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What's New in FLOW? Watch the Webinar to Find Out!

Looking for new ways to streamline your media workflows and get more done in less time? The latest FLOW media management update, FLOW 25.1.0, is packed with powerful updates designed to simplify your day-to-day, and now you can see it all in action.

In our latest webinar, Unlocking the Power of FLOW 25.1.0, EditShare’s Senior Product Manager Lucy Seaborne teams up with Global Pre-Sales Technical Manager Adam Lewiston to walk you through the latest features, enhancements, and real-world use cases for this exciting new release.

Whether you’re managing fast-turnaround productions or large-scale archival workflows, FLOW 25.1.0 delivers smarter ways to organize, automate, and collaborate.

Watch the webinar replay to learn:

✅ What’s new in FLOW 25.1.0, including UI improvements, workflow automations, and more

✅ How the latest updates can drive efficiency across your team

✅ Best practices for getting the most out of FLOW, straight from the experts who helped build it

Don’t miss your chance to get up to speed with everything the new release has to offer.

Access the webinar replay now (Free with registration)

New Enhancements in EditShare One 

The latest FLOW release, version 2025.1.0, delivers powerful new capabilities to media managers, streamlining workflows and making asset management more intuitive than ever. With enhanced scanning, uploading, and automation tools, EditShare One Organize simplifies complex tasks, saving time and improving efficiency. Let’s explore how these new features empower media professionals.

FLOW’s extensive range of applications often left users confused about which tools to use and how to install and maintain them. This limited user accessibility and acceptance and its why we created EditShare One. A simple browser based Interface that enables all users to access all of FLOW’s powerful tools for a variation of different workflows. 

Automate Repetitive Tasks with Ease

Trigger Automations Directly from EditShare One

Time-consuming, manual processes are a thing of the past. FLOW Automation eliminates repetitive tasks like tagging, transcoding, and file delivery, allowing media teams to focus on creative work.

What’s New?

With these improvements, EditShare One is faster, easier, and more accessible—allowing teams to move media seamlessly through their production pipeline.

Keep Your Media Database Up to Date

Scan Assets Directly from EditShare One

Keeping track of media assets is crucial for efficient project management. The new scanning functionality enables users to update the FLOW database effortlessly—without leaving the Organize module.

How It Helps

This feature ensures your database remains accurate and up to date, improving searchability and media organization.

Upload Files Faster, Smarter, and with Greater Control

Enhanced Upload Capabilities

Managing late arriving assets can be challenging, but the improved Upload function simplifies the process, giving users more control over their media.

Key Benefits

With these enhancements, uploading assets is more efficient and customizable than ever before.

Navigate and Manage Assets More Intuitively

Flexible layouts

Media professionals need a fast, streamlined way to organize and move assets. The new Flexible layouts in EditShare One – Organize, introduces a more intuitive layout designed for seamless asset handling

Why It Matters

This update dramatically improves efficiency, making it easier to organize and access media in large-scale projects.

Performance Enhancements for Large-Scale Workflows

As more teams scale up operations, FLOW’s automation engine has been optimized for handling multiple workflows daily. A new Status View provides real-time insights into automation performance, allowing administrators to monitor system activity at a glance.

Get Started with FLOW Today

The FLOW 2025.1.0 release redefines how media professionals manage assets—offering automation, improved navigation, and more control over media workflows. Whether you’re handling high-volume uploads, triggering automated tasks, or optimizing media organization, EditShare One Organize ensures your team works smarter, not harder.

Ready to transform your media workflows?

Boston, MA – 1st May 2025 —  EditShare®, a global leader in collaborative media workflow solutions, will unveil its latest advancements at CABSAT 2025, delivering a new standard for performance, scalability, and intelligence across creative production environments. Live demonstrations at Booth S1-D20 will spotlight the new Ultimate EFS Field,  a revolutionary, portable NVMe-based storage platform engineered to provide production-proven performance and simple multi-site collaboration from on-set to the studio.

