The SMPTE DCP standards were completed in 2009, four years after the VPF-driven digital cinema rollout began. To enable distribution, early versions of the SMPTE documents were used to create an intermediate “Interop” format. It was anticipated at the time that distributions would simply migrate to SMPTE DCP without
Archives for December 2012
The Great Laser Ride
No technology innovation has received more attention and produced less results than that of laser illumination. The technology is challenged, in numerous ways. But manufacturers gloss over the messy bits, feeling the need to demonstrate it and having differing motivations to do so. The business model for laser projection is
Remembering Those No Longer With Us
2012 is ending minus a few heartfelt friends. It’s a good time to remember them. Bob Lambert, once the top New Technology exec at Disney, sadly passed away at age 55. Bob had many friends in the business, and used his connections to reach out and move agendas. Among his many accomplishments, he was the
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Other News
Kodak sold its patent portfolio to Intellectual Ventures Management LLC and RPX Corp. for US$525M, forming a patent licensing consortium with members Apple, Google, Research In Motion, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Facebook, and others. Kodak arranged in November for US$793M of financing to exit bankruptcy by mid-2013, on condition that a minimum