Digital Cinema Initiatives
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Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) is a consortium of major motion picture studios, formed to establish specifications for a common systems architecture for digital cinema systems.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Mass media |
Genre | Digital cinema |
Founded | March 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03) |
Headquarters | California |
Website | www.dcimovies.com |
The organization was formed in March 2002 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,[lower-alpha 1] Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox,[lower-alpha 2] Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros.
The primary purpose of DCI is to establish and document specifications for an open architecture for digital cinema that ensures a uniform and high level of technical performance, reliability and quality.[1] By establishing a common set of content requirements, distributors, studios, exhibitors, d-cinema manufacturers and vendors can be assured of interoperability and compatibility. Because of the relationship of DCI to many of Hollywood's key studios, conformance to DCI's specifications is considered a requirement by software developers or equipment manufacturers targeting the digital cinema market.