Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition’s Platform Goes Online

Satellite distribution to theaters has become a reality, with the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) finally launching its satellite and terrestrial digital distribution platform. The DCDC announced today that Randolph Blotky had been appointed CEO of the venture, which now serves 17,000 screens at 1,200 theatrical venues via satellite or fiber optics.

"DCDC represents the culmination of years of incredibly complex work, as well as the extraordinary contributions of so many visionary executives throughout the film and television industries. They've succeeded in creating a groundbreaking venture that, simply put, turns the digital content distribution model on its head."

Satellite distribution will significantly reduce content-delivery costs versus the current paradigm that sees feature films delivered to cinemas on USB hard drives, and DCDC said the price will continue to fall as more studios and exhibitors sign up. DCDC will provide satellite dishes and other required hardware to theaters; the primary service provider is Deluxe/EchoStar, with installation and maintenance handled by Hughes, and the platform is powered by technology from Kencast.

By the end of 2013, DCDC said, it expects to distribute a total of 31 films, with plans to expand the program to more screens in 2014. The DCDC platform will also provide promotional and pre-show material, as well as stream live events to theaters.

Founding partners in the venture are AMC Theatres, Cinemark Theatres, Regal Entertainment, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures. Customers include The Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, Southern Theatres, and National Amusements.

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Jeremie Varengo leave Universal Music to Create His Own Digital Distribution Venture

After more than 7 years at Universal Music, working with the biggest digital music retailers and companies for delivering new content and services to consumers, Jeremie Varengo decided to quit for moving to new challenges.

Among other things, he will be focusing on his own digital music company, JTV Digital.

The “B2C” side of the service is accessible here on http://www.jtvdigital.com.

This is a digital music distribution service with very reasonable upfront fees for the indie artists and labels, a fair pay-out rate of 90% royalties and 24/7 customer support.

The aim is to offer an upper-class service compared to similar providers that exist on the market, by adding lots of features and options such as ‘Mastered for iTunes’, YouTube monetization, iTunes ringtones, etc.

Thanks to various partnerships and supported by a flexible setup, JTV Digital can also deliver digital marketing and promotion (with Dotted Music), radio plugging service, websites, publishing rights administration or music production.

Whether you are an artist, a label or a content owner, JTV Digital can build the solution you’re looking at.

Please contact:
contact(at)jtvdigital(dot)com for further details or business inquiries.



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DC Comics and Graphic Novels Now Available of Android

Comic book fans have had various ways to read their favorite titles on Android for quite a while, most notably official stores like Comixology and Dark Horse. Now they can skip the middleman (well, at least one of the middlemen) for DC Comics. The nearly 80-year-old company has finally started publishing its comics, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks directly to the Books section of the Google Play Store.

At the moment the selection of DC titles is somewhat limited, at least when compared to the tens of thousands of issues published over the years. That said, some of the biggest runs from the major superhero characters are already up, in addition to some of the bigger one-off titles like Watchmen and V For Vendetta. Graphic novels under the Vertigo label have also been published.

For those of you whose tastes skew towards Marvel, there are already a few trade paperbacks on Google Play Books, but the best option remains the Comixology app or the official Marvel Comics app. There's also the all-you-can-eat Marvel Unlimited service, but the app has been getting extremely negative reviews ever since it was released. Then again, you could always go to your local comic book shop or bookstore... if you can find one.

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