Belgium, Angleur —Jun 21, 2006
XDC, Official Sponsor of Cinema Expo International 2006
XDC is proud to support Cinema Expo International 2006 as Official Sponsor. Either cinema industry players want to see the movies, hear the experts, meet the filmmakers, visit the Trade Show or network with their customers, suppliers and industry colleagues, Cinema Expo is the place to be. “XDC is the largest pan-European Digital Cinema roll out initiative. Then, it is so natural to sponsor the Monday afternoon European Focus Forum.”, says Fabrice Testa, Marketing & Operations Coordination Manager. “The seminar, "Digital Cinema Roll-Out in Europe, Year 2 Has Begun" and the special keynote addresses from UNIC, NATO and Warner Bros. are scheduled to take place on Monday 26 June, 2006 from 13.30-15.30 in the Forum Room of the Amsterdam RAI.”
Bernard Collard, XDC General Manager and moderator of the seminar: “First part will be dedicated to the status and expectations for XDC. This part will be presented by Michael Gillessen, Content Operations Manager, Regis Raway, Services Sales Manager and John Birchell Hughes, Senior Vice President Production and Distributor Relations.”
The second part will focus on the European perspective. Nico Simon, CEO Utopia Group (Benelux and France), who has recently ordered 30 digital systems to XDC, will explain why going digital now. Sven Andresen, Central Film (Germany) will point out the advantages and drawbacks of digital distribution in the early days. Thomas Rüttgers, CEO Film Ton Technik Hannsdieter Rüttgers GmbH (Germany), XDC partner and integrator in Germany and Austria, will present the challenges of digital cinema implementation on the field. Peter Wester, Head of Business Development of XDC in Sweden will talk about the Swedish pioneers. An update about a specific diversified market – Switzerland – will be given by Patrik Engler, CEO Protronic AG Kinotechnik, XDC partner and integrator in Switzerland. Finally, Gerben Kuipers, Managing Director of CineMec Ede in The Netherlands will describe the digital exhibition day-to-day operations.
“With over 230 operational installations in Europe, XDC is definitely the European reference for digital cinema. As a consequence, more and more European and American distributors are using XDC to show their motion pictures digitally.”, concludes Bernard Collard.
