DreamWorks and AccessIT Bring 'Collateral' to the Digital Big Screen
09 8월 2004 - 10:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
DreamWorks and AccessIT Bring 'Collateral' to the Digital Big
Screen - New Tom Cruise Action/Adventure Film is Delivered
Digitally by AccessIT to 12 Cities - MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ("AccessIT") (AMEX: AIX) announced today
that its Access Digital Media subsidiary has digitally delivered
and projected DreamWorks SKG Studios' new release, "Collateral,"
staring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. "Collateral" opened nationally
on Friday, August 6th in both digital and analog formats. In
agreement with DreamWorks, AccessIT provided, under commercial
terms, digital content management, encoding, compression,
encryption and secure delivery of the film, via satellite, to 15
AccessIT digitally equipped theaters in the U.S. "We are pleased to
have worked with DreamWorks on the digital delivery and projection
of their newest picture, 'Collateral'," commented Russell Wintner,
President and COO of Access Digital Media, the media services
subsidiary of AccessIT. "Every day, new studios and film
distributors are recognizing the many benefits and extraordinary
potential that digital cinema offers and we look forward to helping
them capitalize on this revolutionary opportunity." Mark
Christiansen, Head of Operations for DreamWorks Distribution,
added, "'Collateral' was shot almost entirely on digital media.
Digital projection gives audiences a chance to see the original
image created when making this movie. Working with AccessIT, we
have gained valuable exposure to digital content delivery and the
vast potential of digital cinema." About DreamWorks SKG Steven
Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen launched DreamWorks
SKG in October 1994. Their vision was to create an artist-friendly
studio to develop, produce and distribute motion picture and
television entertainment that would inspire and delight audiences
worldwide. DreamWorks SKG is now a leading producer of live-action
motion pictures, animated feature films, network, and cable
television programming, home video and DVD entertainment and
consumer products. Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT)
is an early mover in offering a fully managed storage and delivery
service for owners and distributors of digital content to movie
theaters and other venues. Supported by its robust platform of
fail-safe Internet data centers, AccessIT is able to leverage the
market-leading role of its Hollywood Software subsidiary with the
innovative digital delivery capabilities of its Digital Media unit
to provide the highest level of technology available to service the
emerging digital cinema industry. Safe Harbor Statement Investors
and readers are cautioned that certain statements contained in this
document, as well as some statements in periodic press releases and
some oral statements of AccessIT officials during presentations
about AccessIT, along with AccessIT 's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including AccessIT's registration
statements, quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB and annual report on
Form 10-KSB, are "forward-looking' statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act").
Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive
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conditions, which include words such as "expects," "anticipates,"
"intends," "plans," "could," "might," "believes," "seeks,"
"estimates" or similar expressions. In addition, any statements
concerning future financial performance (including future revenues,
earnings or growth rates), ongoing business strategies or
prospects, and possible future actions, which may be provided by
AccessIT's management, are also forward-looking statements as
defined by the Act. Forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations and projections about future events and are subject to
various risks, uncertainties and assumptions about AccessIT, its
technology, economic and market factors and the industries in which
AccessIT does business, among other things. These statements are
not guarantees of future performance and AccessIT has no specific
intention to update these statements. Contact: Suzanne Tregenza
Michael Glickman AccessIT The Dilenschneider Group 55 Madison
Avenue 212.922.0900 Suite 300 Morristown, NJ 07960 973.290.0080
http://www.accessitx.com/ DATASOURCE: Access Integrated
Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Suzanne Tregenza of AccessIT,
+1-973-290-0080; or Michael Glickman or The Dilenschneider Group,
+1-212-922-0900, for AccessIT Web site: http://www.accessitx.com/
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