Tom Ohanian's post on MediaPost's Online Digital Video Insider blog is a great primer for those looking to become more familiar with some of the issues regarding digital cinema. He begins by providing a brief history of the move from cutting film to cutting with digital nonlinear editing systems (DNLEs), and then goes on to discuss how that relates other "D" technologies.

In filmmaking — regardless of whether the content is short- or long-form documentary or short- or long-form feature for theatrical distribution — all forms of digital technology are converging to further the art and craft of making and delivering motion pictures. I often use the abbreviation D-D-D when referring to digital acquisition, digital manipulation (editing, compositing, Digital Intermediate, etc.), and digital distribution.

Over the last several years, the media and entertainment industry has implemented, in very small numbers and without any specific coordination, solutions for digital cinema delivery. Specifically, the term digital cinema delivery (DCD) can be used to describe the delivery of both short-form and long-form programming to theatres.

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