South Africa’s MediaCloud chooses VSNEXPLORER and VSN’s UMP acceleration protocol for its content distribution

The cloud services provider has chosen VSN’s MAM, VSNEXPLORER, and its UMP acceleration protocol for the distribution and archive of long form and promo materials from content creators and distributors in South Africa.

MediaCloud chooses VSN
MediaCloud´s offices in South Africa

MediaCloud Networks offers its customers a number of services including streaming and delivery services in South Africa via fiber cable and microwave links, having redundant connectivity with the four biggest broadcasters in South Africa as well as with Cape Town Film Studios and the countries leading post production houses and production companies. It uses VSNEXPLORER and its acceleration protocol UMP is used to distribute long form and promo content into broadcasters, manage the media on the mam and archive each asset.

Marc Eckstein MD for MediaCloud Networks says “It is early days still for us with VSN but we are very excited with the progress we have seen so far. The MAM has proved an invaluable addition to our infrastructure and we will be moving forward with our plans to further the implementation of VSN services and products for our customers in the coming months”. Both long form and promo content from a number of suppliers is now being delivered to Multichoice’s DSTV distribution platform. The Big Brother Africa content produced at Red Pepper by Endemol is a good example of how Producers and Broadcasters may collaborate with more efficient workflows over the cloud thanks to VSN technology.

Regarding the current tests being done with Multichoice Eckstein continued. “We have been delivering promo, lineups and channel content for DSTV and MNet from Clearwater and Studio Zoo over the last few months. Sure, there were some challenges we needed to get past but the system is now delivering around 2000 video assets per month. We have also recently started with long form asset deliveries for RedPepper and HomeBrew films in Cape Town. Thanks to VSN we expect that the uptake from our customer base is now set to grow exponentially over the short to medium term.”

VSN’s MAM (and BPM modules) have advanced functionality that allow for the safe movement of content in a cloud environment. It also integrates VSN’s transfer acceleration protocol, UMP, which makes reaching rates of up to 96% of the link speed possible, 20 times faster than FTP, even in networks with high latency and packet loss. In addition to this, it adds guarantees file integrity and adds advanced encryption (AES-256), providing total security during transfer.

“MediaCloud Networks is a revolutionary company in South Africa’s M&E market and their trust in us is significantly important for our growth strategy. The synergies between MediaCloud and VSN are leveraging the content exchange between producers, content aggregators, broadcasters and distribution platforms by providing added value services as automated QC and reducing time and costs associated to traditional delivery. At VSN we are very excited with the partnership with MediaCloud and look forward to starting global operations after the success in South Africa”, declared Mariano Monteverde, VSN’s International Sales Manager in charge of this project.

The South African company is currently providing connectivity and services to its customers for a number of big film and television productions in Cape Town with its partners Searle Street Post Production, Refinery and the Worx.

MediaCloud Networks is a niche market internet, telecommunication and cloud services provider that was established to meet the demanding needs of the Film, Television & Media industries, with experts who have worked cross functionally within the Film, Television, Media and telecommunication industries at all levels. Based in Johannesburg and Cape Town MediaCloud Networks has placed its trust in VSN’s solutions which is an important step towards the consolidation of the Spanish company in South Africa.

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