Press jumps the gun with DCIP. Hollywood Reporter publishes wrong information in an unauthorized article on DCIP. NATO members restless with CBG, Kendrick Macdowell exits. In spite of the healthy box office, NATO members fret over digital deals at recent NATO meeting. Independently, Kendrick Macdowell, VP and General Counsel,
Archives for September 2009
DCIP – The Wrong Press
Perhaps because this was one of the slower months for new developments on the digital cinema front, the Hollywood Reporter jumped the gun with DCIP and reported that the financing deal was done and that digital cinema was ready to rollout. Bloomberg followed within days with a better researched article.
NATO and CBG
NATO held its annual members meeting this month. This was the first time that NATO’s new Advisory Board met. In the past, the entire membership was on the Board of Directors, which made it complicated to get things done. A reorganization took place this past year, with the
ISDCF Update
ISDCF met this month, with a growing agenda. The hotter topics addressed include the field upgrade schedule, ghost busting, forensic marks, and of course, security key delivery. The latest field upgrade schedule for SMPTE DCP can be downloaded at http://isdcf.com/. The schedule has been widely circulated among the studios.