By way of the odd reminder that studios no longer deliver film prints to all 200 screens in Hong Kong, US exhibitors were again reminded at CinemaCon that film prints could become obsolete in this country by the end of 2013. USA Today picked up on this, noting that exhibitors
Archives for April 2012
Movie Labs and Security Key Management
Movie Labs issued the final version of its RFP for a Trusted Device List (TDL) service this month. This publication hasn’t endowed the RFP with glowing reports, with reason. Our critique has five components, which we gloriously present: 1) The RFP establishes a Trusted Device List service (TDL), which presumably
ISDCF
ISDCF has focused on SMPTE DCP testing for the past two years through a series of Plugests, where interoperability and performance has been observed. Plugfest testing has been a success, in that the degree of interoperability and performance now observed on a wide variety of product is fairly consistent.
Other News
After entering a partnership agreement with New Video in January, Cinedigm acquired New Video this month, making Cinedigm a fully capable distributor of independent films and specialty content. Chris Dodd of MPAA demonstrated his ability to learn by declaring SOPA as “history” in a Business Week interview early in the month.