The latest graphical compilation of regional data on the digital cinema rollout is below. Overall, the numbers show 103,500 digital screens installed worldwide, representing 83% of an estimated 125,000 cinema screens. If a 5% attrition
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Archives for August 2013
The Real Cost of Conversion to Studios
100,000 digital projectors installed represent approximately US$6B in new equipment expenditures, much of which is debt carried by exhibitors. While studios may portray that they are the ones that will retire the majority of this debt, a
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The Confusing Motivations Behind MDA
Market pressure can be the cause of new and unexpected behaviors, and in the case of immersive sound, it has also created odd bedfellows. NATO appears to be taking sides in a technology battle, without understanding the commercial
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A Dive Into The Hotfile Conviction
The MPAA announced a milestone win against online file hosting service Hotfile, having convinced a U.S. Federal court that the service is liable for copyright infringement. Hotfile is one of dozens of such operations to be found on the
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DCI Fully Embraces SMPTE DCP…Finally
One of the quirky and inexplicable aspects of the DCI specification is that it wasn't updated to include the audio packaging specification of SMPTE DCP, following the release of the full SMPTE DCP specification in 2009. This omission wasn’t
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