TDF Plans to Deliver Digital Cinema Services Across the Continent The TDF Group has unveiled its plans to deploy a pan-European delivery service for digital cinema. TDF will provide electronic delivery of digital copies to theatres in Europe leveraging on its established presence in 10 territories. TDF has already connected 60 theatres in six countries and plans to double the number of connected theatres in 2009 and 2010. The news was unveiled last month in Paris at TDF's First Digital Cinema Conference. Making the announcement Thomas Bremond TDF international development director for multimedia services said “I am pleased to announce that TDF’s subsidiaries SmartJog and Media Broadcast have joined forces to market the first pan-European digital cinema electronic delivery service to digital theatres across Europe.” The TDF platform will soon provide service into two thirds of France multiplex theatres with deployment in progress at major circuits CGR Europalaces and Kinepolis. Another significant deployment is scheduled in Switzerland and Austria in the coming months. TDF is expecting to announce additional deployment deals very soon in continental Europe. TDF is committed to connect theatres in several countries throughout continental Europe including France Germany Austria Switzerland Benelux Italy Spain Portugal Scandinavia and Baltics with the goal of helping exhibitors’ transition to digital cinema. TDF says its pan-European digital cinema solution is Europe's only service that provides an end-to-end hybrid digital cinema electronic distribution network for the cinema industry from digital cinema mastering facilities to movie theatres with innovative satellite and terrestrial transmission optimization technology specifically tailored for secure and reliable DCP distribution. TDF’s pan-European digital cinema solution currently facilitates the storage management and digital delivery of trailers and feature films directly to theatres for over 17 feature film distributors and has already delivered hundreds of DCPs (Digital Cinema Packages) to theatres. Over 40 digital cinema service providers and integrators globally including leading cinema-advertising companies such as Mediavision and Screenvision for the delivery of pre-show programs currently use the platform. “We are excited to provide Mediavision with a file-based delivery system and value-added integration features which provides greater flexibility while optimizing coordination of advertising campaigns” says Nicolas Dussert theatrical sales director at SmartJog. Eric Jourdan general manager of Mediavision says “This initiative is part of the digital plan led by our parent company Medias & Regies Europe. The choice of going digital in addition to our partnership with SmartJog will result in time efficiency and a greater flexibility for the programming of advertising campaigns as well as the highest image quality possible with no alteration over time.“ Media Broadcast www.media-broadcast.com SmartJog www.smartjog.com The TDF Group www.tdf.fr
