Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) began offering an ATM-based service for distributing movies digitally from the United States to Asian countries and most other major cities in the world. SingTel estimates that digital media distribution could cut the average total cost per U.S. movie with 3,000 prints from $6 million to $42,000, saving Hollywood movie distributors more than $1 billion a year in duplication, transportation and other costs.
SingTel recently became the first carrier in the Asia Pacific region to facilitate the cross-border digital distribution of a newly released film. The new Hong Kong blockbuster movie, Infernal Affairs III, was digitally distributed directly from Hong Kong to the Shaw Lido Cineplex in Singapore using SingTel’s ATM service. About 80GB video data were transmitted digitally between the two cities via SingTel’s international optic fiber network, and delivered directly to the digital movie server at a local Cineplex. http://www.singtel.com
