Method and system for delivering digital cinema content concurrently to both a retail exhibitor and remote theater

A system for delivering digital cinema concurrently to a retail exhibitor and a remote theater, comprising:

• a. a digital cinema content owner that owns and provides digital cinema content for retail distribution;
• b. a retail digital cinema exhibitor that receives the digital cinema content from the digital cinema content owner, whereupon the retail digital cinema exhibitor displays the digital cinema content to on-site retail customers and distributes the digital cinema content for remote use;
• c. a remote theater user that receives the digital cinema content from the retail digital cinema exhibitor for display on the remote theater user's audio/visual equipment;
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• d. an operations center for networking the digital cinema content owner and the retail digital cinema exhibitor together and also networking the retail digital cinema exhibitor with the remote theater user.

A method for delivering digital cinema content concurrently to both a retail exhibitor and a remote theater for concurrent exhibition of the digital cinema content at both locales, comprising the steps of

• a. packaging digital cinema content for concurrent distribution to the retail exhibitor and the remote theater;
• b. providing the digital cinema content to a server at the retail exhibitor, wherein the retail exhibitor displays the digital cinema content at a retail exhibition location;
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• c. simultaneously delivering the digital cinema content to the remote theater, from the retail exhibitor's server, in response to a digital cinema content order selection from the remote theater over a communications network, wherein the remote theater displays the digital cinema content at a remote location as early as the date the retail exhibitor displays the digital cinema content at the retail exhibition location.