Dolby Introduces Advanced JPEG 2000 Digital Cinema Mastering Solution.Dolby SCC SCC - strongly connected component 2000 Secure Content Creator See content provider. Delivers Reliable, Efficient Encoding and Encryption for Digital Content SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DLB DLB Dementia with Lewy Bodies DLB Dynamic Load Balancing DLB Don't Look Back DLB Digital Lecture Board (University of Mannheim, Germany) DLB Digital Loopback DLB Downline Builder (multi-level marketing) ) announced today that its Dolby([R]) SCC2000 Secure Content Creator, a scalable mastering solution for JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. 2000 digital cinema compression, encoding, packaging, and encryption, will be accessible by postproduction facilities, laboratories, and exhibitors. The Dolby SCC2000 features many of the same tools used by the Dolby Production Services Group to master over 50 digital cinema titles for major Hollywood and international studios. The unit will be offered as part of a complete equipment rental, training, and support package. "Dolby is proud to continue its tradition of providing the tools to filmmakers for producing the highest quality content for cinema playback with the introduction of the SCC2000," said Tim Partridge, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Professional Division, Dolby Laboratories. "The generation of real DCI (Display Control Interface) An Intel/Microsoft programming interface for full-motion video and games in Windows. It allowed applications to take advantage of video accelerator features built into the display adapter. packages that can play in all digital cinemas is critical to the success of this transition, and Dolby is committed to making that a reality around the world." As studios release more digital content in the JPEG 2000 format, postproduction and digital intermediate (DI) facilities want to be equipped with the proper mastering resources to create digital movie files for distribution to cinemas. The Dolby SCC2000 addresses the emerging industry standards, including the JPEG 2000 image format. Dolby is also committed to support studios and exhibitors with the appropriate playback systems in accordance with the Digital Cinema Initiatives Digital Cinema Initiatives or DCI is a consortium of studios formed to establish a standard architecture for digital cinema systems. The idea for DCI was originally mooted late 1999 by Tom McGrath, then COO of Paramount Pictures, who applied to the U.S. (DCI) specifications. The company is currently deploying JPEG 2000 upgrades to its more than 250 sites worldwide. The Dolby SCC2000's suite of software offers a complete set of tools needed to take a Digital Cinema Distribution Master (DCDM DCDM Digital Cinema Distribution Master DCDM Digitally Controlled Delta Modulation DCDM Double-Crystal Diffractometer Mapping ) and quickly produce final digital cinema distribution files, known as Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), for easy distribution to cinemas via satellite, fiber, or physical media. A scalable solution for all digital cinema content, the Dolby SCC2000 is designed to work as a stand-alone unit or integrated into current postproduction and DI systems, enabling efficient 2K and 4K JPEG 2000 encoding. The option for generating secure keys offers key delivery message (KDM KDM Key Delivery Message KDM Key Distribution Manager KDM Cadmium KDM Key Decision Maker KDM Korean Domestic Market KDM Ken's Digital Music (digital music file format) KDM Keypad Display Module KDM Kde Display Manager ) creation and management via the Cosmos digital cinema database, operated by Dolby content-protection subsidiary Cinea. In addition, the Dolby SCC2000's clear and simple graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to has proven to provide reliable performance in real-world use at Dolby mastering facilities. The Dolby SCC2000 will begin shipping in Q1 of 2007 and will be offered with ongoing support and training. About Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For four decades Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. , games, televisions, and personal computers. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the company has entertainment industry liaison offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles, and licensing liaison offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the performance, features, reliability, and capabilities of the Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator; Dolby's plans to upgrade all currently installed Dolby Digital Cinema systems to support the JPEG 2000 format; the potential benefits that studios, postproduction facilities, laboratories, and exhibitors may derive from the Dolby SCC2000; and the anticipated market acceptance of the Dolby SCC2000, are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations. The following important factors, without limitation, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: risks that the Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator may not perform as anticipated or that the SCC2000 may not meet the SMPTE's published standards; risks associated with building market acceptance of and demand for Dolby SCC2000 systems and related services and digital cinema in general by filmmakers, studios, cinema operators, and audiences; competition risks for digital theatre technologies; rapid changes in technical requirements for movie theatrical playback technologies, specifically, and entertainment technologies for movies in general; risks associated with the health of the motion picture industry in general; risks associated with developing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with industry participants; and other risks detailed in Dolby's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including its latest annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. S06/17751 |
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