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TMCNet: Aspera and Universal Pictures Collaborate on Post-Production Technology

[April 12, 2012]

Aspera and Universal Pictures Collaborate on Post-Production Technology

(Cision (English) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aspera faspex™ Enables Fast, Secure and Seamless File-based Media Production Workflow Across the Globe EMERYVILLE, Calif. April 12, 2012 Aspera, Inc. (http://www.asperasoft.com/), creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that Universal Pictures (http://www.universalpictures.com/) has deployed the Aspera faspex™ (http://www.asperasoft.com/en/products/server_software_1/aspera_f aspex_server_6) solution to send, receive and share large media files internationally between production facilities and post-production houses. Aspera’s flagship person-to-person and project-based file exchange solution has significantly reduced production cycle times while meeting stringent security requirements and ensuring high levels of flexibility in their workflows.

One of the world’s largest film studios, Universal Pictures produces major motion pictures such as Battleship and Snow White and the Huntsman, massive projects that require an army of partners and facilities seamlessly working together to deliver a top-notch final product. Each day during post-production, large media files - individually between 15 and 30 GB in size - are created and must be transferred and manipulated multiple times before being combined into the finished product. This type of global collaboration demands fast and secure data transfers between team members. Additionally, post-production teams are brought in with each movie, typically every six months to a year; so new groups of artists must get up to speed quickly on the file transfer system they will be using every day.

Over the years, Universal Pictures has tried several solutions from various vendors, all of which fell short in delivering the required speed, ease-of-use and security at a reasonable price point. Some of the digital delivery methods required several weeks of set-up time as well as extensive training for each new crew, and were not able to adapt to the different facilities’ bandwidth constraints or perform on commodity hardware.  After a thorough evaluation of available collaborative file exchange solutions, Universal Pictures adopted Aspera faspex™ for their global post-production process to meet their short deployment timelines, scalability, high security and ease-of -use standards. Production teams now use the email-style interface for distributing and exchanging massive files and directories, and integrated email notifications let team members know content was delivered successfully and is available.

“Aspera is now our approved standard for transferring content around the world,” said John Toal, director, post production content security at Universal Pictures. “Before Aspera, each time we started production on a new film, we had to spend a great deal of time setting up the system and training new crew members on the file transfer process. Because of Aspera’s intuitive interface and set-up, new users simply go to a web page, click, drag and drop. It couldn’t be easier. We can quickly configure the system, use it for the six-month production lifecycle, and then cycle it back into use as the next post-production teams need it.” “With the globalization of post-production, growing file sizes, and the enduring need to deliver to tight deadlines, studios like Universal Pictures can rely on our proven, secure and flexible data movement platform to keep their productions on schedule and teams up to date on the status of projects no matter where they are in the world,” said Michelle Munson, Aspera president and co-founder. “By relying on the faspex, Universal can ramp up production teams in hours as opposed to weeks and immediately experience the benefits of Aspera’s high-speed file transfer technology." About Aspera Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented fasp™ protocol, Aspera software fully utilizes existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file-transfer experience. Aspera’s core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromising reliability. More than 1,500 organizations across a variety of industries on six continents rely on Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets.

Please visit www.asperasoft.com (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink& url=http://www.asperasoft.com&esheet=50081393&lan=en -US&anchor=www.asperasoft.com&index=5&md5=ef6a9b860a215e99add379b89f43ebd 0)and follow us on Twitter @asperasoft (http://www.twitter.com/asperasoft) for more information.

Media contact: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry US/Asia: Kim Willsher (+1) 310 569 2603 UK/Europe: Michael Lamb +44 (0)20 7403 8878 aspera@rlyl.com This information was brought to you by Cision http://www.cisionwire.comhttp://www.cisionwire.com/aspera/r/aspera-and-universal-pictures-collaborate-on-post-production-technology,c9245397 (c) 2012 Cision. All Rights Reserved.

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