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Introduction

With analog media rapidly getting obsolete, content enterprises need to future-proof their audio and video assets to unlock new revenue opportunities. Whether you need to digitize large volumes of legacy content, re-purpose your content for high resolution viewing or store your assets securely in the Cloud, we are here to help. Our extensive experience, world class infrastructure, fast turnaround time and ability to handle scale make us a preferred Archive partner for some of the world’s largest Media & Entertainment (M&E) enterprises.

Digitization

PFT provides high quality Digitization services for the conversion of analog content (film, video and audio) into digital form. We undertake digitization for all formats, and transcode digitized content into suitable formats for delivery. Our stringent Quality Checks (QC) through the content lifecycle include both manual and Auto QC.

  • Team well versed with industry standard formats, broadcast guidelines and bulk digitization
  • Ability to digitize up to 200 hours per day across multiple formats
  • Ability to handle legacy formats including U-matic, DVCAM, Betacam, Digibeta, D5, HDCAM SR, VHS, SVHS and VHS-C
  • Specialized in scanning 35mm & 16mm film reels and transcoding the digitized content into suitable format(s)
  • Highest possible quality of encoding
  • Supporting services for cataloging, audio and video correction, restoration, archiving, packaging and more
  • SLA-driven deliveries
  • Options for executing work from within client premises
  • Best-in-class infrastructure:
    • Digital Rapids and iCR encoders
    • Dolby® certified QC rooms
    • RTI cleaning machines
    • Lasergraphics’ ScanStation
    • Superior software for Auto QC – Baton & Cerify
    • Superior storage systems – EMC Isilon

4K Remastering

PFT offers high quality services for Image Restoration & Upconversion, enabling you to re-purpose legacy content for high resolution viewing across all platforms — VoD, OTT and linear television up to 4K-UHD. Leveraging Academy® Award winning Lowry Digital technology, we help retain the aesthetics of your original print, while enhancing the quality of the picture and sound tremendously.

  • Restoration:
    • Digital repair of damaged films
    • Comprehensive range of image processing software, including Lowry Digital - one of the world’s finest tools for Remastering, Upconversion and Restoration
    • Painting of missing information and reconstruction of images
    • Frame by frame manual repair and painting by experts
    • Frame by frame QC by highly skilled professionals
  • HDR Color Grading:
    • Enables films to be displayed with increased color volume, brightness and contrast
    • Globally distributed team, working in sync to provide exceptional quality at reasonable cost
    • Professional colorists using DaVinci Resolve in Dolby certified workflows, equipment and studios
  • Image Enhancement:
    • Lowry Digital is the only technology that offers complete control of grain down to the individual pixel level
    • Removes extremely minute defects
    • Improves negative and subsequent copies
    • Highest quality output assured
  • Upconversion:
    • SD to HD, HD to UHD, 2K to 4K
    • De-interlacing of content
    • Use of high end software & hardware, including Lowry Digital, Vision Phoenix, Alchemist and Tachyon
  • Deliverables Creation:
    • Content transcoding, re-purposing, logo addition, watermarking, DVD/Blu-ray authoring etc.
    • Frame rate conversion (NTSC to PAL, PAL to NTSC, 24fps to 25fps)
    • Creation of Digital Cinema Package (DCP)
    • Writing of digital files on to video tapes and film negative/positive

Audio Services

The demand for high quality online audio catalogues and music streaming is currently witnessing robust growth. Audio from legacy media like records, spools and cassettes needs to be digitally processed for preservation as well as monetization purposes. PFT’s comprehensive range of Audio Services enables content owners to deliver cutting edge multi-channel audio playback experiences, while ensuring adherence to international audio standards.

  • Audio Digitization:
    • Source agnostic digitization for all formats
    • Capture of audio using Digital Audio Workstations (DAW)
    • Use of Pro quality players
    • Transcoding of digitized content into suitable format for delivery
  • Audio Restoration:
    • Acoustically treated suites with active monitoring Genelec equipment
    • Automated restoration using CEDAR CambridgeTM Audio Restoration System
    • Manual restoration using Pro Tools HD and Nuendo
  • Audio Enhancement & Level Correction:
    • Audio leveling and tone correction
    • Amplification of low audio levels
  • Synchronization & Frame Rate Conversion
    • Processing of audio to match changes in video speed during re-purposing
    • Matching audio to video by changing frame rate etc.
  • Upconversion
    • Mono to Stereo and Mono/Stereo to 5.1 Surround
    • Conversion of Mono/Stereo audio to pseudo 5.1 surround for HD telecast or theatrical re-release

Content Migration

With new content being generated every day, Media & Entertainment (M&E) enterprises need to future proof their assets in a fully secure archive. But with content scattered across various types and versions of storage, archiving often involves many complexities. PFT helps content owners migrate their content to a standardized format, and archive assets in a fully secure, risk-free and easy-to-access storage solution on the Cloud, during production and/or post production.

Tape to Tape Migration
Content is transferred from one tape format to another (Such as LTO 5 to LTO 7)

Archival Services
Content is migrated from client tapes and archived at PFT, with a host of different storage options:

  • One + One archive storage
    • One copy in a secure enterprise LTO vault solution, which is always online and available in real-time
    • A second LTO copy in an earthquake and fire proof Disaster Recovery (DR) location such as Iron Mountain
  • One + One + One archive storage
    • Two concurrent copies saved in two different LTO tape libraries which use hardware from different vendors to ensure extra security
    • A third copy is stored in a DR location
  • An additional copy can also be stored in an online disk-based storage system, ensuring quickest possible retrieval time
    • State of the art infrastructure and a wide range of supporting services (for restoration, metadata creation, packaging etc.)
    • Quick, easy access to archived content via PFT’s flagship product CLEAR® Media ERP

Resources

  • Content Migration Services Factsheet

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