We’ve started off 2007 with a bang: there are movies galore in the DI pipeline and numerous interesting announcements from DI facilities and manufacturers. We’ve covered India in the past; this month, we’ve added DI news from another exotic locale that’s cooking up a digital storm: Chile.

Though NAB is still more than two months away, we’re hearing the first rumblings of pre-show buzz. Expect the low-down on NAB in a future issue.

IO Film started off as a one-room digital titles/opticals house with aspirations of doing DIs for feature films. After getting a toehold in the industry, they blazed a path in HD indie-film DIs. With a capital partner, the company has just had an extreme makeover. We speak with CTO Kevin Mullican about how to build a facility from scratch.

And our D-Eye Guy holds forth on Alpha Dog and The Hitcher.