Digital exhibition creeps ever closer, as projectors whine piteously in fear. Now the government is mounting a pincer move from the bush.
Actor Michael Caton today joined the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, in announcing a new Australian Film Commission initiative – the Regional Digital Screen Network (RDSN) – which will see eight venues in regional Australia equipped with a digital cinema system by early next year, enabling them to screen Australian films in a digital format.