Audio specialists Pip Studios is employing Dot Group’s DataSprint high-speed file transport service to receive material from Hollywood and other major production centres, and deliver its completed work anywhere in the world.
Based in Wokingham, Pip Studios is the UK’s first purpose-built immersive audio post facility. It includes six Dolby Atmos and IMAX stages, as well as edit and recording suites.
It provides localisation services including dialogue replacement and voiceovers, as well as new mixes and final quality control. The company can create as many as 30 new language versions which Pip then forwards to global mastering houses for DCP Creation.
The company required a data transfer service that would provide high throughput while maintaining quality and security.
DataSprint, based on IBM Aspera, was developed by Dot to offer all the functionality packaged into an easy-to-use system.
“We built our facilities to the highest specifications, using the best industry suppliers,” said Mark Sheffield, co-founder and managing director of Pip Studios.
“Dot Group fits into that ethos: they understood our requirements and supported us to quickly set up our workflows. They provided a system that provides 500 Mb/s throughput which enables us to balance our high throughput loads with the inevitable last-minute deadlines. And most important, it does it at a cost-effective and predictable price.”
Simon Parkinson, managing director of Dot Group, added “The nature of the work at Pip is that they are handling massive files, in and out, and they are always under time pressure. We designed DataSprint to build on Aspera, the gold standard in data transport, but in a form which is easy for users to adopt, both technically and commercially. Business leaders like Mark Sheffield can appreciate the obvious benefits of unlimited data transfers with no additional charges ever, high levels of data security at every stage, and interfaces which are immediately simple to integrate into the workflow.”
