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Microspace Extends Successful Digital
Cinema
Pilot
Program
with
Delivery
of
DreamWorks’ COLLATERAL
Raleigh, NC (August 11, 2004) – Microspace
Communications
Corporation (Microspace), the leading provider of point-to-multipoint
satellite services, today announced
that
it has successfully delivered the DreamWorks LLC movie,
Collateral,
via its VELOCITY® satellite solution to select
digitally-equipped movie theaters. The distribution, part
of Microspace’s continuing digital cinema pilot program,
follows
its May 2004 VELOCITY delivery of Shrek 2.
“Microspace’s digital cinema initiative fully
supports our own corporate strategy to provide the best movie
presentation and best customer service possible. VELOCITY
made the process easy for our projectionists,” said
Pat
Marshall,
vice president of communications and specialty marketing
for Cineplex Galaxy LP, owners of Galaxy Cinemas.
The
Galaxy
Cinemas in Waterloo and Cambridge, Ontario, along with
Famous
Players in Vaughan, Ontario, participated in the Collateral
distribution.
“Collateral was not filmed, but shot digitally,” says
Mark Christiansen, head of operations for DreamWorks distribution. “Digital
projection via Microspace’s satellite distribution
gives audiences a pixel-by-pixel exact reproduction of director
Michael Mann’s work.”
Microspace’s VELOCITY service is
a
solution for distributing video, data and audio content from
one location to many.
The
technology
has been tested and proven for the digital cinema industry,
specifically in the Digital Cinema Laboratory,
a unit
of
the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of
Southern
California (USC). Microspace donated a complete system
to
USC for testing in conjunction with other digital cinema
technologies.
According to Sam Matheny, manager of digital
cinema
development for Microspace, “VELOCITY has
proven
its ability to distribute digital content in a cost-effective
and
efficient manner.
We
are putting this technology into action for the benefit of
moviegoers and distributors and we are poised
for
growth. ”
Microspace plans to continue the pilot through the rest
of the year by growing the network of theaters in key US
markets.
About Microspace
Organizations
that
distribute video, audio and data content cost effectively
and
efficiently rely on Microspace Communications Corporation
(Microspace),
the operator of the largest business satellite broadcasting
network in the world and the leading provider
of
point-to-multipoint satellite services. Microspace’s
VELOCITY® satellite service enables affordable, reliable
and secure distribution for a broad range of applications
such as business television, distance learning, video on
demand transport and storage, datacasting, and IP multicasting.
Offered through an innovative pricing model, VELOCITY is
available as a dedicated solution or as on-demand services,
allowing a company to simply and affordably expand its
bandwidth as needed. Microspace’s commercial customers
include
Muzak, Morgan Stanley, John Deere, LodgeNet and WSI Corporation.
It also enables companies to serve the
needs
of government agencies such as the EPA, INS, FEMA, FBI
and FAA.
Founded in 1988, Microspace is a privately-held company
with headquarters in the U.S., a presence in Europe, and
is a subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company, founded
in 1937. For more information, visit www.microspace.com.
About DreamWorks
Steven
Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen launched
DreamWorks SKG in October 1994. Their vision was to create
an artist-friendly studio to develop, produce and distribute
superior film and television entertainment that would inspire
and delight audiences worldwide. DreamWorks SKG is now
a leading producer of live-action motion pictures, animated
feature films, network, and cable television programming,
home video and DVD entertainment and consumer products.
About Cineplex Galaxy LP
Cineplex
Galaxy
LP
is
a
leading
exhibitor
of
motion
pictures
in
the
entertainment
industry.
Headquartered
in
Toronto,
Canada,
Cineplex
Galaxy
LP
currently
operates
84
theatres
with
a
total
of
758
screens
in
6
provinces
across
Canada.
Cineplex
Odeon
Cinemas,
Galaxy
Cinemas
and
the
associated
brands
are
owned
and
operated
by
Cineplex
Galaxy
LP.
There
are
63
Cineplex
Odeon
Cinemas
located
in
the
major
urban
centres
and
21
Galaxy
Cinemas
featured
in
mid-size
markets.
Proudly
Canadian,
Cineplex
Galaxy
LP
is
a
public
company
traded
on
the
Toronto
Stock
Exchange
under
Cineplex
Galaxy
Income
Fund
(symbol
CGX.UN).
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