Deluxe Chooses Signiant to Help Bring Hollywood Motion Pictures from Script to Screen

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By Staff

 

Aug 21, 2008, 03:31

 

Burlington, MA -- Signiant, Inc. announced that Deluxe has chosen its Digital Media Distribution Management Solution (DMDMS) to automate, accelerate and secure the distribution of post-production materials for motion pictures from major Hollywood studios and broadcast companies.

 

Post-production and distribution of films has become more complex, especially as releasing films simultaneously around the world has become more popular. Less than a decade ago, dubbing films into different languages for international release was a tape-based process that took months. However, as the demands of day and date release schedules changed, the industry was forced to adapt. A film's domestic version can change throughout the post-production process, typically very close to its release date, leaving little time to make the necessary changes on the international versions.

 

The digital file-based technology from Signiant will allow Deluxe to implement a highly automated and secure global transmission process over existing Internet connections. Deluxe serves many clients and transmits numerous films around the world.

 

"We found that Signiant gives us the automation and security we need," said Ron Horwitz, vice president and general manager at Deluxe Digital Studios. "We're genuinely excited about what Signiant has to offer."

 

"The media and entertainment business is changing dramatically, right before our eyes, and Signiant is proud to be in the middle of the revolution," said Tom Ohanian, chief strategy officer at Signiant. "Major studios have used our technology to move footage from filming locations around the world, back to the editing studio, and we're happy to provide the capability to complete the lifecycle by enabling Deluxe to deliver these films to the theaters for viewer's enjoyment domestically and abroad."

 

Deluxe plans to fully-implement the Signiant solution by Q4 2008.

 

About Deluxe

Deluxe Digital Studios is a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. (www.bydeluxe.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. Deluxe is the leading provider of a broad range of entertainment industry services and technologies to major Hollywood Studios and an international client base. Services include motion picture film processing, printing and distribution; EFILM digital intermediates; post production and subtitling services; titles design and digital VFX; DVD compression, encoding and authoring; digital cinema services, digital asset management, digital distribution; and marketing fulfilment services. Deluxe Digital Studio locations are in greater Los Angeles, Moosic (PA), Montreal, London, Florence, and Bangalore. Deluxe Entertainment Services Group post production facilities are in Hollywood, Toronto, London, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Vancouver and New York.

 

About Signiant

Founded in 2000, Signiant (www.signiant.com) is the digital media supply chain company that telco, media and entertainment executives rely on to manage the movement of media to the right place at the right time. With its open software platform that unites best-in-class management, acceleration, automation and security technologies, Signiant ensures that some of the world's most recognized brands are able to deliver their digital assets and drive new revenue models. Signiant is headquartered in Burlington, MA with development facilities in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and offices in New York, Los Angeles and Manchester, UK. Read the Signiant blog at www.digitalmediagalaxy.com.