Australian cinema and entertainment group Hoyts has become the first Australian and New Zealand circuit to announce its planned digital cinema rollout, including equipment choices. Hoyts Cinemas has chosen to use projectors from Christie's Series 2 Solaria range (its supplier of 35mm projectors) across its 400 screens in two territories (38 in Australia and 11 in New Zealand), including the 4K option in some cases, the chip for which is being delivered to TI licensees now for in-cinema installtion in 1Q 2011. Doremi's DCP 2000 servers make up the basic hardware package. The Theatre Management System (TMS) selected is that developed and offered by Arts Alliance Media.
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