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Learn how some of the most recognizable brands in television broadcast use Signiant to facilitate the movement of high-value digital media and accelerate workflows.

A+E Networks

Keen to embrace new technologies that streamline operations and open new business opportunities, AETN UK selected Signiant to facilitate its transition from tape to file-based media distribution. As the basis of an integrated content supply chain management strategy, Signiant helps AETN deliver content more quickly and cost-effectively to its expanding network of international partners. Read more.

BBC

The backbone of BBC’s digital content distribution system, Signiant provides fast, secure and reliable content delivery between the broadcaster’s global news bureau and field locations. Once material is received and prioritized, the BBC uses Signiant to allocate bandwidth to move large media across the company’s global network efficiently. Read more.

Discovery Communications

With more than 100 networks worldwide, including Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet, Discovery uses Signiant for heavy asset transfer of SD and HD content, and the repackaging of existing content for distribution to a variety of media outlets worldwide including playout, VOD, mobile and Web. Through APIs, Discovery has integrated Signiant with its media management solution to simplify workflow processes. Read more.

FOX Television 

A global broadcast and cable subsidiary of News Corporation, FOX employs Signiant to move massive volumes of content between FOX and non-FOX entities worldwide. Leveraging a consolidated infrastructure across, Signiant helps multiple business units save millions through more timely and efficient media movement and automated workflows that streamline the repackaging of material for distribution across global markets and platforms.

Lifetime Networks

The leading media entertainment company for women, Lifetime uses Signiant to manage and accelerate the movement of high-resolution SD and HD content between post production facilities in New York and Century City, CA. Signiant not only provides WAN acceleration, but also the ability to intelligently allocate bandwidth and centrally manage, track and approve file transfers. Read more.

Mediaset

One of Italy’s largest commercial broadcast networks, Mediaset uses Signiant to accelerate secure transfer of file-based media between their broadcast operations in Rome and Milan, to facilitate content exchanges with people outside of the Mediaset organization, and allow reporters to upload field-generated content fast and efficiently. Read more.

NBC News

Among the many applications of Signiant’s software at NBC, the network put Signiant to work in 2011 for its coverage of the Royal Wedding. Through Avid integration, editors in both locations used Signiant to manage footage transfers from NBC London to headquarters in New York at speeds 200x faster than FTP, and without reliance on a transfer manager to handle transactions. Read more.

NRK

Norway’s national broadcaster relies on Signiant to power one of the most advanced automated news workflows in the world, reducing repetitive time-consuming tasks to expedite the delivery of engaging news packages, including user-generated content, across all of their media properties. Proving its value during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Signiant’s solution is now a vital element of their daily operations.  Read more.

ORF

A dominant player in the Austrian broadcast industry, ORF is the nation’s public service broadcaster. Signiant forms the backbone for the digital content movement among the broadcaster, its producers and business partners. ORF relies on Signiant to bring new levels of security and efficiency to internal content processes such as transcoding, format conversion and archiving. Read more.

Seven Network

When changes in Australian regulations gave the broadcaster greater flexibility in digital multi-channel delivery, Seven needed a way to distribute up to three times more content to capital city stations and regional affiliates, driving the network to find an efficient and economical solution. Today Signiant provides a unified platform for secure, high-speed exchanges of media files with affiliates, distributors and journalists. Read more.

SRG SSR

Switzerland’s premier national public television broadcaster, SRG SSR selected to provide the file movement infrastructure for content aggregation and distribution among its French, German and Italian production centers and external partners. They will also use Signiant Manager to streamline internal content processes such as automated transcoding and QC checks. Read more.

ZDF

ZDF selected Signiant for use in its newly re-designed playout center. Signiant will also serve as the single content transport method for journalists, producers and other internal and external users, bringing new efficiencies to the channel’s processes for content ingest, aggregation and distribution. Read more.

 


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