Kodak enters North American market as D-Cinema facilitator

Eastman Kodak has signed up two mid-sized cinema operators in the US market for entire circuit-wide conversion of their screens to digital. The first major signing was Santikos Theatres with 126 screens in Texas. The first installations of which have already been completed in the newly opened Silverado Houston multiplex, and will be followed by a complete conversion to an all digital circuit. The second signing was Goodrich Quality Theatres which operates 280 screens in 32 venues across the USA. The deployments will begin in 2008, although it is not known how many will be completed during the first phase of the roll-out.