Media and Entertainment

Media and Entertainment

Show business has no patience for slow business. Viewers, studios and post-production companies across the globe continue to go digital, moving away where possible from shipping film, tape and other physical media.

And, they’re looking to the Internet to move content in real time, provided high quality, high speed and top security can be ensured.

Industry-leading providers like Thomson Technicolor, Animal Logic (Moulin Rouge, The Matrix, Babe) and The Post Group (Titanic, Apollo 13, Independence Day) use FastSoft Internet Accelerators to speed footage, animation, special effects and other specialized content to viewers, Hollywood clients and fellow providers the world over. By making the Internet suitable for sensitive, and often very large digital content, E Series can help media and entertainment companies shave hundreds, even thousands of dollars and days from the production budget.

Speed, Savings & Security

FastSoft E Series accelerators reduce content delivery times with a solution optimized for the post-production industry:

  • On “location,” on demand: Unlike two-sided WAN acceleration solutions, E Series speeds content anywhere, with no technology required on the receiving end. Suppliers can send content to producers on location, and to other providers throughout the value chain. Companies like Thomson Technicolor can even use FastSoft to enter new geographic markets without investing in regional facilities averaging millions in building costs.
  • No hand-off of content: FastSoft essentially lets media and entertainment providers use the Internet as their own, high-quality private content delivery network. This saves on monthly subscription costs and eliminates the need to hand off highly sensitive content to third-parties.
  • No tinkering with content: E Series Internet accelerators are uniquely suited to accommodate the needs of video and other digital content that cannot be compressed or modified. With FastSoft, the content is not altered, and no software needs to be installed or configured on the content server or receiving end.

The Bottom Line

Within months of its release, the FastSoft E Series won the 2008 HPA Award for Engineering Excellence by helping major post-production houses optimize network investments, improve workflow and asset management, and most importantly, keep customers satisfied with higher speed and the highest quality.