Hollywood Facelift

Later this month a viewing audience of some 1.2 billion people worldwide is expected to turn their attention to the annual Academy Awards ceremonies. There will be much talk that evening about the dresses the actors are wearing and, perhaps, a bit of gossip about who has had (or has not had) a facelift. Taking center stage, literally, will be the biggest facelift of all. This will be the first Oscar ceremony since Dolby acquired the naming rights to the theatre from Kodak and a small army of Dolby engineers has worked feverishly to upgrade the building’s sound and picture technology from top to bottom. And the team responsible for that upgrade is confident that the Oscar broadcast this year – at least from a technology perspective – will be the very best ever.