Digital Watermarking to be Demonstrated at State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C.

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The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), an international group of industry leading companies involved in commercializing digital watermarking solutions, will present a digital watermarking demonstration at the January 30th State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. The demonstration will show how movie, music and television content can be identified and managed using digital watermarking across any device from anywhere at anytime.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/digitalwatermarketingalliance_01_29_08.php

DTS Digital Cinema – Filmstore Content Management System

DTS Digital Cinema – FilmStore Content Management System

January, 2008

About DTS Digital Cinema – Overview PDF

FilmStore Datasheet

About FilmStore Content Management System:

FilmStore is a complete digital cinema content management solution for single screen or multiplex. The FilmStore platform consists of three interrelated components: FilmStore Director™ content management software, FilmStore Central™ ingest and storage system, and the FilmStore® Digital Cinema Player. Together they provide the optimum digital cinema management system from content ingest through screening.

FilmStore® Digital Cinema Player is a highly robust JPEG2000 playback system designed for operation in a 24/7 environment with full support for the DCI specification. 

FilmStore Central™ is a multiplex content ingest and storage system that performs extensive activity logging, performance reporting and system maintenance. Typical five terabyte storage capacity can be expanded as needed.

FilmStore Director™ content management software provides direct control of FilmStore Central and individual players from virtually any location with drag and drop functionality for scheduling, content and key management, and system security monitoring. It is the Theatre manager’s interface for centralized control of content load-in, scheduling and system monitoring.

Single Screen Or Multiplex Digital Cinema Content Management System:

FilmStore is a reliable, intuitive and upgradeable content management solution that simplifies and streamlines the exhibitor’s workflow and provides consumers with the finest cinema experience.

The diagram below show FilmStore® Digital Cinema Players on Three (3) Screens.

 

Complete Digital Cinema Solutions From DTS:

FilmStore digital cinema player, FilmStore Central ingest and central storage system, and the FilmStore Director content management software is one of several innovative solutions in the complete digital cinema product lineup offered by DTS Digital Cinema. Other products include the KeyPort security key management server, which is the foundation for automated global key delivery.

About DTS Digital Cinema – Overview PDF

FilmStore Datasheet

DTS Digital Cinema – KeyPort Security Key Management System

DTS Digital Cinema – KeyPort Security Key Management Server January, 2008 About DTS Digital Cinema – Overview PDF About KeyPort: The DTS KeyPort™ security key management server is the foundation for automated global key delivery.  KeyPort is a simple and secure KDM (Key Delivery Message) management server utilizing open protocols to enable the communication of security keys from any KDM distributor.  KeyPort delivers an intuitive web-like user interface that streamlines the exhibitor’s workload, communicating KDMs to the appropriate digital cinema servers and identifying soon-to-expire KDMs.  A standard secure portal is presented, with no access beyond the internal firewall contained within the KeyPort.  The DTS KeyPort is offered as a standalone system including custom software and web interface. Solving The Security Key Distribution And Management Problem: The DTS KeyPort security key management server solves the security key distribution and management problem for distributors and exhibitors by providing a straightforward system for delivering the correct security keys to the theatre. The KeyPort is offered as a standalone system which can be used with any server and projection system and makes the process of delivering the correct KDM to the theatre open and transparent. This system is standards-based and eliminates the need for gatekeepers in security key management. Complete Digital Cinema Solutions From DTS: KeyPort is one of several innovative solutions in the complete digital cinema product lineup offered by DTS Digital Cinema which includes the FilmStore digital cinema player, FilmStore Central ingest and central storage system, and the FilmStore Director content management software.

British filmmakers cap best-ever Sundance Film Festival with three awards

Man on Wire, a feature documentary film by British filmmaker James Marsh and supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund has won two prizes at Sundance, the leading international film festival for independent films. 

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/ukfilmcouncil_01_28_08.php

GDC Technology Hires Ami Dror as Vice President of Sales and Marketing

GDC Technology (“GDC”) expands its business operation with the appointment of Mr. Ami Dror as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Ami recently left XpanD where he was the VP of business development.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/gdctechnology_01_23_08.php

New UK Film Council analysis shows reduction on 2006’s record production levels but overall a strong spending year on film in the UK

The amount of money spent on making films in the UK in 2007 including Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Sweeney Todd, Brideshead Revisited and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People totalled £723 million. British cinemas enjoyed a strong year with £904 million taken at the box office, 8% higher than 2006. British films performed well accounting for 28% of cinema takings, up from 19% in 2006 and the third highest since records began in 1996, according to new figures published today by the UK Film Council.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/ukfilmcouncil_01_21_08.php

Film Industry in Western Canada to Start Seeing RED in 2008

TechYou Media today announced the confirmed delivery of their RED ONE Digital Cinema™ Camera, one of the first in Canada.

“If the RED ONE was a car, it would fly, be ten times the quality of a Mercedes Benz, get 100,000 km per teaspoon of fuel and still be the most advanced vehicle twenty years from now” says Craig Bowman, senior partner and head of TechYou Media’s Advanced Technology Group.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/reddigitalcinema_01_22_08.php

QuVis Receives Defense Grant

Sen. Sam Brownback saw some eye-popping technology Tuesday at a Topeka company that makes digital movie technology.Wearing 3-D glasses, Brownback saw a pumpkin jump out of a screen and appear as though it were going to hit him in the head.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/quvis_11_26_07.php

XDC and FTT Reinforce Partnership Agreement

Having successfully contributed to the creation of the largest digital cinema network in continental Europe, XDC and FTT will consolidate their leading position by reinforcing their partnership.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/xdc_01_16_08.php

Microspace Achieves Significant Digital Cinema Milestones in 2007 and Expects Continued Growth in 2008

Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of digital cinema via satellite, saw an exciting year of firsts and milestones in 2007. The company successfully delivered 11 feature films from five studios and grew its network to 1,000 screens with over a dozen participating theater circuits within the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

http://www.digitalcinemainfo.com/microspacecommunicationscorp_01_14_08.php