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A Conversation with Bill Doeren
General Manager, Kodak Digital Cinema

Bill Doeren is general manager of Kodak Digital Cinema, one of four key strategic product groups in Entertainment Imaging, the Kodak unit that serves the motion picture, television, and commercial production industries. He has had more than twenty-five years experience in the Exhibition business, worldwide, with senior management roles in AMC, MGM and General Cinema, among others...

...DCR: How is Kodak involved in digital technology for the cineplex?

Doeren: For digital pre-show applications, we are the world’s leading independent supplier of systems and services. The Kodak Digital Cinema Pre-Show Solution includes high-quality hardware driven by unique Kodak software, and supported by Kodak’s worldwide service organization. We have installed Kodak systems on more than 600 screens, with hundreds more in the ‘que’. We remotely monitor all systems – and diagnose potential problems – for very high standards of reliability.

Kodak-prepared and delivered content is seen by millions of movie-goers each month. Over the past year, based on our market experience and customer requests, we’ve introduced six major new software releases, to add further features and functionality to our system.

At ShowEast, we introduced the Kodak Digital Cinema Solution for Feature Presentations – a full menu of choices based on a unique CineServer, designed and developed by Kodak. This system will be available on a ‘standalone’ or ‘networked’ basis and will support projectors up to 2K resolution. As standards continue to evolve, we will support those, also.

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