a private equity investment.

ISDCF TDL update. One studio encourages adoption of an obsolete format.

SMPTE update. Five documents, included two closed caption standards, pass ballot, with comments to be resolved. Michael Karagosian takes over the chairman role for 21DC-30 Exhibition Working Group.

3-D for Film? Technicolor announces its 3-D film program. But Technicolor is only one of three such entries, all incompatible.

CEA in the UK announced its intent to organize a buying group for its independent theatre owner members.

Time Andaeus engages in rollout in China. Estimates predict 50% digital cinema penetration by end of 2009.

Sony and RealD score sales in Germany.

NATO hires Mitch Neuhauser for its 2011 trade show.

Arts Alliance Media prepares for its Norwegian bid, with the merger of Nordic Digital Alliance and cinema advertising aggregator Intellinet.

Warner Bros and Viacom put Chinese Mann on the block…again.