IBC To Honor Toy Story 2.The International Broadcasting  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. Convention's Awards Show being held in Amsterdam September 10 will play host to representatives from Buena Vista International, on hand to receive the "IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention Special Award" for their digital cinema screenings of Toy Story 2. A Disney/Pixar production, Toy Story 2 made history by becoming the first major motion picture to get a simultaneous commercial release in both digital and film formats. In November 1999, it was released digitally in six U.S. cinemas, and in February 2000, there were commercial digital screenings in five European cinemas -- three in the U.K., one in Paris and one in Brussels. The digital screenings utilized Texas Instruments' DLP (Digital Light Processing) A data projection technology from TI that produces clear, readable images on screens in lit rooms. DLP is used in all types of projection devices, from data projectors that weigh only a few pounds to large rear-projection TVs to electronic Cinema Technology. Toy Story 2 will be screened at IBC2000 (digitally, of course) in a 1,700-seat theater, followed by a Q&A with representatives from Disney and Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . |
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