By Topic (not included above)
Presentations
Interoperability and Certification
2006-Jan: Presented by Michael Karagosian at the ITEA Conference in Los Angeles.
Quality and Interoperability in Digital Cinema
2004-Jun: Presented by Michael Karagosian at the Napoli Film Festival in Naples, Italy.
Business and Standards in Digital Cinema
2004-Mar: Presented by Michael Karagosian in Las Vegas at the NAB Digital Cinema Summit.
Digital Cinema in Asia
2003-Nov: Presented by Michael Karagosian at the Milan IBTS/SMPTE conference, to an audience of technology providers, filmmakers, and students.
Digital Cinema: The Challenge
2003-Nov: Presented by Michael Karagosian at the Milan IBTS/SMPTE conference, to an audience of technology providers, filmmakers, and students.
Building an Entertainment Technology Center
2003-Sept: Presented by Thomas MacCalla in Princeton at the Entertainment Technology Conference (EnTech), targeted to technology providers, educators, research organizations, and students.
Digital Cinema Overview
2003-June: Presented by Thomas MacCalla in Naples at the Napoli Film Festival in Naples, Italy, to an audience of filmmakers and cinema technology providers.
Digital Cinema: New Industries and New Business
2003-June: Presented by Michael Karagosian in Naples at the Napoli Film Festival in Naples, Italy, to an audience of filmmakers and cinema technology providers.
Business & Technical Issues
The Bumpy Road Ahead
2003-May: Business talks finally begin, but technical details remain to be solved.
Digital Cinema Overview (PDF)
2003-Jun: Thomas MacCalla presents an informed look at the forces that are steering digital cinema. Presented at the
Napoli Film Festival.
Electronic and Digital Cinema -- A Practical View (PDF)
2002-Apr: Presented at the NAB 2002 Digital Cinema Summit.
Roundtable Discussion on Digital Cinema at ITEA
2002-Jan: Review of a discussion panel for exhibitors.
An Exhibitors View of Digital Cinema (PDF)
2001-Dec: NATO member Mats Kullander of SF BIO in Sweden tells why digital cinema isn't ready for prime time. (Monetary figures in Swedish kronor.)
The American View
2001-Dec: Presented at the European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) Content Module meeting in Stockholm, December 2001.
NATO Presentation at BKSTS / IBC 2001 (PDF)
2001-Sep: From the BKSTS Mini-Conference on Digital Cinema, at IBC 2001.
Digital Cinema Review (PDF)
2001-Jun: A review of digital cinema systems today. Presented at LFCA and Infocomm 2001.
Pioneering or Pie-In-The-Sky?
2001-Mar: Electronic distribution of movies is only in its infancy.
Answering the Question: Is Film Really Dead?
2000-Feb: The state of the art in cinema and a look at the business side of digital cinema.
It's Not The Projector...
1999-May: A look at Digital Cinema (published in System Contractor News as "Electronic Cinema Moves Into High Gear".
Distribution
Tutorial: Content Packaging for Digital Cinema (PDF)
2002-Apr: A progress report on the MXF/XML cinema packaging scheme, presented at the NAB 2002 Digital Cinema Summit.
Digital Cinema Systems (PDF)
2000-Jun: The issues that will need to be solved in digital cinema, presented at the Infocomm 2000.
Film Technology
Multichannel Film Today
1999-Dec: A detailed review of today's film sound formats.
Cinema Digital Sound (CDS),
a tribute to the first digital audio format for film.
Technicolor's Dye Transfer Process Reviewed
by Bill Hogan of Sprocket Digital
1999-Sep: Bill Hogan's wonderfully candid review of the best that film can be.
Projection Systems
Who Said It's Not The Projector?
2000-Dec: A review of digital projection technologies to come.
New Projection Technology From Silicon Light Machines
2000-Nov: Catch up on the latest concerning the Grating Light Valve.
SMPTE and Digital Cinema
SMPTE Digital Cinema Committee Starts Off Running
2000-Mar: SMPTE's DC28 Technology Committee for Digital Cinema is off and running. Published March 2000 in System Contractor News.
SMPTE/USC Conference on the Future of Cinema Reviewed
1999-May: A recap of the SMPTE/USC Seminar held at USC in May 1999, published June 1999 in System Contractor News.
Electronic Cinema: The Need For Interoperability
1999-May: Paper for the 1999 SMPTE/USC Seminar, The Future of the Cinema: A Real World Progress Report
Electronic Cinema: The Possibilites (PDF)
1999-May: Presentation given at the 1999 SMPTE/USC Seminar, The Future of the Cinema: A Real World Progress Report
Theatre Systems
Digital Cinema - New Industries and New Business (PDF)
2003-Jun: Another look at quality and interoperability. Presented at the 2003 Napoli Film Festival.
Digital Cinema Control Systems (PDF)
2001-Jun: Presented in Amsterdam at Cinema Expo 2001.
Making Digital Cinema Tick
2001-Jun: The magic behind the projection port in prototype digital cinema systems.
Digital Audio in the Digital Cinema
2000-Sep: Will cinema digital audio really become an open platform?
Miscellaneous
Thomson Positions For Digital Cinema
2001-Jan: Thomson Multimedia acquires Technicolor and Philips Broadcast in a move that positions them well for digital cinema.