Headlining the showcase is the Middle East debut of FLOW AI, powered by FLOW Ultimate GPU engines. Built as a multimodal intelligence engine, FLOW AI transforms media workflows with state-of-the-art capabilities including multi-language speech-to-text (STT) transcription, scene detection, facial recognition, logo detection, and advanced OCR (optical character recognition). By combining high-speed asset management with intelligent automation and accelerated smart tagging, FLOW AI arms creative teams to find, organize, and deliver content faster, smarter, and at a global scale,  obliterating old production bottlenecks and setting a new standard for speed, precision, and domination in modern media

For asset management, the new FLOW Core Unlimited licensing model removes seat restrictions, allowing media organizations to onboard users instantly and scale operations on demand. From boutique studios to global production houses, FLOW Core delivers true operational flexibility and scalability without limits

In addition to these headliners, EditShare will highlight:

“At CABSAT 2025, we’re bringing the full force of EditShare innovation,” said Tara Montford, Co-Founder and EVP of Sales at EditShare. “From blazing-fast performance to limitless scalability and smart automation, we’re empowering creative teams to tell bigger, bolder stories  faster and from anywhere.”

EditShare staff will be on hand at CABSAT to talk about all of the latest enhancements, find out more on stand S1-D20 at CABSAT, or click here to get in touch.

About EditShare

EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader empowering storytellers with collaborative media workflows designed for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its scalable storage and collaboration solutions support media businesses at every stage of video production, from storyboard to screen.

With an open architecture, EditShare fosters workflow collaboration, third-party integrations, and content sharing across the entire production chain. Its high-performance, high-availability design meets the rigorous demands of media storage, management, and delivery.  The comprehensive suite includes multi-tiered content storage for production and post-production, innovative asset and workflow management tools, specialized features for content review, secure preview of pre-release materials, and the creation of customized branded pitch reels, ensuring a seamless and secure media production process.

©2025 EditShare LLC. All rights reserved. EditShare® is a registered trademark of EditShare.

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Katharine Guy

katharine.guy@editshare.com

Brad Turner, CEO, EditShare

Big trade shows like NAB have a way of overwhelming the senses. Big booths, bold claims, bright lights, nonstop conversations. I usually come home with a hoarse voice and a need for a nap. 

This year is no different, but I’m also coming home with something else: a renewed sense of energy and conviction that we’re on the right path at EditShare.

It wasn’t just about what we showed at the booth. What struck me most was what I heard. Over and over, from both partners and customers, the feedback was simple and consistent:

 “You guys really listened.”

That feedback landed deeply with me. Because over the past year, we’ve made a deliberate shift here at EditShare. Not just in our product roadmap, but in how we gather and respond to input from the people who matter most. 

Here are a few examples of what that looks like in practice – and what stood out to me most from this year’s show.

FLOW AI: Built From Real Workflows – Not Buzzwords

AI dominated the show floor this year. Some of it was exciting. A lot of it was still pretty vague.

At EditShare, we’ve done our best to stay grounded and pragmatic. Our approach to FLOW AI starts by solving simple, painful problems like searching archives, tagging footage, finding things like logos and extracting metadata that makes your content easier to work with.

What we showed at NAB is just the beginning of our journey into AI. We decided to forgo flashy solutions with voice commands and lifelike avatars for ones that simply make real workflows better: a producer watching their media library come to life because it was finally searchable.

“This makes our archive worth something again,” a booth visitor told me. That made my day.

We’ve focused on speed too. FLOW AI can now process video at 10% of real time, as in, a one-hour file is analyzed in six minutes. That puts teams closer to playback, closer to publishing, and closer to the moment. And its being powered by fast GPU engines 

We’ve paired that speed with predictable pricing: a flat-rate annual license, so teams can budget without worrying about usage-based fees or confusing credit systems that are difficult to track.

AI is the hot topic, but most AI today doesn’t live up to the hype. Some tools miss faces, misidentify scenes, or fall apart without us pre-training on your content. That’s why we’re building FLOW AI to understand your media and the way your team talks about it, so it’s not just another feature, it’s a tool you can trust.

Automation: The Quiet Win That Saves Hours

AI may be the star right now in the world of video, but we believe automation is still the hidden hero.

