Digital Cinema Package (DCP)

Here is how this works in practice. Digital Cinema Packages for theatrical release in South Korea are produced against the same DCI specs used worldwide. But the practical needs of the domestic cinema circuit shape how we build them. CGV, Lotte Cinema, and Megabox between them run the overwhelming majority of screens nationwide. Each keeps preferred ingest profiles covering audio channel mapping, subtitle delivery, and trailer-versus-feature CPL structure. Our DCP team produces SMPTE-compliant packages — Interop is ready where festival or legacy projectors need it. With 2K and 4K resolutions, 5.1, 7.1, or Dolby Atmos audio, multiple subtitle languages. Aspect-ratio variants assembled into supplemental packages to avoid duplicating the main feature payload.

Here is the short of it. Encryption is managed through professional KDM workflows, with key delivery scoped to specific projector certificates and exhibition windows for commercial releases and unencrypted packages produced for festival submissions where security is less key than playback simplicity. Every package is validated on a reference cinema server before delivery, confirming load behaviour, audio mapping, subtitle timing, and CPL integrity against the production's exhibition plan.

Here is the breakdown. Turnaround for a standard feature DCP is one to three business days, with rush services ready for festival deadlines or last-minute global screenings. Once delivered, packages are archived against the production's preservation master so re-issues. For re-releases, anniversary screenings, or new territory deals — can be produced without re-mastering from scratch.