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At the movies for . People wistfully yelling out "Tennant"! I'm the only one here replying "McCoy!"

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I'm excited by the new trailer. Very still, very dark. My inner eight year old is, once again, appeased.

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I'm just astonished by this: they sent the 50th anniversary episode in flight cases on planes and on boats up the Amazon.

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There ends the session. This particular dork is delighted. Now, on with the day!

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Encrypted DCP masters were physically transported on planes and in one case on boats up the Amazon River!

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Cinemas alone grossed $10.2m in revenue, let alone revenue from the TV distribution from partners & brand awareness.

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Supply chain is all-important. Choose the right partners that can scale for peak demand and adjust to new working practices quickly.

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"Simultaneous multi-platform releases really are possible." But fans were constantly trying to infiltrate & get footage.

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98 countries + Live + WizardCon in Austin + cinemas, all at once at 19:50 GMT on November 23.

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Each partner synchronized their broadcast to a BBC clock on a central server, using local content.

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The theatrical version had a different audio mix to the TV version. Not the same edit.

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All content was fully pre-positioned in 98 territories on 16th November. This was a record; previous was Lost with 10 countries.

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The original master was delivered on November 10th. Channel interstitials were distributed to all broadcast partners.

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The main trailer was released once DCP was rendered and sent for classification, on November 9th.

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DCP was mastered by 23rd October 2013, and then the finished version was pushed for cinema classification in each location.

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Once all this was ongoing, started the social media campaign including the hashtag and TARDIS website.

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Was shot in 3D, and each frame had to be rerendered with subtitles for each language / locale.

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Localized content was prepositioned weeks in advance, to prevent satellite transmission issues and improve quality.

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Journlists were given personalized screeners, watermarked, with instructions about how to destroy them. Color was dialed out.

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The BBC used the MPAA guidelines and IDO / IEC 2700I security compliance framework - but anglicized them.

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Free to air + theater release + pay TV + DVD - all at the same time, on November 23rd at 19:50 GMT. Security paramount.

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The simulcast went to 98 countries, up from a previous record of 10. In 15 languages!

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In a session about the security software behind the 50th anniversary.

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