We kept hearing from teams at NAB: there’s still too much time spent getting footage off drives, transcoded, and organized for editing. Hours each week (sometimes more) go into tasks like these  tasks that shouldn’t require near this much manual effort.

Even a few simple automations (a great ~5 minute demo of some of our most popular automations can be found here) can give you most or all of that time back. During busy delivery periods, we’ve seen teams reclaim entire days out of their week, simply by automating the manual stuff and getting to the actual editing much faster.

That’s why we’ve made automation in FLOW easier to trigger, easier to configure, and easier to try. Now a creative can simply right click and trigger an Automation workflow. 

MediaSilo: Simpler, Clearer, and Easier Than Ever To Get Started 

MediaSilo has always had a strong foundation. But we suspected the value was buried behind one-size-fits-most tiering and sub-optimal positioning that we just couldn’t find the time to revisit.

But before making any product changes, we went deep with our happiest customers—teams who use MediaSilo every day and couldn’t imagine switching. We asked them about three things:

What we heard was remarkably consistent:

Armed with that clarity, we kept investing. Not only in positioning, but also in the product itself. Here are a few recent updates:

More to come later this year. We’re making MediaSilo easier to adopt, easier to use, and better integrated into how post teams already work – without all the confusing gotcha pricing or “only with enterprise” feature-gating that other collaboration tools force you into. 

When Times Get Tough, Make the Value Obvious

Despite our optimism, the video industry is still under pressure. The Devoncroft team shared some data at NAB that suggested a 10 point margin decrease in the largest content creators over the past 10 years. That kind of pressure isn’t reserved for the big guys. And in that kind of environment, every purchase is scrutinized. It isn’t enough anymore to sell something valuable. That value has to be obvious. In an environment like this one, it has to be unmissable.

In the never-ending work of pulling ourselves out of technical specs and trying to make that value clearer, I’ve been thinking a lot about the contrast between two hypothetical production teams: One still stuck doing things the old way. And one actually taking advantage of everything we’ve built.

How differently would those teams operate? What would it feel like to be part of each?

Really different, it turns out. Here’s a simple example.

The Old WayNew Way with EditShare
1. Getting Organized Wait a day (or more) to download, organize, and prep files by handTrigger a FLOW automation to ingest, sort, QC, rename, and get files ready to edit automatically
2. Finding What You NeedManually label clips, dig through folders, or rely on memoryFLOW AI makes media searchable right away—no tagging, no guessing, and trained on what you care about
3. Working Remotely Ship drives overnight, sync footage manually, or bounce between tools to hack together a remote workflowGenerate proxies, collaborate in real time, and share in-progress work—all in one environment, from wherever you’re working 

This is what “doing more with less” actually looks like.

With less waste in the system, you can bid on more projects, deliver edits faster, and keep your team from burning out or worse, looking around.

In a tighter market, these aren’t nice-to-haves. They’re what let your team take on more work without working more hours.

Why do I bring this up? Because after a few laps around the show floor, you start to notice something: if you walk fast enough past all the booths and screens, a lot of what’s being exhibited starts to look the same. Slick, dark-mode-everywhere UI. Big claims. Buzzword bingo.

That’s why I’ve been laser-focused leading up to this week on making the value in what we do obvious. I don’t want the life-improving magic in our products to get lost in the noise.

And because based on what we heard from customers and partners at NAB people who’ve seen both the before and after I’m more confident than ever that we’re on the right track.

A Moment That Stuck With Me

A quick shoutout: In the days before the show kicked off, I watched Adam Lewiston, our Global Pre-Sales Technical Manager, lead our booth’s technology setup and our final demo prep. He didn’t just manage our pre-sales logistics – he ran a bootcamp. Our teams drilled, recorded and re-recorded their demos until they were tight and consistent. That kind of leadership made a real difference. I know our customers and prospects noticed. I sure did. Great job, Adam. 

Thanks for following along. Whether you’re recovering from NAB too, or just getting going with your own Q2, I hope you have a great week. 

Brad


Want to learn more about the latest innovations released at NAB 2025? 

