Screenshot of Cinedigm's Theatre Command Center
Timed to coincide with this year’s Cinema Expo conference being held in Amsterdam through Thursday two well known integrators have released enhanced versions of their theatre management systems (TMS). North American deployment entity Cinedigm has included centralized management features in their Theatre Command Center TMS and Norway’s Unique Digital is making the next version of their RosettaBridge software available.
A TMS is software that enables a multiplex to manage all of their digital cinema servers, projectors, content, security keys and logs within a given theatre, all from a central location. It is often attached to a library management server where d-cinema content is stored.
Theatre Command Center
Cinedigm was one of the first companies to develop a working TMS which they named Theatre Command Center. Their initial version was integrated with Christie projectors and Doremi servers. It’s key features were:
- Management of all content including MPEG, JPEG, trailers, preshow and alternative content.
- Ingest of content via any delivery method including USB, satellite and fiber optic wire.
- Remote operation of servers and projectors.
- Automated scheduling of playlists that allowed for the transfer of content to the correct screen.
- Integration with some point-of-sale systems as well as Cinedigms head office software.
- Web access allowed users to log in from any computer connected to the Internet.
- Real-time monitoring of d-cinema systems with system status alerts and notifications.
- System log management.
- Multi-language support.
Some of this functionality, such as content management and ingest, would be considered basic requirements for any TMS, no matter the manufacturer. Most of those who have been using the software that I’ve spoken with have had positive things to say about the software. The only consistent criticism I’ve heard is about the systems graphical user interface (GUI). I’m not familiar enough with Cinedigm’s TMS to add my own thoughts.
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