Screen Daily

7th July 2006

UKs digital network shows 50th film

By Wendy Mitchell

Digital film services company Arts Alliance Media has announced that Momentum Pictures’ District 13, opening in the UK today, is the 50th feature they have been digitally encrypted and shown on the UK Film Council’s Digital Screen Network.

The DSN is Europe’s largest 2K digital cinema network. The network currently includes 56 screens, with a total of 240 planned during the rest of the rollout. 

Since the beginning of the rollout in October 2005, more than 11,000 digital shows have been played on the network of films including Hard Candy, Over The Hedge, Wah-Wah and 36 Quai des Orfevres.