Introduction
Pinewood Studios has been meeting the needs of the international production community for more than 80 years. Synonymous with some of the big and small screen’s most enduring productions from James Bond, Star Wars and the Marvel Universe, to a host of award-winning indie productions. With outfits across the globe, the UK facility alone is home the legendary 007 Stage, a further 23 stages, 3 TV studios, the unique permanently-filled Underwater Stage, one of Europe’s largest exterior tank, acres of backlot and thousands of square feet of production office and workshop space.
Products
Sohonet Media Network, Production Studio Services
Overview
Utilising Sohonet services to remain at the forefront of digital asset management, storage and delivery for the film and TV community.
“Our long-term partnership with Sohonet ensures that we remain at the forefront of digital asset management, storage, and delivery for the film and TV community. We recognise Sohonet’s ability to accommodate the increasing demands of the media industry across the UK and worldwide which allows us to meet the production needs of our customers.”
Darren Woolfson, Group Director of Technology
- 49 Global Production Studio Partners
- We touch 700+ feature & episodic productions annually
Challenge
As Pinewood expanded its services both domestically and internationally, they required world-class connectivity, production-grade WiFi and security services to support not only their internal team but the studio tenants and productions coming in and out of the studios. Since production and tenant contracts vary from short to long term, all services needed to be able to support these varying lengths of stay — from 1 day to 12 months setups. Moreover, they required 24/7 technical support to ensure that all productions would be offered the highest quality support from start to finish.
Solution
Sohonet provides Pinewood and its customers access to an exciting range of services from networking, wireless and security through to file transfer and real-time remote collaboration tools. Since Sohonet’s private media network helps connect over 500 media and entertainment companies across the globe — from the leading studios, post-production and VFX facilities to distribution studios and creative production agencies — all Pinewood Studios tenants and productions can seamlessly and securely connect with their global partners from the studios. The flexible service/ pricing models that Sohonet provides also meet the unique demands of productions, enabling them get up and running instantly, sign contracts from one day to one year and scale bandwidth and services as their productions grow and shrink. With onsite Studio Coordinators at hand to meet with Productions, they are provided with expert guidance on the services they are likely to require at various stages of production, based on size and need. Plus, the 24/7 onsite support means that they are technically supported throughout the production.
Result
As Pinewood’s Director of Technology, Darren Woolfson said, “Our long-term partnership with Sohonet ensures that we remain at the forefront of digital asset management, storage and delivery for the film and TV community. We recognise Sohonet’s ability to accommodate the increasing demands of the media industry across the UK and worldwide which allows us to meet the production needs of our customers.”
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