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Digital Cinema Distribution

Darcy Antonellis

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

Digital Cinema brings with it the promise of transforming the traditional methods of distributing filmed entertainment that have been utilized for decades. Why alter this traditional process? After all, in analog form, film distribution has changed for the better over the years. Release printing processes have shown great technological improvements. Improvements in film stock, high-speed printing, chemical processing and consistency, printing element preparation, and cleaning are just some significant enhancements made to expedite the processing of film prior to its distribution.

Along with those innovations, land and air transportation have likewise seen significant ...

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