Transcript Digital Cinema The Future of Film Distribution and Exhibition

Digital Cinema
The Future of Film Distribution and Exhibition
About UFO Moviez
 UFO Moviez was founded by Valuable Group in early 2005
 Valuable Group is present in three Verticals
 Media
 Technology
 Infrastructure
 Valuable group’s mission has been “Technology enabled Business
Innovation”
 It achieves its mission through a three-step process
Imagine
Innovate
Inspire
Our Motivation -- Disruptive Technologies
THE PAST
THE PRESENT
Snail Mail
Single Channel TV
Picture Roll Cameras
Vinyl Records
Share Certificates
E- Mail
200 channel Sat TV
Digital Cameras
CD’s , MP3
De-mat Shares
Digital Cinema as a concept is another
Disruptive Technology
Indian Cinema – Going round in circles
Low budgets
Low quality of films
Low success rate
Low collections
Why are we caught in this vicious circle?
Single screens on a decline
Print quality
degradation
Piracy
High operating
costs
High print costs
Indian
cinema
Delayed release
of films
High entertainment
taxes
Poor condition of
cinema houses
Competition from home
entertainment
Digital cinema is the way forward
Digital Cinema- The Only Solution
Standard Geo-synchronous
Ku-band Satellite
Projector
Film Print
Cine
Blaster
Telecine
Digital
Master
Compression
Encryption
Movie and License
Upload to Satellite
Movie and License
Download from Satellite
UFO Digital Cinema Configuration
Digital Cinema – Key Success factors
Critical Mass of Theatres
Robust tested Technology
Viable Business Model
UFO – Business Model
 Infrastructure Service Provider
 Provision of End to End Digital Cinema Solutions
 Usage based fees
 Nationwide chain of fulfillment offices
Win-Win Solution
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UFO business model is a win-win solution for all
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Producers & distributors benefit through savings in print costs and additional
revenues through simultaneous release
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Exhibitors earn additional revenues because of increased occupancy level due to
early availability of movies, quality and scheduling flexibility
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The Government earns through increased tax collections
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UFO earns through usage based service charges and Advertising
Where this additional revenue comes from?
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Widespread first day first show release shall increase the box office collections and
multiply Exhibitors and Distributors earnings
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The revenue leakage which was happening due to illegal video parlors and video piracy
is getting plugged and the revenue is coming back into the system
Taking First Day First Show Entertainment to Homes
 Valuable Group has recently acquired the Disney promoted MovieBeamA Hollywood certified push video on demand service
 MovieBeam shall be India’s first High Definition Video on Demand
Service
 MovieBeam will be shortly launched in India.
 Films will be released on this platform on First Day First Show basis as
well as on catalogue basis
Proud Moments for UFO
 IIFA Award for Technology Innovation in Indian Cinema at
Yorkshire 2007
 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at Global Entrepolis @
Singapore a joint award by the Asian Wall Street Journal and the
Govt of Singapore
 Most Innovative Media and Never Before Used Media Awards by
the Advertising Club
The future is Digital