Why We Transitioned from Desktop Client Applications to a Centralised Web-Based Platform, Called EditShare One

Lucy Seaborne


By Lucy Seaborne FLOW Product Manager 

As the product manager for EditShare FLOW, I’m passionate about building tools that make your work easier today and help you stay ready for tomorrow. That’s why we’ve moved from traditional desktop apps to a more flexible web-based platform, and why we created EditShare One. It brings everything together in one place, making FLOW easier to use, more accessible, and ready to grow with you so you can spend less time worrying about tech and more time creating great content.

One of the primary motivations for this shift was improving accessibility and remote collaboration. With client applications, users were required to install and maintain software on their local machines, which created barriers for remote teams and slowed down collaboration. Traditional desktop applications struggled with RAM, CPU limitations, and the sheer number of files in a project. As projects grew, managing large datasets on machines we didn’t control made it hard to ensure consistent performance. A browser-based platform removes these limitations, allowing users to access their workflows from any device, anywhere, without the need for installations. It now means everything is powered from the FLOW Node, an environment that we can control. 

FLOW AI Logging

Beyond accessibility, reducing IT overhead was another major factor. Client applications require frequent updates, manual deployment across different operating systems, and ongoing maintenance, which places a heavy burden on IT teams and on our development team. We are constantly testing against a new version of OS, an example is Apple’s latest OS revision which caught most by surprise. 

A web-based platform eliminates these dependencies, ensuring that users always have access to the latest version without requiring complex installations or system compatibility checks. This not only streamlines internal operations but also reduces downtime and technical support costs for our customers.

Scalability was a big factor for us. Our old system was modular, but it still needed a lot of backend setup and relied heavily on the client’s machine. By moving to a web-based platform, we can now focus on building the core parts of FLOW in a way that’s much easier to scale. At NAB 2025, we’ll be showing off some of those key building blocks starting with our enhanced Organise module.

FLOW Manage

From a user experience standpoint, consolidating FLOW functionality into a single web-based UI creates a more streamlined workflow. Users will have a designated log in screen that’s tailored exclusively for them. Previously, users had to navigate between multiple FLOW applications for logging, browsing, editorial, media management and QC. Now, with a browser-based platform, we can offer a centralized, intuitive interface with a single pane of glass that integrates all essential tools in one place. This improves workflow efficiency, eliminates the steep learning curve, for different UI’s for different processes and streamlines the entire user experience.

Finally, future-proofing FLOW was a major strategic consideration. Being able to bolt on emerging technologies such as Video and Audio AI was a key win for the ecosystem, making it easier to integrate these types of future innovations. 

Ultimately, this transition was driven by the need to create a more flexible, scalable, and user-friendly product that aligns with the evolving needs of the media industry. By shifting away from traditional client applications, we are enabling; better workflows, shorter learning curves, more powerful collaboration, lower operational overhead, and a future-ready technology stack that positions our users for long-term success. If you haven’t tried the new FLOW tools lately you should. 

Collaboration with EditShare, Octopus Newsroom and Imagine Communications delivers a modernized, scalable newsroom environment

Boston, MA, 14 March 2025 — EditShare, the technology leader that enables storytellers to create and manage collaborative workflows at every stage from storyboard to screen, today announced its role in revolutionizing Media Prima’s newsroom with an integrated workflow solution designed to enhance speed, efficiency, and scalability. 

Media Prima, Malaysia’s largest integrated media company, operates multiple television networks, digital platforms, and print publications, serving millions of viewers and readers daily.  This transformative project, delivered in collaboration with Octopus Newsroom and Imagine Communications, was spearheaded by systems integrator ACE Identity, resulting in a state-of-the-art newsroom workflow that supports the demands of modern news production.

At the core of the upgrade is EditShare’s EFS 450 High Availability storage system, providing scalable, high-performance shared storage that supports Media Prima’s demanding workflows. This is complemented by EditShare FLOW, a powerful asset management platform that organizes and facilitates content access across teams, acting as the backbone for collaboration and integration.

Imagine Communications ensures smooth and reliable playout, delivering high-quality content to audiences. Meanwhile, Octopus Newsroom enhances editorial planning and story management with an intuitive, journalist-centric approach. Together, these solutions empower Media Prima to deliver breaking news faster than ever, with streamlined workflows from content acquisition to final broadcast.

