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Article: North America leads digital cinema move: Disney and Warner seen as most supportive studios. (Focus).
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- Screen Digest
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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* There are 127 digital cinema screens worldwide, nearly 60 per cent in N America * Digital premieres of Star Wars films are having a significant impact on the industry
* Asia is second largest digital cinema market, thanks to Toei, Toho and China
* Mastering costs of three incompatible formats may lead to cut back in digital releases
* Outlook for digital releases in second half 2002 could be the first indication of this
* Disney has the most digital releases to date, although many have been animated
The 127 global digital cinema installations in 116 cinema sites (as of 1 September 2002) represent just one-tenth of one per ...