Deluxe Selects the Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator to Streamline ...

San Francisco-Mar 28, 2007

Deluxe Selects the Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator to Streamline JPEG 2000 Digital Cinema Mastering

World's first installation of new Dolby mastering tool completed at Deluxe's London facility

Dolby SCC2000

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced the first installation of its Dolby� SCC2000 Secure Content Creator at Deluxe Digital Entertainment in London. The new installation enables Deluxe, which provides film production services to movie studios and other sectors of the entertainment industry, to respond quickly to the increasing demand for digital cinema across the globe.

The SCC2000, a scalable mastering solution for JPEG 2000 digital cinema content, provides compression, encoding, packaging, and encryption. With the Dolby mastering system, Deluxe can prepare digital movie releases in the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives) specified JPEG 2000 format.

"The Dolby SCC2000 fits smoothly within Deluxe's file-based work flow, enabling rapid mastering of digital releases in accordance with the emerging industry standards," commented Jason Power, Director, Market Development, Dolby Laboratories.

Designed to work as a stand-alone unit or integrated into current postproduction and digital intermediate systems, the Dolby SCC2000 enables efficient 2K and 4K JPEG 2000 encoding for all digital cinema content. To minimize start-up costs and complexities, the system is offered as part of a complete package including equipment rental, training, and ongoing support. The option for generating secure keys offers key delivery message (KDM) creation and management via the CosmosT digital cinema database, operated by Dolby content-protection subsidiary Cinea, Inc.

Dolby is committed to supporting studios and exhibitors in the transition to digital cinema. In addition to providing support for content mastering, the company is currently completing its JPEG 2000 upgrades to Dolby Digital Cinema playback systems in more than 200 cinema screens worldwide.