The new newsroom operates in full HD, supporting both file-based ingest from multiple camera vendors and baseband ingest for maximum content acquisition flexibility. Journalists can initiate story editing directly within the Octopus Newsroom interface using EditShare’s sequence-based editing tools, then finalize content in Adobe Premiere Pro through EditShare FLOW’s integrated Adobe panels. Files are then exported back to EditShare EFS, where Imagine Communications’ broadcast infrastructure takes control of newsroom rundowns for on-air delivery.

The newsroom transformation was spearheaded by ACE Identity, a trusted systems integrator specializing in broadcast solutions. Their expertise brought together the capabilities of EditShare, Imagine Communications, and Octopus Newsroom into a tailored solution that meets Media Prima’s requirements for speed, efficiency, and scalability.

“This project is a perfect example of EditShare’s open approach to media workflows,” said Tara Montford, Co-Founder and EVP Sales at EditShare. “We are proud to work alongside best-of-breed technology providers such as Octopus Newsroom and Imagine Communications to deliver a solution that meets the unique needs of Media Prima. By collaborating openly with industry leaders, we ensure our customers benefit from the most flexible, efficient, and scalable workflows possible.”.

For more information on EditShare solutions, please click here to get in touch.

About EditShare

EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening. 

The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content. 

©2025 EditShare LLC. All rights reserved. EditShare® is a registered trademark of EditShare.

Press Contact
Katharine Guy
katharine.guy@editshare.com

From ultra-fast storage to AI-powered media management, EditShare’s latest advancements set new standards for workflow efficiency

Boston, March 11, 2025EditShare, the leading name in collaborative media workflows, is set to make waves at NAB 2025 (booth SL4216, Las Vegas Convention Center, 6 – 9 April) with exciting new innovations that will redefine media storage, workflow efficiency, and AI-driven content management.

Following on from the Ultimate series well-received debut at IBC 2024, EditShare’s latest advancements will now make their U.S. premiere in Las Vegas. Attendees can expect a firsthand look at the next generation of media storage solutions, offering remarkable speed and scalability to support a variety of production environments. Whether it’s boutique post-production studios or major broadcast networks, EditShare’s latest solutions are designed to empower creative teams with unparalleled performance and workflow efficiency, backed by powerful security features.

Beyond storage, EditShare is rolling out significant upgrades to its intelligent media management tools. These enhancements will streamline how media professionals handle, process, and locate their assets making workflows faster, smarter, and more intuitive.

Clients will see noticeable gains in speed and performance across the entire product line, alongside major OS upgrades that improve reliability and ease of use. And with new, competitive pricing, EditShare is making high-end media solutions more accessible than ever before.

One of the must-see demonstrations at NAB 2025 will showcase the direct integration of EditShare’s high-performance NVMe storage with cutting-edge film scanning technology from Lasergraphics. This live presentation will highlight the system’s ability to handle high-resolution media, reinforcing EditShare’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

“Our goal has always been to give media professionals the tools they need to create, collaborate, and deliver with ease,” said Brad Turner, Chief Executive Officer of EditShare. “The advancements we’re bringing to NAB 2025 demonstrate our dedication to helping our customers stay ahead of the curve. With faster speeds, smarter workflows, and better value, we’re changing the game.”

Visitors to NAB 2025 are encouraged to stop by EditShare’s booth for live demonstrations and an exclusive look at the future of media workflows.

For more information on EditShare solutions, please click here to get in touch. Or book a meeting with us at the show here.

About EditShare

EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader empowering storytellers with collaborative media workflows designed for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its scalable storage and collaboration solutions support media businesses at every stage of video production, from storyboard to screen.

With an open architecture, EditShare fosters workflow collaboration, third-party integrations, and content sharing across the entire production chain. Its high-performance, high-availability design meets the rigorous demands of media storage, management, and delivery.  The comprehensive suite includes multi-tiered content storage for production and post-production, innovative asset and workflow management tools, and specialized features for content review, secure preview of pre-release materials, and the creation of customized branded pitch reels, ensuring a seamless and secure media production process.

©2025 EditShare LLC. All rights reserved. EditShare® is a registered trademark of EditShare.

