Editing Digital cinema (section)

===Worldwide deployment===
In China, in June 2005, an e-cinema system called "dMs" was established and was used in over 15,000 screens spread across China's 30 provinces. dMs estimated that the system would expand to 40,000 screens in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dmcc.gov.cn| title = China Digital Cinema Development Center}}</ref> In 2005 the UK Film Council Digital Screen Network launched in the UK by Arts Alliance Media creating a chain of 250 2K digital cinema systems. The roll-out was completed in 2006. This was the first mass roll-out in Europe. AccessIT/Christie Digital also started a roll-out in the United States and Canada. By mid 2006, about 400 theaters were equipped with 2K digital projectors with the number increasing every month. In August 2006, the [[Malayalam]] digital movie ''[[Moonnamathoral]]'', produced by Benzy Martin, was distributed via satellite to cinemas, thus becoming the first Indian digital cinema. This was done by Emil and Eric Digital Films, a company based at Thrissur using the end-to-end digital cinema system developed by Singapore-based DG2L Technologies.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/19/stories/2006081901860200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210045041/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/19/stories/2006081901860200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2006-12-10 | title= Digital movie in Malayalam released | date=2006-08-19 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=2006-08-23 }}</ref>

In January 2007, ''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]'' became the first [[Indian film]] mastered in the DCI-compliant JPEG 2000 Interop format and also the first Indian film to be previewed digitally, internationally, at the Elgin Winter Garden in Toronto. This film was digitally mastered at Real Image Media Technologies in India. In 2007, the UK became home to Europe's first DCI-compliant fully digital multiplex cinemas; Odeon Hatfield and Odeon Surrey Quays (in London), with a total of 18 digital screens, were launched on 9 February 2007. By March 2007, with the release of Disney's ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'', about 600 screens had been equipped with digital projectors. In June 2007, Arts Alliance Media announced the first European commercial digital cinema [[Virtual Print Fee]] (VPF) agreements (with [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Universal Pictures]]). In March 2009 [[AMC Theatres]] announced that it closed a $315 million deal with [[Sony]] to replace all of its [[movie projector]]s with 4K digital projectors starting in the second quarter of 2009; it was anticipated that this replacement would be finished by 2012.<ref>{{Cite news   | last = Taub  | first = Eric A.  | title = AMC to Get Sony Digital Projectors  | newspaper = New York Times  | location = New York  | date = March 29, 2009  | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/technology/companies/30sony.html  | access-date = November 19, 2009}}</ref>

As digital cinema technology improved in the early 2010s, most theaters across the world converted to digital video projection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/digital-cinema-conversion-nears-end-game-1200500975/|title=Digital Cinema Conversion Nears End Game|author=Leo Barraclough|date=June 23, 2013|work=Variety}}</ref> In January 2011, the total number of digital screens worldwide was 36,242, up from 16,339 at end 2009 or a growth rate of 121.8 percent during the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.isuppli.com/media-research/marketwatch/pages/digital-screen-numbers-and-forecasts-to-2015-are-finalised.aspx | title=Digital Screen Numbers and Forecasts to 2015 are Finalised | work=IHS Technology | date=January 26, 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> There were 10,083 d-screens in Europe as a whole (28.2 percent of global figure), 16,522 in the United States and Canada (46.2 percent of global figure) and 7,703 in Asia (21.6 percent of global figure). Worldwide progress was slower as in some territories, particularly Latin America and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|last=Romanek |first=Neal |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/inaugural-uk-digital-cinema-conference-assesses-the-state-of-digital-cinema/5051676.article?blocktitle=ScreenTech&contentID=283 |title=Inaugural UK Digital Cinema Conference assesses the state of digital cinema &#124; News &#124; Screen |publisher=Screendaily.com |date=2013-02-07}}</ref><ref name="nj2012">{{cite web| title= Newtown's old-time movie house looks for revival in the digital age| url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2012/03/newtowns_old-time_movie_house.html | date= March 19, 2012 | first=Joyce J. |last=Persico|work= [[The Times (Trenton)|The Times, Trenton]] | publisher= New Jersey On-Line LLC| access-date=2012-04-07}}</ref> As of 31 March 2015, 38,719 screens (out of a total of 39,789 screens) in the United States have been converted to digital, 3,007 screens in Canada have been converted, and 93,147 screens internationally have been converted.<ref name="natoonline.org">{{cite web|url=http://natoonline.org/initiatives/cinema-technologies/|title=Cinema Technologies|work=natoonline.org| access-date=September 1, 2016 |date=2013-07-20}}</ref> By the end of 2017, virtually all of the world's cinema screens were digital (98%).<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 THEME Report |url=https://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MPAA-THEME-Report-2017_Final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152843/https://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MPAA-THEME-Report-2017_Final.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-05 |url-status=live |website=[[Motion Picture Association of America]]}}</ref> Digital cinema technology has continued to develop over the years with 3D, RPX, 4DX and ScreenX, allowing moviegoers with more immersive experiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=4DX |url=https://www.cj4dx.com |website=4DX}}</ref>

Despite the fact that today, virtually all global movie theaters have converted their screens to digital cinemas, some major motion pictures even as of 2019 are shot on film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/customers/productions/default.htm|title=StackPath|website=www.kodak.com|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/107353-23-films-35mm-released-in-2018/|title=24 Films Shot on 35mm Released in 2018|last=Rizov|first=Vadim|website=Filmmaker Magazine|date=24 April 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref> For example, [[Quentin Tarantino]] released his latest film ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]'' in 70&nbsp;mm and 35&nbsp;mm in selected theaters across the United States and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-35-mm-70-mm-movie-theater-locations-quentin-tarantino-1202160721/|title=Where to See 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' on Celluloid, Quentin Tarantino's Preferred Format|last1=Brueggemann|first1=Tom|date=2019-07-24|website=IndieWire|access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref>