KODAK : Theatre Management System

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KODAK Theatre Management System.

The KODAK Theatre Management System (TMS) provides a highly reliable point of central control for your cinema complex. The TMS is the heart of the KODAK Solution for digital cinema. This is the system that enables the exhibitor to receive and schedule content more effi ciently, to distribute Keys, schedules, playlists and content automatically and manage the business and its resources more effectively. It helps take redundancy out of cinema operations and helps the exhibitor take full advantage of the promise and potential of digital cinema. As an evolutionary software-based system, the KODAK Theatre Management System remains fl exible and adaptable to meet growing needs.

Through its wide area network connection, the TMS enables the cinema to receive, load, and store content arriving from satellite, hard drives, or from an on-site Network Attached Storage (NAS).

Its in-cinema connection to the site's ticketing/point of sale (POS) system and the multiplex's screens allows the TMS to migrate and manage content and Keys from multiple sources. It handles the distribution of all components of a presentation; the pre-show, trailers, snipes, and features to the correct screens, to play as scheduled.

Through in-booth connections, the KODAK TMS directs each screen's KODAK Content Player JMN3000 to automate a number of presentation functions, including the control of audio, masking, lighting, and the starting and stopping of projectors.

The system also generates and collects data such as content receipt and play, system performance, and even diagnostic information regarding potential problems. The "pulse" of key components is automatically monitored every five seconds.

Network connectivity

Wide Area Network (WAN) connection via DSL to the KODAK Network Operations Center (NOC) and Digital Depots for automatic receipt of pre-show content, pre-show playlists, and decryption Keys for feature presentations
Ability to integrate catcher-server for receipt of feature/ other content via satellite delivery
In-cinema network connection to the ticketing/POS system to import show schedule information and use it for the automatic scheduling, distribution and playback of presentations
Local Area Network connection to all on-site content players for downloading content, playlists, and Key management, as well as remote monitoring and diagnostics
Scalability, via network, managing and automating up to 30 screens in a complex, including lobby monitors/ displays

Content and Key Delivery Message (KDM) ingestion options
• Four USB 2.0 ports provide capability to simultaneously receive/load up to four drives into central storage.
• DVD-ROM, CD-ROM for easy loading of trailers or alternative content.
• Automatic Key Delivery Messages from KODAK Network Operations Center via broadband access, and from several participating content distributors, via integrated modem.

Content scheduling
• Plug-in architecture to accommodate a wide variety of ticketing/POS systems
• Ability to retrieve POS information via FTP, SOAP, Windows Share Auto Mount, or Socket connection

Content migration
• 1 Gig local area network for two concurrent migrations of content (at 307 Mbps)
• 10 Gig-Ethernet link for optional NAS; the TMS supports six concurrent migrations of content (at 307 Mbps) via this Ethernet

Playlists
• When connected to a Wide Area Network, "pre-show" playlists can be created remotely and distributed to the TMS for on-site deployment and use
• In the cinema, feature playlists can be created via the Graphical User Interface on the KODAK Theatre Management System and sent to the Content Player over the in-theatre network.

Audit data
• Using SMPTE Secure log mechanism, it has the ability to aggregate all playback logs for all players in the complex and report back to the KODAK Network Operations Center
• Ability to collect component status information, via regular heartbeat and report to the NOC for remote monitoring, diagnostics and repair

Internal storage
• 3.5 TB of storage on TMS provides capacity to store about 11 feature presentations
• 12 TB of storage on Networked Attached Storage (NAS) provides storage for about 40 feature length presentations

Power
• Compatible with worldwide power standards
• 100-240 VAC 50-60Hz (550 W max)
• Dual redundant power supplies

Operator Interface
• Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• 15-inch fl at panel monitor
• Multiple screens provide full manual control over "Schedule", "Playlists", "Content", "Migrate", "Load", and "Feature Resolve"
• Schedule can also be viewed in advance

Dimensions

KODAK Theatre Management System
• 2U Rack Unit
• Width: 44.43 cm (17.5 in.);
• Depth 74.4 cm (29.31 in);
• Height 8.64 cm (3.4 in)
• Weight: 23 kg (50.71 lb)

Dimensions

Optional Network Attached Storage (NAS)
• 4U Rack Unit
• Width: 43.9 cm (17.28 in.);
• Depth 74.99 cm (29.52 in);
• Height 17.5 cm (6.89 in)
• Weight: 77 kg (170 lb)

DCI compliance
Standards compliance is a moving target. It is our intent to make the KODAK Theatre Management System fully conform to DCI specifi cations, but until SMPTE publishes the standards and independent agencies provide certifi cation, no company or products can claim full compliance.

Kodak has extensive experience in network solutions for digital cinema on thousands of screens, delivering flawless presentations, on a regular basis, whilst working with a range of exhibitors, connecting to a variety of ticketing and automation systems. We've proven our systems' dependability in the highly-demanding environment of working cinemas; we've proven our systems' adaptability through regular software updates; and we've proven our company's responsiveness through providing complete solutions, backed by full service and support, on a worldwide basis.

As you build your business for your digital future, go with a partner you can depend on today and tomorrow. That partner is Kodak.