Universal Pictures and Sohonet, the first and
largest high bandwidth connector for the global entertainment industry,
announced today that the film studio has tapped Sohonet's global network for
collaboration on its international marketing, production and distribution
needs.
The Creative Operations department at Universal will be utilizing the
network moving forward in areas such as: film production, pushing feature
films to vendors, trailer finishing, visual FX, international language
versions, television commercial work, and trailer distribution.
"Joining Sohonet enables Universal Pictures to streamline our workflow
across virtually all of our marketing and production areas," said Dan Wolfe,
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Creative Services with Universal
Pictures. "Being a global company, Universal needs to be able to quickly
distribute product to all of its vendors, partners and production staff, and
Sohonet makes that an easy and efficient process. Sohonet allows us to
leverage our Los Angeles based resources internationally, handling
time-consuming project work locally instead of burdening our colleagues
abroad."
"Universal Pictures' use of our system is an excellent example of how many
different applications an international company has for the Sohonet
network," said Dave Scammell, President and CEO of Sohonet. "We are proud
to welcome Universal to the Sohonet community and look forward to working
with the studio as it expands its digital capabilities even further."
SmartJog and Sohonet Team-Up To Create State Of The Art Network Solutions
for the Entertainment Industry
Sohonet and SmartJog, two of the most
established and trusted companies in the fast-growing world of digital
distribution for the entertainment industry, have entered into a strategic
commercial relationship. The newly formed partnership brings the services
and expertise of both companies together to create the largest international
network in the media and entertainment industry, with more than 600
locations serviced in 65 countries worldwide.
The relationship will enable existing and future SmartJog clients to benefit
from Sohonet's high bandwidth network and solutions, while existing and
future Sohonet clients will have access to SmartJog's global footprint and
end to end applications.
"This partnership provides added value for both companies which means added
benefit for our clients," said Dave Scammell, President & CEO of Sohonet.
"With Sohonet powering clients on the SmartJog system, these connected
clients not only will have a broadened distribution footprint, but greater
collaborative possibilities as well."
"Sohonet's service offering and expertise, combined with SmartJog's existing
footprint and innovative application offers unparalleled security,
reliability, and ease of use and puts us in a position to offer clients
additional speed in a fully controlled environment." said Julien Seligmann,
CEO of SmartJog. "This relationship allows us to build on our hugely
successful co-operation in the UK market over the last few years and adds
further value to clients of both companies worldwide."
Additionally, the relationship substantially broadens the global community
served by both companies, bringing Sohonet a stronger presence in
Continental Europe and North America, and SmartJog an increased presence in
the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
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