Press Contact
Katharine Guy
katharine.guy@editshare.com

System designed and installed by EditShare’s Partner Jigsaw24 Media

Overview

Intermission Film is an award-winning marketing agency for film and television, handling trailers, titles, social content and print work for hits like Baby Reindeer, Black Doves, Skeleton Crew and recent Oscar nominees A Real Pain and Maria. With offices on three continents all working together to deliver Clio and Golder Trailer Award-winning content for clients who don’t like to be kept waiting, a joined-up storage workflow is key to their success. 

“When I joined Intermission, each of the global offices was busy, but they were very siloed,” explains Ben Cryer, Intermission’s Group Operations Director. “But as we started getting more work from bigger studios, we had to become much more 24/7 in our approach. When you’re working with a studio in LA and they’re on deadline, they don’t care about time zones, so we needed a system that would allow the team in Australia to jump on to a project when the team in London finished for the day. That meant we needed much better collaboration and connectivity. At the same time, our existing Avid NEXIS storage needed replacing with something newer and bigger.”

The team considered a straightforward Avid expansion, but having added Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve seats to their editorial workflow they wanted something which, as Group Post-Production Engineer Kat Earles puts it, “would work with the way our company was growing, and make sure that no matter the software people were using, they could access secure storage at a larger scale.”

A switched-on storage partner

Enter Jigsaw24 Media. Having worked with Kat on previous projects at other facilities, they were brought on board to advise on a storage setup that could handle Intermission’s fast pace of growth and demand for a globally joined-up workforce. Their recommendation? EditShare’s EFS storage with built in FLOW workflow management tools.

“Talking to Jigsaw24 Media and EditShare, it was very clear that EFS storage was a constantly evolving piece of kit from a company who were very switched on the more global, multi-site sort of solution that companies like us need, and who were bringing new ideas and new ways of working to the table,” Ben explains.

“The additional features of FLOW were really interesting to us because they meant we could work more closely with our wider post-production team,” Kat adds. Things like the review and approval features built into EditShare ONE mean that the storage isn’t a standalone thing, it integrates with other processes and allows us to cut costs by reducing the number of additional platforms we have to use.”

Ben Cryer – Operations Director, Intermission’s Group

Connecting global offices

Working with the Jigsaw24 Media team, Intermission began their transition to EditShare by setting up two EFS servers in their London office: one to act as a hub for video workflows, the other to handle print work and project documentation that needed to be accessed by all team members globally. 

This streamlined approach to media management was particularly important to Intermission, who are operating a rapidly-expanding global business with a very small ops team who have to handle everything from innovation to support for multiple territories. 

To help keep their IT estate to a manageable size and complexity, Jigsaw24 adited Intermission’s systems and recommended a series of simplifications, including consolidating all their remote access workflows into the user-friendly platform Parsec, automating archiving processes through Archiware and bringing their Mac estate under centralised control with Jamf device management. In order to keep things low-touch for Intermission’s busy team, their team handle licence management for these services, plus the company’s Avid estate. 

Once the new workflow was established in London, an engineer was sent to Amsterdam to install and test EditShare at their offices there. “Having a partner like Jigsaw24 Media takes a big weight off my shoulders for projects like the Amsterdam deployment, because they’re able to give us that support on an international basis,” says Kat. “I’d actually just had surgery right before the install, so it was great knowing there was someone on the ground to handle things and I didn’t have to worry about it.”

“Knowing we’ve got someone at the end of the phone who can help us if the wheels come off is important,” agrees Ben. “Particularly the fact that it’s someone who has been involved since the beginning, knows our setup and knows what we’re trying to achieve. If I call Jigsaw24 Media, there’s no-one asking ‘okay, how is that configured?’ they already know. And that makes the whole problem-solving piece that much easier.”

Ben Cryer, Group Operations Director, Intermission

“We can look to the future”

“Our ultimate goal is to have EditShare in every office globally and an independent FLOW server in London that everyone will access via a DMZ [de-militarised zone],” says Kat. “Obviously that’s a big outlay so we’re not moving every office at once, but there’s been a lot of positive momentum and people want to change,” says Kat. 

