Network | Format | Network time
(%) |
A&E
|
1 080i
|
80
|
Bravo-HD
|
1 080i
|
100
|
Discovery
|
1 080i
|
30
|
ESPN-HD
|
1 080i
|
100
|
Fox Sports Net – 13 Reg. Ch’s
|
720p
|
100
|
HBO – 14 h/Day
|
1 080i
|
75
|
Madison Square Garden
|
1 080i
|
100
|
NBA-HD
|
1 080i
|
100
|
Playboy Spice
|
1 080i
|
100
|
ShowTime Movies
|
1 080i
|
80
|
Starz-HD – 3 New Channels
|
1 080i
|
100
|
Turner I = Entertainment Net
|
1 080i
|
100
| MSO | Format | Volume
(h/day) |
CableVision:
|
1 080i
|
20
|
4.4 million subscribers
|
|
|
ComCast Sports
|
1 080i
|
20
|
23 markets that reach 65% of subscribers
|
|
|
Time-Warner:
|
1 080i
|
14
|
Reaches 93% of subscribers
|
|
| DBS Distribution |
|
|
DirectTV:
|
1 080i
|
14
|
39 HD channels
|
|
|
HDNet
|
1 080i
|
24
| 8 Summary
From the examples reported above, it is concluded that the implementation of LSDI technology is beginning to bring a wide variety of programming not heretofore accessible to theatre audiences in North America, and that the growth of digital HD production promises to provide significant quantities of LSDI programming.
Chapter 2
of Part 2
Asia
1 Introduction
This Chapter introduces the progress of LSDI implementation and application in Asia and Oceania. Countries where LSDI equipment has been already implemented are Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand according to the website of DcinemaToday.com (http://www.dcinematoday.com). This website also reports that India has 101 so-called “E-Cinema screens” and China has 93 so-called “E-Cinema screens”. The rapid and widespread diffusion of LSDI equipment has already started in China and Singapore, but a slower penetration continues in other Asian countries. LSDI equipment may have been implemented in facilities other than cinema theatres (e.g. public halls), but such a case seems to be very rare at this moment.
LSDI applications as alternative content for LSDI venues, in Japan and Singapore are also described. Two types of content, namely “live content” such as “sports or music concerts” and “packaged content” such as “stage plays or traditional performing arts” are being recognized as a new style of entertainment different from the present cinema, concert or stage play.
In addition, the objectives and activities of two organizations in Japan are reported, which started demonstration of prototype 4k format system in 2001, and have been playing an active role in promoting global diffusion of so-called 4k format digital cinema.
2 LSDI implementation and application in Japan
The status of the implementation of LSDI and some LSDI related applications as of February 2006 in Japan is reported. As shown in Table 17, Japan has 46 LSDI screens, and so-called 2k projectors are installed in 27 of the above-mentioned 41 venues. The number of LSDI screens has been increasing not rapidly but steadily.
The following digital cinemas were provided with LSDI screens and projectors as of March 2005 in Japan (list not exhaustive):
Toy Story 2, Mission to Mars, Dinosaur, 102, Fire Fly, The Emperor’s New Groove,
Sprit Away, Final Fantasy, Masked Rider, Atlantis, Thousand Years of Love, Monsters Inc,
Rush into Lodge Asama, Star Wars Episode 2, Ice Age, Ping Pong, Harry Potter, Peter Pan 2,
Lilo & Stitch, Makai Tenshou, Pirates of Caribbean, Finding Nemo, Legend of Mexico,
Brother Bear, Haunted Mansion, The Day after Tomorrow, I-robot, Oceans 12, Incredible,
Howl’s Moving Castle.
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