Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator Establishes Global Presence

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), announced today at the 2008 NAB Show that it has expanded the global presence of its Dolby® SCC2000 Secure Content Creator, a scalable mastering solution for JPEG 2000 digital cinema compression, encoding, packaging, and encryption.

As studios release more digital content in the JPEG 2000 format, postproduction and digital intermediate (DI) facilities want to be equipped with the proper mastering resources to create digital movie files for distribution to cinemas. The Dolby SCC2000 addresses the emerging industry standards, including the JPEG 2000 image format.

“Dolby has seen the adoption of its Secure Content Creator solution increase tremendously in regions outside the United States,” said John Carey, Vice President Marketing, Dolby Laboratories. “The SCC2000 has gained traction in Europe and Asia, specifically China, which is in the midst of converting to the JPEG format specified by Digital Cinema Initiatives.”

Since the SCC2000 deployment with the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology (CRIFST) a year ago, Dolby has increased its penetration in China, conducting deployments with Digital Magic, HuaLong Film Digital Production Co. Ltd., and the Shanghai Film Group.

“Digital Magic has served Asia film for over 30 years and understands the changing dynamic of the film industry,” said Percy Fung, President of Digital Magic. “The Dolby SCC2000 seamlessly fits into our workflow to provide us an integrated environment for producing digital cinema packages, along with the flexibility to deliver digital content in the JPEG 2000 format.”

In addition, a number of key studios and postproduction facilities have installed the Dolby SCC2000 in locations throughout the world. Sites include SSI Advanced Post, National CineMedia, and Deluxe Digital Cinema (United States); Framestore CFC (United States/United Kingdom); Kino Holdings Limited (United Kingdom); CinePostproduction GmbH and Optical Art GmbH (Germany); GRID bvba and nWave Pictures (Belgium); Titra Film Paris (France); Artech Polska sp. z.o.o. (Poland); Nedcipro BV (The Netherlands); SamFilm (Iceland); Imagica (Japan); Goldenduck International Co., Ltd. (Thailand); and The Korean Film Council (Korea).

“SSI prides itself on featuring state-of-the-art equipment, and our commitment to quality has played a large role in our becoming one of the premier post services facilities in Hollywood,” said Gary Fradkin, Director of Engineering, SSI Advanced Post. "The addition of the Dolby SCC2000 reinforces our dedication to adopting the latest in postproduction technology to better serve our customers.”

"Since 1933, Titra Film Paris has been a trailblazer in movie subtitling, and the Dolby SCC2000 has eased our transition into the age of digital cinema postproduction,” said Isabelle Frilley, Chairman of Titra Film Paris. “The movie subtitling industry is a very fast-paced environment, and the Dolby SCC2000 helps us keep up with the demand, as it is one of the easiest and quickest solutions for encoding in JPEG 2000 and packaging subtitles we have seen on the market.”

“Goldenduck is dedicated to supporting digital cinema, as the screen count in Thailand has increased exponentially over the last few years,” said Yupayong Liewluck, Strategic Business Development, Goldenduck International Co., Ltd. "The Dolby SCC2000 is the perfect solution for Goldenduck, as it reinforces our commitment to quality while allowing us to deliver on the demand for digital cinema content in Thailand.”

The Dolby SCC2000 offers a complete set of tools needed to take a Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Digital Cinema Distribution Master (DCDM) and quickly produce final digital cinema distribution files, known as Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), for distribution to cinemas via satellite, fiber, or physical media.

The Dolby SCC2000 is a scalable solution for all digital cinema content, designed to work as a stand-alone unit or to be integrated into current postproduction and DI systems, enabling efficient 2K and 4K JPEG 2000 encoding. The option for generating secure keys offers key delivery message (KDM) creation and management via the CosmosTM digital cinema database, operated by Dolby’s content-protection subsidiary, Cinea.

In addition, the Dolby SCC2000’s clear and simple graphical user interface provides reliable performance in real-world use at Dolby mastering facilities.

About Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For more than four decades, Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com.

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the performance, features, reliability, and capabilities of the Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator; the potential benefits that studios, postproduction facilities, laboratories, and exhibitors may derive from the Dolby SCC2000; and the anticipated market acceptance of the Dolby SCC2000; are “forward-looking statements” that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. The following important factors, without limitation, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: risks that the Dolby SCC2000 Secure Content Creator may not perform as anticipated or that the SCC2000 may not meet the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers' published standards; risks associated with building market acceptance of and demand for Dolby SCC2000 systems and related services and digital cinema in general by filmmakers, studios, cinema operators, and audiences; competition risks for digital theatre technologies; rapid changes in technical requirements for movie theatrical playback technologies, specifically, and entertainment technologies for movies in general; risks associated with the health of the motion picture industry in general; risks associated with developing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with industry participants; and other risks detailed in Dolby’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including the risks identified under the section captioned "Risk Factors" in its most recent Periodic Report on Form 10-Q or 10-K. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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