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Studio caution may stymie 3D, Blu-ray's potential killer app | 08 Sep 10 tags › | The move to bring digital 3D technology to the home is gaining pace and Blu-ray Disc (BD) currently offers the best way of giving consumers access to a wide range of high quality 3D content. All the major consumer electronics manufacturers are backing the technology and the 3D BD supply chain is also gearing up to make the most of this window of opportunity. However, Screen Digest research shows t...

US Online Movies Revenue Rising | 06 Sep 10 tags › | Consumer revenue from online movies in the US grew rapidly in the first half of 2010. However, the outlook for the five-year forecast period remains conservative, reflecting continued fragmentation in the marketplace.

Games Market Monitor - Hardware Q2 2010 | 30 Aug 10 tags › | Year-on-year hardware volumes on a global basis are down just over 20 per cent for the second quarter of 2010, underscoring the fact that a number of platforms are now in decline. The console cycle is maturing and, as is typical, it is beginning to wane. Sony's PlayStation 3 is the only TV console to experience a major worldwide uptick for the period, while Nintendo's DS handhelds drop swiftly, em...

Analyst commentary

Q2 results reinforce JCDecaux in global OOH leadership | 07 Sep 10 tags › | Revenues reported by leading out-of-home (OOH) advertising vendors for Q2, 2010, confirm global but contrasted recovery of the sector. Thanks to a relatively stronger presence in fast-growing emerging markets...

CableLabs releases 3D specification | 02 Sep 10 tags › | Cablelabs have released a public specification for frame compatible 3D encoding and distribution. Two formats, top-bottom and side-by-side, are supported for HD resolutions (720p, 1080i and 1080p) using MPEG-2...

First Australian circuit chooses digital cinema path | 02 Sep 10 tags › | Australian cinema and entertainment group Hoyts has become the first Australian and New Zealand circuit to announce its planned digital cinema rollout, including equipment choices. Hoyts Cinemas has chosen to...

Presentations

Mobile content market: Application stores transform the market | 12 Jul 10 tags › | 2009 was a difficult year for the operator distributed mobile content market, particularly in mature Western markets as content shifts from operators' portals to off-portal application stores and the availability of free media content increases. In response to a recent update of Screen Digest mobile media forecasts, Ronan de Renesse, Head of the Mobile Intelligence team, delivered a webinar highl...

Digital cinema roll-out in Europe | 01 Jul 10 | David Hancock, Screen Digest's Head of Cinema, presented an overview of European digital cinema progress and approaches in order to set the context for his panel discussion at Cine Expo 2010 in Amsterdam. The presentation gives latest d-screen numbers in Europe, tracks third-party integrator progress in signing screens to their Virtual Print Fee programmes, defines the size of the digital shortfal...

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