BROADCAST MEDIA
The Flexibility to Transfer Large Media Files Easily
As media houses, film studios and broadcasting companies embrace HD video as the new standard, the average size of media assets across all organizations has skyrocketed. Sizes will only continue to increase as 4K, 8K, and VR media becomes more common.
The shift to larger files has increasingly led organizations in the media and broadcast industries towards IP-based workflows that allow them to take advantage of non-linear and random access to files for post-production as well as shed the need to ship content in a physical form. But non-linear media file transfers and IP-based workflows still have bottlenecks, and one of the largest challenges is simply overcoming the very protocol which IP-based workflows are based on: FTP/TCP.
The FTP/TCP protocol simply hasn’t kept up with the shift to larger media files, IP-based workflows, and non-linear file transfer, leaving it unable to move hi-resolution media efficiently, resulting in failed or never-ending file transfers.
How to Send Media Files Faster: FileCatalyst
Media houses and broadcast companies rely on FileCatalyst to provide them with blazing fast file transfer speeds, reliability, and security for every file transfer in their workflow. Regardless of location or distance, FileCatalyst can successfully complete transfers that once took hours—in minutes!
How FileCatalyst Fits Into Media & Broadcast
How FileCatalyst Fits Into Media & Broadcast
The FileCatalyst Benefits
Accelerated Global Delivery: Globally deliver full-resolution media at up to 10Gbps, greatly reducing overall production cycles and workflows.
Full Bandwidth Control: Optimized bandwidth usage, even in poor network conditions. Allows you to adjust each transfer by importance without disrupting the network.
Save Time & Money: Eliminate the need to ship content physically and save on shipping costs, border crossings, and other costs associated with physical media.
Transfer Growing Files: Progressive Transfer options allow media files to start transferring as they are being encoded.
Unparalleled Security: Ensure file transfers remain private until they are ready for public release with industry-standard encryption using AES and SSL certificates.
Low-Res Preview: FileCatalyst Workflow allows recipients to view a 30-second low-res preview, ensuring they have the content they need.
Use Cases: FileCatalyst for Media & Broadcast
Production and Editing
The editing room is no longer a room, and collaborators can be working on the same projects all around the globe.
From ingesting content to sending it to production houses, post-production and other effects houses you work with, content has to go through many hands before it’s delivered globally for play out. Many media & broadcast organizations around the world rely on FileCatalyst’s fast file transfer solutions to help them accelerate these workflows by providing multi-gigabit media file transfer speeds and levels of reliability and security that traditional file transfer methods simply can’t provide
Archiving
Organizations working with large numbers of media assets, usually in multiple formats, are faced with the challenge of both organizing this data effectively and extracting it efficiently when needed for projects. Creating folder structures to organize these assets is one way of managing the data, but it can become complex and time-consuming.
FileCatalyst Direct’s transfer speeds can transfer large media files to any storage location, be it on-premise, off-premises, cloud, or hybrid at speeds hundreds of times faster than traditional FTP/TCP file transfer methods.
News Broadcasting
When it comes to delivering breaking news, deadlines and schedules are extremely tight. Whether it’s archived assets, graphics, or completed news segments, all of this content need to make it to the playout facility for airtime. Our suite of solutions allows content creators to send large media files from anywhere. FileCatalyst meets your needs where you’re at, including via email, or leverage our fast file transfer technology in the field through our mobile app, available for both Android and iOS. Wherever your staff is located, they will have access to blazing file transfer speeds.
Synchronization
When creating content, it’s imperative that creators, editors and broadcasters have access to the most up to date content, and are able to access it quickly.
Not only does FileCatalyst give content creators multi-gigabit transfer speeds (up to 10 Gbps), our suite of client applications also allows for accelerated synchronization. Our FileCatalyst Direct client application, FileCatalyst HotFolder, allows users to create folders at each endpoint to automatically upload or download content to the HotFolder at customizable sync intervals. Once the folders are set up to your liking, your entire team will be sending and receiving content via a “hands-off” workflow.