The count of companies that have announced multi-plane sound systems for cinema has grown to five: Auro 11.1, Dolby, Illusonic, Imm Sound, and Iosono. Distributors concerned about multiple inventory distribution might wish for a few of them to fall off the map. But that’s unlikely to happen.
Archives for May 2012
ISDCF Plugfest Preview
ISDCF has another Plugfest on the horizon. On June 4th and 5th it will conduct further testing in the effort to learn industry readiness for SMPTE DCP distribution, and more. Included in the test program is the continued testing of subtitle rendering on Sony and DLP projectors, audio routing,
Disruptive Cinema
To properly understand a new term these days, one must Google it. A quick search revealed this definition for “disruptive technology” from Wikipedia: A disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over
Other News
Dalian Wanda, a real estate group headed by the Wang Jianlin, China’s sixthwealthiest man, purchased US-based AMC Entertainment for $2.6B, with the intent to pump in another $500M for renovations, and plans to pay down another $2B in debt. Wanda is the first international player to purchase a major US cinema chain. Cinedigm closed a
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