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31 August 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) may join the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to distribute Cinea's S-View secure DVD players to members voting in the organization's annual film awards. "We are very pleased to be working with Cinea to give our members the opportunity to receive secure screeners. The British Academy takes the threat of piracy very seriously, and we welcome any solution that can reduce the risk of unauthorized copying," BAFTA Film Committee Chairman David Parfitt said in a statement. The specially encrypted DVDs will only play on a Cinea SV300 DVD player. Nevertheless, today's (Tuesday) Hollywood Reporter observed that "many of the studios remain skeptical about the practicality" of the encryption system and concerned about its cost. The trade publication said that it could not find a single studio that was willing to commit to using the Cinea technology for screeners. Cinea is a unit of Dolby, the sound-system company.

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