Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has successfully transmitted the 2008 Palme d’Or winning film, Entre Les Murs, in a full digital cinema package (DCP) via satellite, direct to the library server at Circuit George Raymond (CGR) Cinemas’ megaplex site in Villenave d’Ornon, Bordeaux. CGR Cinémas is one of France’s largest cinema chains.

The test transmission of Entre Les Murs, distributed by Haut et Court, took place last week with AAM using their new content delivery platform — Arqiva’s Content Delivery Network. The 216 GB file was transmitted and loaded onto the server at CGR Villenave d’Ornon without any operator intervention. Satellite transmission of digital films to cinemas is widely seen as the future of distribution, moving on from the current system of shipping digital cinema processed films on hard drives, resulting in considerable time and cost savings. Arts Alliance Media has installed 374 digital cinema screens to date, including more than 100 in France as part of the conversion of all CGR’s 400 screens to digital.

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