IMAX vs Everyone Else
Fox Brings Security Key Management into the 21st Century
Media Blocks and the Evolving Digital Cinema System
SMPTE Update
Toy Story and the Future of Sound
DCI and FIPS: The
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Archives for May 2010
IMAX vs Everyone Else
IMAX is an enigma to investors. Its brand was established with the 15-perf 70mm film format, without doubt the finest image ever put on screen. But quality can be expensive and therefore unpopular. The cost to distribute first release
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Fox and Security Key Management
Surprise! Fox has entered the 21st century in more than just name. Its latest effort in security key management for digital cinema represents a huge shift from prior doings. "Gone" is the modem, and "in" is the network. Mike Radford of
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Media Blocks and the Evolving Digital Cinema System
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,
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SMPTE
SMPTE Working Groups and Ad Hoc Groups meet June 2 in Los Angeles. Following the last round of meetings in February, several document ballots closed:
428-5 TIFF Mapping for DCDM
428-19 Additional Frame Rates for the SDI
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