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Digital Cinema Roll-Out:Year 2 Has Begun

Monday 26th June 2006Amsterdam

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How does a movie get to a Digital Cinema screen?

Michael GillessenContent Operation Manager

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Digital Workflow

SHOOTING POST-HOUSE COLOURCORRECTION ASSETS

XDC MASTERING

STUDIO

LOGISTICAL FLOW EXHIBITION

Production stages MXF Interop starts here

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XDC Mastering Studio

DuplicationDCP

QC

Compression

English audio

Image

French audio

Italian subtitles

Versioning

Encoding

Spanish subtitles

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Logistical Flow (Exclusive Media)

DISTRIBUTOR

Solo serverFilm

Delivery list

Time Window

Solo server

Solo server

CineDisks

Keys

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Logistical Flow (Generic Media)

DISTRIBUTOR

Solo serverFilm Network

Time Window

Solo server

Solo serverCineDisks

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XDC Technology Today

• Full MXF/MPEG2 Ingest by XDC Mastering station

• Full MXF/MPEG2 Ingest and play-back at site level

• Optional JPEG 2000 play-back at site level

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XDC Technology Road Map

• XDC Hybrid G3 Server MPEG2/JPEG 2000

• DCI Compliant & Interop JPEG 2000

• To present alternative content (prerecorded concerts and sporting events, preshowadvertising…)

• 3D Compatible

• Availability : early 2007