Signiant, the market leader in intelligent file
movement software for the media and entertainment
industry,
today announced that Broadmedia, Japan’s leading
content distributor, has deployed the company’s software for a major new Digital
Cinema Package (DCP) delivery service.
Working with Signiant’s
Japanese reseller, Photron, Broadmedia has
already connected 80 cinemas nationwide, with hundreds more to be added across
major exhibition chains in the next few years.
Offering extensive content aggregation
services for broadcast, theatrical releases, video on demand, pay-TV, game and
mobile delivery, Broadmedia is using Signiant Managers+Agents™ to
capitalize on the cinemas’ broadband Internet connectivity for
faster and more efficient delivery of digital theatrical releases.
“With an average finished
file size of greater than 250 GB moving over a 50 Mbps broadband Internet
connection to the theater, it could take approximately 12 hours to deliver a
single digital cinema package,” said Yasushi Mishima, Director of Photron. “If
you are sending to two theaters, files can move overnight. However, if you send
to many more theaters anarchically, there is congestion at the distributor end,
and it could take months to distribute the DCPs. Using Signiant to manage accelerated
file transfers to theaters, we can ensure more predictable and proportional
delivery times.”
A core component of Signiant’s compatible
enterprise product suite, Managers+Agents™ is optimized for automated batch file
transfers and workflow integration. Unlike other solutions, it features
advanced resource management that provides sophisticated control of network
bandwidth and server resources. This allows administrators to prioritize the delivery
of assets between sites and control bandwidth usage to specific locations or
servers based on content delivery windows to ensure that systems or networks
are not overloaded.
“This partnership is a
significant step forward for Signiant in the region’s growing DCP market, and provides
the best possible file transfer solution for Broadmedia,” said Michael Burnie,
Managing Director of Signiant Asia-Pacific and Japan. “Broadmedia has found a
proven software-based solution that not only delivers acceleration, but also
the ability to allocate bandwidth intelligently and manage, track and approve
file transfers centrally.”
“By utilizing Signiant, we have the flexibility to support the large-scale
distribution requirements of this new DCP delivery service. After an extensive
evaluation, Signiant was the clear
choice to support our ongoing rollout,” said Toshihito Kubo, Director of Broadmedia. “We are pleased with the work of Photron in support of this
initiative, and we look forward to bringing more than 500 screens online.”
