Deluxe Chooses Signiant To Help Bring Hollywood Motion Pictures From Script To Screen

Signiant, a leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions for the telco, media and entertainment industries, has announced that Deluxe has chosen its Digital Media Distribution Management Solution (DMDMS) to automate, accelerate and secure the distribution of post-production materials for motion pictures from major Hollywood studios and broadcast companies.
Post-production and distribution of films has become more complex, especially as releasing films simultaneously around the world has become more popular.
Less than a decade ago, dubbing films into different languages for international release was a tape-based process that took months.
However, as the demands of day and date release schedules changed, the industry was forced to adapt. A film's domestic version can change throughout the post-production process, typically very close to its release date, leaving very little time to make the necessary changes on the international versions.
The digital file-based technology from Signiant will allow Deluxe to implement a highly automated and secure global transmission process over existing internet connections. Deluxe serves many clients and transmits numerous films around the world.
Ron Horwitz, Vice President and General Manager at Deluxe Digital Studios. said: "We found that Signiant gives us the automation and security we need. We're genuinely excited about what Signiant has to offer."
Tom Ohanian, Chief Strategy Officer at Signiant, said: "The media and entertainment business is changing dramatically, right before our eyes and Signiant is proud to be in the middle of the revolution.
"Major studios have used our technology to move footage from filming locations around the world, back to the editing studio and we're happy to provide the capability to complete the lifecycle by enabling Deluxe to deliver these films to the theatres for viewers' enjoyment domestically and abroad."
Deluxe plans to fully implement the Signiant solution by the fourth quarter of 2008.
Further information is available at: www.signiant.com.
(KMcA/JM)