AccessIT Pioneers Presentation of Disney and Walden Media's 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' in
12 Diciembre 2005 - 10:19AM
PR Newswire (US)
- First Commercial Release of a JPEG 2000 Digital Cinema Feature
Compatible With the DCI Specifications at Company's Pavilion
Digital Showcase Theatre - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Dec. 12
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In another digital cinema technology
"first," Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT")
(AMEX:AIX), in cooperation with The Walt Disney Studios ("Disney")
and media player hardware provider Doremi Labs, Inc., said today,
it has premiered Disney's and Walden Media's "The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" at its Pavilion
Digital Showcase Theatre in JPEG2000 compression format as provided
for in DCI specifications. The Pavilion Theatre is the first, and
to date, the only movie theatre equipped to show digital movies to
paying audiences utilizing this advanced technology standard. By
December 31, 2005, an additional 150 digital cinema systems
currently being installed by Christie/AIX, a subsidiary of
AccessIT, with regional theatre chains under its 4,000-screen
rollout plan will be JPEG2000-capable. Disney's "Narnia" was
released nationally December 9th in both analog and digital
versions. "Today, thanks to the efforts of the talented team at
AccessIT, we have been able to achieve a significant digital cinema
milestone, the presentation of a full-length movie to audiences in
compliance with the compression standards created by the industry's
Digital Cinema Initiatives. AccessIT's technology leadership,
operating digital cinema equipment at its Pavilion Showcase
theatre, was instrumental in making this important development
possible," said Chuck Viane, president, Buena Vista Pictures
Distribution, Disney's distribution arm. "We are pleased to play a
supporting role in the effort to bring the most advanced technology
to exhibitors and audiences nationwide," said Bud Mayo, chairman
and chief executive officer of AccessIT. "This presentation of
Narnia, the first to use DCI specified JPEG2000 before a paying
audience, is a major technological advance for everyone that has
worked long and hard to see digital cinema become a reality." In
July 2005, Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI), a joint venture
formed by Disney and the six other major studios in 2002, issued
the Version 1.0 Technical Specification for digital cinema systems.
Included in the Specifications was the designation of JPEG2000 as
the uniform file compression format. While movies have previously
been shown on 2K digital projector systems, the commercial
presentation of full-length films in DCI-conforming JPEG2000 format
had not been previously achieved. AccessIT's Pavilion Theatre
features five state-of-the-art 2K DLP Cinema(R) digital projection
systems produced by Christie Digital Systems as well as media
player hardware developed by Doremi Labs, among others. Doremi's
DCP-2000 digital cinema server, like the unit deployed at the
Pavilion, is the first commercially available server capable of
playing DCI- JPEG2000 digital movies. It is AccessIT's intent to
include Doremi players in many of the digital system installations
anticipated under its 4,000-screen rollout plan. Russell Wintner,
President and COO of AccessIT's Digital Media Division, added: "As
soon as we decided to partner with Christie in a major deployment
of Digital Cinema systems, we set our goal on JPEG2000 for
installations to begin this same year. Our ability to support
Disney's ambitious agenda using JPEG2000 for 'Narnia' marks a
critical objective met by our dedicated development team and
further evidence of the value of having a digital cinema showcase
theatre for advancing the joint goals of our movie industry
partners." Camille Rizko, President and CTO of Doremi Labs, Inc.
added: "We have been at the forefront of JPEG2000 technology
integration since its introduction. The DCP-2000 server is the
culmination of our effort to provide the Digital Cinema market with
the first server capable of playing digital movies with JPEG2000
compression. We are proud to participate in this historic event.
About AccessIT Access Integrated Technologies Inc. (AccessIT) is an
industry leader in offering a fully managed storage and electronic
delivery service for owners and distributors of digital content to
movie theaters and other venues. Supported by its robust platform
of fail-safe Internet data centers, AccessIT is able to leverage
the market-leading role of its Theatrical Distribution System (TDS)
with its innovative digital delivery capabilities and in-theatre
management software systems to provide the highest level of
technology available to enable the emerging digital cinema industry
to transition from film without changing workflows. For more
information on AccessIT, visit http://www.accessitx.com/. About The
Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios is a unit of The Walt
Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) and distributes motion pictures under
Walt Disney Pictures - which includes Walt Disney Feature Animation
and DisneyToon Studios - Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures,
Miramax Films and Dimension Films. Buena Vista International serves
as the studio's international distribution arm. Buena Vista Home
Entertainment and Buena Vista Home Entertainment International
together distribute Disney and other film titles to the rental and
sell- through home entertainment markets worldwide. Buena Vista
Theatrical Productions is one of the largest producers of Broadway
musicals, and the Buena Vista Music Group distributes original
music and motion picture soundtracks under its four record labels:
Walt Disney Records, Buena Vista Records, Hollywood Records and
Lyric Street Records. About Doremi Cinema Doremi Cinema LLC. is a
division of Doremi Labs, Inc. Doremi Labs is a leading developer
and manufacturer of video disk recorders (VDR) and video servers
for the professional video and audio markets. Doremi's V1 family of
VDRs is a market leader with several thousand installations
worldwide. Over the last three years Doremi has expended its
product line outside the video server market. New products include
the ORCA real-time HD MPEG2 video encoder, and the Nugget MPEG2 HD
video player. The Nugget development technology together with the
ORCA encoder and the JPEG2000 based V1-HD video server set in
motion Doremi's entry into the Digital Cinema market and the
establishment of Doremi Cinema LLC. in 2005. Today Doremi Cinema
provides complete mastering and playback solutions for both the
DCI-JPEG2000 standard and MXF Interop. Safe Harbor Statement
Investors and readers are cautioned that certain statements
contained in this document, as well as some statements in periodic
press releases and some oral statements of AccessIT officials
during presentations about AccessIT, along with AccessIT's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including AccessIT 's
registration statements, quarterly reports on Form 10- QSB and
annual report on Form 10-KSB, are "forward-looking' statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
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"seeks", "estimates' or similar expressions. In addition, any
statements concerning future financial performance (including
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about AccessIT, its technology, economic and market factors and the
industries in which AccessIT does business, among other things.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and
AccessIT undertakes no specific obligation or intention to update
these statements after the date of this release. DLP Cinema(R) is a
registered trademark of Texas Instruments Inc. Contact: Suzanne
Tregenza Moore AccessIT 55 Madison Avenue Suite 300 Morristown, NJ
07960 973.290.0080 http://www.accessitx.com/ Heidi Trotta The Walt
Disney Studios 818.560.7280 Ramzi Shakra Doremi Labs, Inc. 818 562
1101 ext. 248 DATASOURCE: Access Integrated Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Suzanne Tregenza Moore of AccessIT, +1-973-290-0080; or
Heidi Trotta of The Walt Disney Studios, +1-818-560-7280, or email
; or Ramzi Shakra of Doremi Labs, Inc., +1-818-562-1101 ext. 248,
or email Web site: http://www.accessitx.com/
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