Execs uneasy as Europe's d-cinema lags

June 26, 2008 Studio anxiety over the slow pace of Europe's conversion to digital cinema was apparent Thursday at a closing-day seminar at Cinema Expo. "If we're not operating in an all-digital environment in 10 years, we will have missed the boat," Warner Bros. international distribution president Veronika Kwan-Rubinek said. Universal's London-based executive vp international distribution Duncan Clark said the installation of digital projectors in 80% or so of the region's cinemas might be a more realistic goal.

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