Las Vegas—Mar 27, 2017
More Than Just a Number: GDC Celebrates 50,000 Cinema Media Servers Shipped
Major achievement recognized in pursuit of company’s mission to enhance and improve the experience of watching motion pictures in the cinema
GDC Technology Limited, a leading global provider of digital
cinema solutions, today announced that more than 50,000 cinema
media severs have been shipped to customers worldwide. More than a third of the
world's cinema screens, from renowned art houses to ultra-modern multiplexes,
count on GDC Technology to enable new possibilities for big screen content and
experiences.
“When GDC was founded
in 1999, my small team and I sat
and watched the first product ship. I was excited then, but I was even more
excited to watch the 50,000th media server leave the dock,” said Dr.
Man-Nang Chong, founder, chairman and CEO of GDC Technology Limited.
GDC
has reached an especially fevered pitch in China, with 26,000 media servers
shipped since 2000 – and represents the industry’s largest market
share. North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa
(EMEA) experienced significant growth during this same period. This continued global success further affirms
the company’s longstanding leadership position in the digital cinema space and
represents a positive outlook for the months and years ahead.
GDC other
major technological achievements:
·
introduced software based digital cinema servers and encrypted mobile
hard disk drives for content delivery in 2001;
·
integrated playback of live satellite transmission or cable feeds in
both 2D and 3D directly into our cinema playback servers, which allows theatres
to become entertainment hubs showing events around the world in real-time in
2010;
·
developed the first integrated media block to be awarded FIPS 140-2
Level 3 Certification in 2011;
·
demonstrated the first digital cinema server in the world to
simultaneously provide high frame rate playback, 4K resolution and live content
playback capabilities at BIRTV 2011;
·
introduced SX-3000, which allows cinema exhibitors to play digital
cinema content from an integrated media block and projector suspended from the
ceiling of a theatre, without an external server or standard projection booth,
thereby reducing the space and cost required for exhibition as well as reducing
overall theatre construction time, in 2012;
·
received DCI-compliance for all models of our digital cinema servers in
2012; and
·
launched SX-4000 immersive media server, the first server to integrate a
built-in 16-channel decoder for DTS:X immersive sound, and XSP-1000 cinema
processor (GDC Immersive Sound Solution), in 2015.
"The international success of GDC is exemplified by this milestone. Our
teams take pride in helping to define the future of the cinema industry by
developing innovative and disruptive solutions, such as our newest immersive
sound media server. We are committed to
providing a one-stop shop for cinema owners and always strive to be one step
ahead," said
Pranay Kumar, CTO of GDC Technology Limited.
Visit the GDC booth (#2111A) at CinemaCon 2017 in the
Augustus Ballroom from March 28 to 30 to learn more about GDC digital cinema
solutions.
