XDC

XDC, a member company of EVS, was created in 2004 by Laurent Minguet but changed its name to dcinex in 2012. It is a digital distribution company based in Liège (in Belgium) but it also has offices in France, Spain and Germany. The principal activities of dcinex are digital cinema, distribution of alternative content (Ddcinema) and development of the Cinestore products.

Digital cinema

The digital content lab of XDC prepares digital content for distribution. It creates the different versions and sub-titles and performs quality controls. The company is the first entity to have VPF digital cinema deployment agreements with all the 6 major US studios Warner, Fox, Universal, Paramount, Sony and Disney for a total of 8,000 digital screens in 22 European countries. Today, XDC has signed VPF deals with exhibitors for about 1,000 screens spread over 11 European countries (Austria, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland). XDC has also achieved a global financing of 100 million Euros with Fortis Bank to allow the VPF roll out of 2,000 digital screens in the first phase of its European deployment program. XDC is also responsible for installing and maintaining the equipment, and training operators. XDC is currently in charge of more than 500 screens in 10 European countries (Sweden, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland) and its aim is to reach 1500 screens, in order to create the first European digital cinema network.