Already inside the gate: the company is specified into someone else's next wave, and the wave has not yet shipped
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2023 call → NOWe need to determine if the transcript contains a situation where the company (IMAX) has already been chosen, specified, qualified, designed in, or otherwise locked into position inside another organization's future product, program, platform, build-out, or standard operating plan, such that when that outside party's own next wave of activity arrives, IMAX's volume arrives with it automatically. And management conveys that this position is secured today while the wave itself has not yet shipped, launched, ramped, or begun at scale. Let's analyze the transcript. The call discusses IMAX's Q2 2023 results. Key points: strong box office, signings, installations, local language content, etc. There is mention of SSIMWAVE, a streaming optimization technology. Also mention of IMAX Enhanced, and deals with Amazon, Apple, etc. Specifically, the question asks about a situation where IMAX is already inside someone else's next thing. For example, a component designed into another company's product. The transcript mentions SSIMWAVE: "We continue to refine our go-to-market strategy with SSIMWAVE and we're seeing a positive response with streamings encouraged by our efforts to champion quality in that space. We remain focused on solutions for streamers that allow them to compress video images while preserving optimal quality and creating significant cost savings." That is about selling to streamers, but it's not clear that IMAX has been chosen or designed into a specific streamer's platform. It's more like they are marketing a product. Also, there is mention of IMAX Enhanced, which is a home consumer product. But no specific commitment from a large party. The question also mentions "the company's product or format placed inside a large retailer's, distributor's, or platform's planned rollout." There is mention of a deal with Amazon for a documentary: "we announced an agreement to sell worldwide rights to our forthcoming documentary, the Blue Angels to Amazon Studios, a first-of-its-kind deal that will see the film go to Prime Video following an exclusive run in the IMAX network." That is a content deal, not a position inside Amazon's future product. It's a one-off sale. Also, there is mention of Apple's Napoleon and Killers of the Flower Moon, but those are just films being released in IMAX, not a secured position.
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