GLG News by Digital Cinema Technology Experts

1. Additional closing of "revenue stream windows" 2. Reach additional consumers before pirates can 3. Offering of Product to all type of consumers simultaneously gets closer to a reality

1. Fox and Paramount “experiment” with new release sales on iTunes      2. Studios have hesitated to offer new releases for sale on iTunes due to pricing fears and the fear of Apple becoming al too powerful.

3D may be widely viewed as the magic bullet that will save Hollywood from its slow decline, but the crunch in available screens, coupled with the potential collapse of the traditional revenue streams -- international cinema, TV, and DVDs -- suggests that dark clouds loom on the Hollywood horizon.  ...

>  Various manufacturers have tried selling e-books in the past. > For a variety of reasons, they have always failed. > Will the Amazon Kindle be different?

The stakes are high in the IPTV wars, with cable providers, satellite providers, traditional telcos, and fiber optic based telcos vying for the prized position as the premiere portal to the homes of the world. New developments in DSL technology raise the prospect that popular assumptions regarding the...

While to date the Internet has failed to fall prey to global gridlock as a consequence of the widespread wiring of the world, video -- which now accounts for the bulk of Internet traffic -- threatens to once more raise the specter of the digital divide, presenting the prospect of a privileged class...

Faced with the prospect of a long cold winter without work, film & TV writers are rejecting the hands that have traditionally fed them. Many may never return to the trough -- with consequences for the long-range future of the Hollywood unions.

The precipitous decline of the traditional music industry holds important lessons for the film & TV industries, which are next in line for a crash-course in new media survival tactics. The legendary David Byrne spells it all out.

1.  Sharp recently regained the number one spot for sales of HD LCD TV’s from Vizio.  2. 60% households who are planning to purchase a new television in the next six months are planning to buy an HDTV set.      3.  DIRECTV is achieving strong HD growth.

The once-vaunted IMAX Corporation has hovered near bankruptcy in the past, only to be rescued by its capitulation to displaying upconverted 35mm movies on large format screens. Now, with digital 3D promising a compelling event-type experience for movie-goers, the IMAX folks need a new trick. The obvious...