“We’re growing quickly, and because of how responsive EditShare and Jigsaw24 Media are, we’re able to set things up and change things as we go, which we wouldn’t have been able to do with our previous infrastructure, and they’re constantly releasing new types of storage and software features that give us more options,” says Kat. “We can look to the future and trust that we have storage that will work with us.” 

For more information on EditShare solutions, please click here to get in touch.

About EditShare

EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening. 

The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content. 

About Jigsaw24 Media

Jigsaw24 Media is a specialist division of Jigsaw24 and provides services and technology solutions to the media and entertainment, education and corporate sectors.   It’s the only UK-based company of its kind that has in-house system integration capabilities. Jigsaw24 Media’s team of industry-recognised experts design, deliver, integrate and support end-to-end solutions for some of the nation’s biggest broadcasters and facilities, underpinned by partnerships with over 30 leading technology vendors including Avid, Adobe, AWS, Nutanix and EditShare.  With headquarters in Nottingham, an office and demo space at the heart of London’s post-production community, and a nationwide support team, Jigsaw24 Media provides local services on a national scale.  For more information visit https://media.jigsaw24.com/

©2024 EditShare LLC. All rights reserved. EditShare® is a registered trademark of EditShare.

Press Contact
Katharine Guy
katharine.guy@editshare.com

One thing I see a lot in my line of work is a lot of talented, creative, and passionate people being forced to do really menial tasks in order to start the edit or start the production. Right? A lot of MAM companies will promise you the world when it comes to automating away these menial tasks, but usually there’s a pretty hefty price tag and a lengthy professional services process to get through. One of EditShare’s most exciting products actually remedies that.

Let me show you three things you can automate today using FLOW Automation

QC Quarantine Automation

This first one I like to call the QC quarantine. This automation allows you to set up a watch folder for an ingest path. Anything that hits that watch folder immediately gets sent over to a QC server, something like Baton or QScan.

If it passes, we copy it into the proper media folder, and then we set the metadata to show that it passed at a certain date and time. If it fails, we move it into a quarantine media space that’s only accessible by one user, in this case, patient zero.

We send a notification email to patient zero saying there are clips waiting for you in the quarantine folder. Patient zero can now manually look over these clips that failed QC and determine what to do next. 

This cuts down significantly on the per asset QC time because rather than you having to manually upload them or upload them to the QC server, they already live on the EditShare and proxies are being generated in the background during this QC process. Plus, there’s no way for editors to accidentally use assets that failed the QC check.

Mezzanine Automation

The next automation is a mezzanine automation. Oftentimes, you’re gonna be working with footage from multiple different cameras as well as graphics packages. All of these are gonna be different codecs at varying bit rates, and it’s gonna make it really difficult for you as an admin or a media manager to predict how the system is going to handle X number of editors on the system. This works by immediately taking any assets that are dropped into the ingest folder and transcoding them into a house mezzanine codec.

This is usually a codec that is in line with your absolute highest res spec for output. Once that transcode is done, it takes the original footage and moves it up to a cloud archive so that you always have access to it. And it also preserves the original file path in case you’re using something like a Sony camera with a really important file path structure. The new transcoded footage goes to the media folder that the editors will access for their actual projects.

And if this transcode fails because of some exotic codec, it actually sends an email to IT or the admin of the EditShare server to take a look at it and see what went wrong.

Metadata Trigger Automation

This last one is great if you need to organize a package of assets to send off to a remote contractor somewhere to download and edit. It starts with a metadata trigger, so we can take all of the assets we wanna send and say push to MediaSilo. Once that’s triggered, it transcodes to an .mp4 that’s a little lighter weight and easier to transfer. Then it runs a metadata check to see if that asset is confidential or not.

If it is confidential, then it sends a notification email to your security team saying that someone tried to upload confidential assets. It also notifies the original uploader, although this is optional. If it’s a green light and there are no confidential assets, we push it up to MediaSilo, and then we update the metadata on the clip in FLOW to say this was uploaded to MediaSilo on this date and time. 

As you can see, these three automations alone could save dozens of working hours on your team every week, and you can make and adjust these at your leisure rather than having to call someone like me.

