Executive Summary

November 2011 by Michael Karagosian

SMPTE 21DC Technology Committee chairman change pending, following the expiration of Dave Schnuelle’s term.

SMPTE’s High Frame Rate Study Group destined for high gear, with new co-chair Michael Karagosian.

Cinema Audio will be the technology focus of the 10’s, and we review the various audio-related standards activities now in progress.

Use of the standardized CSP/RPL Protocols for Closed Captions is growing.

Security Key Management deserves re-thinking. We explore a simple solution to building industry-wide automation of KDM delivery.

The impact posed by last year’s upgrade by NIST of FIPS 140-2 is luckily on path for a smooth landing.

DCinema Alliance of the Philippines announced the signing of digital cinema deployment agreements.

Barco announced the installation of its Auro-3D system in the US.

A software upgrade from Christie Digital was approved by DCI, meaning that the addition of high frame rate features did not break DCI functionality.