Fithian says NATO, which in theory supports digital cinema, has been flooded with e-mails.
Digital Cinema, a deal with Technicolor to replace movie reels with digital transmission, shut down.
Three major issues will stymie the best viewership of Lucas' film and digital cinema in general.
In 2006, RED Digital Cinema began a revolution with the 4K RED ONE digital cinema camera.
Digital cinema cuts distribution costs, as each movie can be beamed instantly via satellite around the world.
The era of digital cinema had begun, or so it seemed, and right in our very own galaxy.
Instead Jobs formed Next, bought Pixar from George Lucas, and helped create the booming industry of digital cinema production.
He may very well shoot Episode III in digital format, but that won't make digital cinema any more of a reality.
"We expect every theater to be packed, " said Bud Mayo, CEO of Cinedigm, the digital cinema company that made the live broadcasts possible.
Roger Ebert argues that piracy will either slow or halt the momentum of digital cinema altogether, comparing it to what is happening with music.
Traditional non-digital cinema, meanwhile, offered Cannes some brighter, if odder, moments.
Digital cinema camera shooting has been gaining momentum, and digital editing that heavily uses CG composition and VFX processing has now become common in motion picture production.
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According to Jim Sullivan, ex-Kodak Digital Cinema exec and now President of Entertainment Experience, LLC, the collaboration with SIM2 offers the highest quality media solution on the market.
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Film projectors could prove to be digital cinema's toughest competition.
The biggest hurdle facing digital cinema is financial not technological.
T. and The Color Purple, lauds digital cinema for achieving a picture quality many thought was impossible, but wonders whether compressed digital bits can ever surpass the sharpness of film.
"We've been a leader in film, and as the industry transforms to digital we want to be a leader there, too, " says Ahmad Ouri, head of Technicolor's digital cinema initiative.
These various compressed formats then support the growing number of distribution channels from traditional cable, satellite, broadcast and digital cinema and increasingly are finding their way into various internet and cell phone network based distribution channels.
"We are excited to provide our customers with access to Full HD digital cinema, on the DVD release date, from the Lionsgate library of daring, original and high quality titles, " stated George Gonzalez, president and CEO of XStreamHD.
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The center incorporates advanced video processing calibrated to the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) color standards recently adopted by most Hollywood studios and distributors, as well as removeable-hard-disk data storage to accommodate multiple DCI-standard motion picture titles ready for immediate playback.
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"We are pleased that Lionsgate can again be at the forefront of digital cinema and be part of the state of the art digital delivery system that will benefit the entire industry, " said Richie Fay, Lionsgate's President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution.
ENGADGET: Movie studios sign on for satellite-based digital delivery to theaters
We doubt we'll see any reduction in ticket prices, but the process of bringing new movies to theaters could get easier very soon as five major studios have signed on with the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) to use its satellite distribution network.
Jasper, chief executive of Dolby Laboratories, had only 12 more days to fulfill a promise made six months earlier to the Walt Disney Co. that his company would build, test and install digital cinema equipment on 84 screens capable of showing Disney's latest cartoon, Chicken Little, in 3-D.
Many, many more people see the extraordinary work of both companies through audience development programmes, ticket pricing initiatives and digital and cinema distribution.
The center houses classrooms, studios and shops for set and costume construction, sculpture and painting, digital media and cinema, as well as several performance spaces, a screening room, rehearsal and practice rooms and a cafe.
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Also in the home entertainment line-up: the EP9010 Instant Cinema Digital Projector (pictured at left), an HDTV-ready DLP projector with a built-in DVD player that's specifically designed for home theater use (rather than conference room use).
He has been expanding into cinema, digital television and has been looking abroad.
SIM2 and Entertainment Experience, which heretofore focused on unique digital media products for the commercial cinema, education, and hi-tech display market spaces, announce that they will begin offering a hardware-software content solution-including pre-loaded, fully licensed motion picture content-that delivers better-than-HD digital video performance to home buffs.
ENGADGET: SIM2 tag-teams with Entertainment Experience to bring you movies on hard drives
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