Additional capacity for long-time user

Boston, MA, 2 December 2024 — EditShare, the technology leader that enables storytellers to create and manage collaborative workflows at every stage from storyboard to screen, has expanded Inflight Dublin’s storage capacity by adding further high-powered EFS nodes. The new appliances, supplied through EditShare’s channel partner Tyrell, provide an additional half petabyte of capacity to the company’s infrastructure. 

Inflight Dublin has been a market leader in providing content for Inflight Entertainment (IFE) for 40 years. Many airlines worldwide now rely on it for packages of movies, television shows and games tailored to the needs of their passengers. EditShare has provided its content library and management facilities since 2011.

Pat Nolan, Director of IT and
Information Security, Inflight Dublin

“We curate and package everything that is needed for IFE: video, audio, subtitles and metadata,” said Pat Nolan, Director of IT and Information Security for Inflight Dublin. “We need agility to combine content with the right audio and subtitle languages, in the right formats for the IFE equipment on the client’s planes, quickly, accurately and securely.”

Inflight utilizes a tiered content storage strategy to optimize its production and archiving processes. This strategy includes EFS production storage, EFS nearline storage, and long-term archival solutions.

EFS production nodes deliver high-performance storage for fast content creation, EFS nearline storage, serves as an intermediate parking storage solution. Upon project completion and delivery, all content is securely archived using EditShare ARK.

Content flows and access are managed through EditShare FLOW software, which also provides the integration point for Inflight Dublin’s in-house developed software tools for automatically creating deliverables. Embedded in FLOW is EditShare Guardian, for comprehensive analytics and audit trailing, and combined with EditShare’s inherent security, provides assurance to the very high standards demanded by the company’s suppliers, which include major movie and television studios.

“As Infight’s long-term partner, we understand the critical role workflow and security plays in its business and the demanding needs of the airlines it serves,” said Stephen Murnane, Account Manager, Tyrell. “By providing additional EditShare EFS storage, Inflight Dublin can ensure a seamless IFE experience for passengers worldwide.”

“Content is a fundamental part of Inflight Dublin’s operations,” said Tara Montford, Co-Founder and EVP Sales at EditShare. “Its suppliers need to be certain that their intellectual property is protected; its customers need to know that the passengers on their planes will be delighted by the IFE experience, not disappointed or frustrated.”

“EditShare is the core of the operation,” he continued. “It is much more than very reliable storage: the FLOW software provides the functionality Inflight Dublin needs, the interconnectivity for its workflow, and provides the security and traceability to completely protect the media.”

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About EditShare

EditShare is an Emmy Award-winning technology leader, supporting storytellers through collaborative media workflows across on-premise, cloud and hybrid architectures. It offers scalable storage and collaboration for media businesses and at every stage of the video production process from storyboarding to screening. 

The software is inherently open, encouraging workflow collaboration, third-party integrations and content sharing across the entire production chain. Where required, the software is backed by high performance, high availability designed specifically for the demands of media storage, management and delivery. The comprehensive offering covers multi-level content storage for production and post, along with innovative asset and workflow management software, plus specialized and highly valued tools for content review and distribution, the creation of customized and branded pitch reels, and secure preview of high-value pre-release content. 

About Tyrell

For 24 years Tyrell has been providing video, audio, graphics and storage solutions to the Irish and UK broadcast, post, production, corporate and education markets. In this time, we have become the leading provider of technology and service solutions both on-premise and in the cloud. Tyrell has an excellent understanding of the fast pace and unique pressures facing the media and entertainment industry; developing solutions for complex workflows. Allowing our clients to concentrate on the creative process and business development. From our two locations we offer a comprehensive range of professional services from consultancy to system design and integration, technical support and maintenance.

www.tyrellcct.com

About Inflight Dublin

Inflight Dublin is a leading provider of Inflight Entertainment and connectivity solutions. With a focus on innovation and quality, we offer a wide range of services including content provision, wireless streaming, and more. Our solutions are designed to enhance the passenger experience, providing airlines with the tools to deliver exceptional Inflight Entertainment.

For more information on Inflight Dublin please visit www.inflightdublin.com 

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