GLG News by Digital Cinema Technology Experts

The market place is far from finding a saving grace in 3D, it's still a novelty and will remain one for sometime to come. The lack of any one agreed upon format for 3D leaves the industry little or no chance of main streaming the products. If they get it together and work for a common goal,...

Lots of us considered IMAX down and out in recent years as the institutional theater market (museums, etc.) began to dry up and as IMAX and others failed to provide sufficient appropriate content to the commercial theater circuits to which the Company was selling systems. Now with 3D being one of the...

DirecTV has added 21 new HD Channels to their existing tier of 31 toward a goal of 100 by year end. This is great news for their subscribers and for those who understand and appreciate the big difference that viewing in HD can make. However, the question becomes whether this will add a significant number...

live cinema entertainment-via national cinemedia-opens new doors to revenue streams of movie theaters-broad and niche oriented events will create audiences that are not necessarily regular movie goers-by issueing subject matter that are  not normally available.

While the format wars in the next generation DVD systems continue to confuse customers clearly indicating that there is not going to be an obvious winner for some time, if at all, VOD may be sneaking under the radar. This is still a very nascent business. The studios in making their content available...

Viewer-ship is down at the broadcast TV networks.   The new Nielsen ratings system may have an equalizing effect on the flight of ad dollars from broadcast to cable TV.

• Federal laws are probably chilling the desire to provide unlocking services. • Cellphone service providers will enjoy a "walled garden" for some time. • Tying products to a service may fall out of favor, eventually.

How does this impact Access IT and Screenvision?

FiOS concentration on customer satisfaction is translating into very low churn.     FiOS TV is top in customer satisfaction with DirecTV second, Dish Network third, Comcast tied with AT&T U-verse in fourth place, followed by Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Charter.

• A 3-D renaissance is taking place in the cinema due to the introduction of DLP digital projection in theatres. • 3-D to the home has its challenges: no standards, difficult to produce, only DLP can display 3-D out-of-the-box. • TI's push to use 3-D to increase DLP sales in the home...