Silver Trak Digital launches Media Sphere – Oz’s first single point digital workflow solution for broadcast, production and post production

In the most significant development of recent times for one of Australia’s largest digitisation, duplication and authoring companies, Silver Trak Digital today announced it has launched its long-awaited Media Sphere end-to-end digital workflow solution. Media Sphere is the first single point solution in Australia to truly encompass all aspects of digitising, transcoding, technical assessment QC and digital distribution workflows.

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Says Christian Christiansen (pictured), Silver Trak Digital MD: “Media Sphere brings together all of Silver Trak Digital’s technologies and workflows in one simple, cloud-based solution. Media Sphere provides the complete solution for anyone handling assets in the broadcast, production or post production industries and critically takes care of every service required from ingest to final delivery including the ongoing storage of assets. While assets are stored on our secure server they can be accessed remotely from anywhere in the world and able to be put through to any number of processes including editing, restoration, colour correction, eCinema, iTunes, QC, authoring and duplication at any time. It’s that simple.”

Media Sphere was developed to serve organisations such as TV stations, TV networks, production houses, post production facilities and movie distributors that traditionally use many different service providers to get their assets ready for final delivery and broadcast.

Says Rod Capon, Silver Trak digital technical manager: “Media Sphere is a single point resource which means you don’t have to go to multiple suppliers or service providers any more. Media Sphere is also connected through high-speed fibre to enable the movement of data faster than ever before. The servers we use are safe, secure and have a high level of redundancy so there’s no need to store assets anywhere else. In fact we actively encourage our clients to let us store their assets and access them whenever they require. In short, Media Sphere is the only expert resource that any company needs when preparing its media assets for distribution and broadcast.”

Media Sphere is a system and format agnostic solution enabling it to work and be integrated easily within any customer’s existing workflow.

Says Christiansen: “Media Sphere is a proven system that works within any client ecosystem and workflow. The value add for customers is huge as they realise they can simply hand over their assets in any format and get them back in exactly whatever format they require properly QCd, delivered and then stored securely.”

Media Sphere has been sometime in its development and was born out of Silver Trak Digital’s desire to be a full media partner and media manager for its clients rather than just a traditional service provider. The company has invested heavily in the latest equipment and infrastructure recently adding key industry specialists to their team and products that include Snell’s Emmy award-winning Alchemist Ph.C-HD converter and FileFlow  system to their ever-growing arsenal of solutions.

Says Christiansen: “Media Sphere represents a new way of working with assets where truly being able to offer a complete array of services to clients is the key. In short Media Sphere works for all sources, formats and delivery options so there’s no reason a client needs to go to multiple suppliers again. If you have a requirement involving digitising, transcoding, technical assessment QC and/or digital distribution of assets, Media Sphere will work for you and add value to your organisation.”