Cintel History
With over 80 years' experience in the industry Cintel has built an extraordinary understanding of the needs of the marketplace.
The 21st century Cintel is a focused company committed to using experience and knowledge to further our technology and answer the needs of our customers as they move into the digital realm.
The team at Cintel is concentrated on developing both existing technology and bringing new ideas to the marketplace to offer cost effective solutions that can be tailored to individual needs.
Some key dates in Cintel's history:
- 2009 - Cintel celebrate over 40 years of attendance at NAB to launch a new scanner 'diTTo evolution' and a new networkable image processing platform 'imageMill2'
- 2008 - X-Speed Digital Servo System launched for Millennium 'data-cine' machines and dataMill Scanners. X-Speed offers realtime transfers with unparalled image stability. imageMill sales exceed 50 units.
- 2007 - diTTo 16mm gate launched at NAB. Kodak Color Science incorporated into diTTo providing Calibration, Look Management and Workflow Enhancement. GRACE_SR Recursive noise reduction added to imageMill
- 2006 - NAB - Cintel launches 'STEADY' real-time, multi-standard image stabiliser tool for imageMill. Cintel launches 3-Perf and Print Film support for diTTo and D/SCO a Dust /Scratch Concealment Option which provides adjustable optical concealment
- 2005 - Cintel Asia Pacific Sales and Support office opened in Hong Kong. Cintel launches diTTo - high quality, low cost data scanner to huge industry interest
- 2004 - NAB - Cintel launches dataMill fast data scanner and GRACE external film grain reducer based on the multi-standard imageMill platform
- 2003 - Cintel launches updated Millennium2 4K data-cine with improved picture quality and functionality and GRACE internal Film Grain Reducer as an option for C-Reality and DSX machines
- 2002 - Cintel launches DSX - the worlds first 4K data-cine including the OLIVER system. Cintel International acquires the assets of competitor Innovation TK including the Millennium data-cine
- 2001 - Cintel launches OSCAR a revolutionary optical dust and scratch removal system (Later renamed OLIVER)
- 1997 - URSA Diamond joins the URSA family at NAB quickly becoming the industry standard. C-Reality, the Worlds first full bandwidth multi-standard datacine, receives its first public showing, also at NAB
- 1996 - Rank Cintel becomes Cintel International Limited
- 1993 - A new development of URSA - URSA Gold - is seen for the first time, again at Montreux. The Mk III HD high definition telecine goes into service at Universal Studios in Hollywood
- 1989 - The all-digital URSA makes its first appearance, at Montreux, and at simultaneous launches in New York and Los Angeles
- 1987 - The Digiscan 4:2:2 is launched, with digital outputs from the Mk III telecine
- 1985 - Development commences on a High Definition version of the Mk III telecine, first exhibited in America in 1986 and in a European version in 1988
- 1983 - Amigo, a highly sophisticated controller and pre-programmer for the Mk III is launched
- 1978 - The introduction of TOPSY, the world's first remote control programming system for a telecine
- 1978 - The Mk III digital telecine is also launched, ushering in the modern era of telecine quality
- 1975 - The Mk III telecine is launched. Revolutionary benefits include 525 and 625 line operation and 16mm and 35mm film on the same continuous motion transport
- 1958 - Cinema-Television Limited becomes Rank Cintel Limited
- 1950 - The first flying spot telecine is installed at the BBC's Lime Grove studios
- 1940 - The name Cinema-Television Limited, later shortened to Cintel, first appears
- 1927 - Foundation of the Baird Television Company
