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NEC Solutions America And CineCast Team Up To Deliver High-End Theatrical Media Solutions

23-Mar-04

NEC Solutions (America), Inc. and CineCast LLC, a provider of high-end pre-feature content to movie theaters, announced a working partnership enabling the co-development of specialized media solutions for the installation and maintenance of in-theater media storage and display systems for progressive theater chains. NEC Solutions America and CineCast aim to deliver integrated hardware, software, and service solutions that will enable exhibitors and theater owners to exercise control over both screen rent and advertising profits without the requirement to enter long-term screen-rights contracts with independent third party companies. To ensure ease of management and use, the solutions will be Web-enabled and completely pro-grammable for remote monitoring and playback. ěCombining our renowned hardware and systems integration expertise with CineCastís groundbreaking media management software demonstrates that both companies are committed to understanding and satisfying specific needs of individual exhibitors and theater owners,î said Kurt Schwenk, Media Solutions Director, NEC Solutions America. ěTogether we are dedicated to reducing operational costs and increasing revenues for cinemas, while improving the viewing experience for their audiences.î As announced last month, the NEC Solutions America/Media Solutions Division leverages NECís world-class expertise in visual display products, infrastructure, and integration services to develop specialized, easy-to-deploy solutions for the delivery and management of digital content. NEC, with its history of high-tech product manufacturing, has developed a line of new servers, while also providing an unrivaled infrastructure for 24-hour on-call maintenance support. ěThis new partnership with NEC Solutions America exemplifies CineCastís mission to deliver state-of-the-art multimedia digital pre-feature content to movie theaters,î said David Sprogis, CEO, CineCast. ěUsing our sophisticated software intelligence to monitor the system from NEC Solutions America Partners with CineCast LLC within, we will be providing the exhibitor with regular status reports of all high-end equipment, from the bulb lifespan to the health of the projectors and the overall system.î For more information about CineCast, please visit www.cinecast.com; for more information in regards to NEC, please visit www.necsam.com.

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