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UltraStar Cinemas First Exhibitor to Upgrade All Screens to Digital

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 17, 2006 - 7:13am.
San Diego - UltraStar Cinemas, a Southern California theater operator with 102 screens, announced on Friday that it has become the first exhibitor in the nation to equip all of its screens with digital cinema projection systems. San Diego-based UltraStar partnered with Access Integrated Technologies and Christie Digital Systems to equip its screens with digital systems. The company said it has already screened alternative entertainment such as a live Duran Duran concert and the Super Bowl via its digital system, and also plans to project the Academy Awards live in some locations.
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Microsoft Plans Xbox Live Features Upgrade

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 20, 2004 - 8:12am.
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft intends this year to release a new batch of features for its Xbox Live service, which allows owners of its Xbox video game console to challenge one another over the Internet, Reuters reported. The "Tsunami" upgrade will include a new feature that allows for game data storage on Microsoft's network -- a possible replacement for the hard drive in the current Xbox model that Microsoft is rumored to be considering abandoning to lower production costs. Other new Xbox Live features will include tournament creation software that publishers and gamers can use for specific games, tighter integration of MSN Messenger, and possibly a feature that will allow gamers to leave one another brief voice messages on the service.
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Avid Gets $6.7 Million Digital Upgrade Contract With NBC

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2003 - 6:33am.
Tewksbury, Mass. -- Avid Technologies, a manufacturer of professional video editing equipment, announced a new $6.7 million contract with NBC, to replace several of the network's tape-based news production systems with its digital newsroom systems. NBC will begin the deployment of Massachusetts-based Avid's systems at its NBC News headquarters in New York, its MSNBC news operations center in New Jersey, and NBC Washington bureau.
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