Solutions for Film & Media

1. The Challenge: The Resolution Race & Data Tsunami

As cameras shift to 8K/12K and High Frame Rate (HFR) becomes standard, asset volume for a single project has jumped from TBs to PBs. Traditional FTP servers or legacy UDP solutions are often too complex to deploy or too expensive for modern agile production workflows.

Media teams are facing severe bottlenecks:

• Remote Location Struggles: DITs on set with poor signal often need to upload OCN (Original Camera Negative) overnight. Traditional TCP protocols suffer extreme packet loss in weak network environments, causing transfers to stall.
• The High Cost of "Sneakernet": To meet post-production schedules, producers often resort to shipping hard drives via air freight. This risks physical damage and fails to meet the immediacy required for global collaboration.
• Complex Collaboration Networks: A single film involves dozens of vendors for editing, color, VFX, and sound. Creating FTP accounts and configuring firewalls for every partner is an IT nightmare.

2. Speed: A Broadcast-Grade Engine Built on HTTP/3

FileBolt is engineered for high-throughput media workflows. Utilizing the UDP-based HTTP/3 (QUIC) protocol, we solve TCP congestion control issues in long-distance transfers, saturating bandwidth even across transoceanic links:

• Speed Without Borders: Whether your colorist is in Los Angeles or your VFX team is in Bangalore, our global edge acceleration network routes assets to the nearest backbone entry point, ensuring near-zero latency.
• Massive Image Sequence Optimization: For EXR/DPX image sequences common in VFX, FileBolt's concurrent sharding technology treats thousands of small files as a single data stream, boosting speeds by over 30x.
• Native Folder Structures: No need to waste time zipping. Drag and drop entire project directories (including complex bin structures). Recipients can start post-production immediately, drastically reducing ingest time.

3. Security: Hollywood-Level Asset Protection

For unreleased dailies or episodes, a leak means massive box office loss. FileBolt strictly adheres to media industry security standards, protecting your core IP from infringement.

• Aligned with TPN Philosophy: Our architecture is designed with TPN (Trusted Partner Network) best practices in mind. All data requires military-grade AES-256 encryption during transit and at rest.
• Granular Access Control: Set password protection, download limits, and auto-expiration. Ensure "Screeners" sent to the media are "burn-after-reading" to prevent secondary distribution.
• Full-Link Audit Logs: (Enterprise Feature) Detailed logs of every access IP, geolocation, timestamp, and action, meeting compliance audit requirements for studios and copyright holders.

4. Distribution: Global Cinema & Streaming Delivery

After post-production, the "last mile" of distribution is equally critical. FileBolt helps distributors push master files globally:

• DCP Digital Copy Distribution: Directly transfer hundreds of GBs of Digital Cinema Packages (DCP) to theater servers or film festival committees, replacing expensive and fragile physical hard drive shipments.
• Streaming Platform Delivery: Compliant with delivery specifications for major streaming platforms (Netflix, Hulu, etc.), ensuring the integrity and checksum accuracy of IMF packages or ProRes masters.

5. Experience: Simplifying Global Collaboration

Make technology invisible and let creators focus on content. FileBolt creates a zero-learning-curve delivery experience, seamlessly integrating into your existing post-production pipeline:

• Client-Free Delivery: When sending assets to external audio studios or localization teams, they need no plugins or software installation. Download at full bandwidth via a browser, lowering communication costs.
• Branded Delivery Portals: Use movie posters as backgrounds and customize download pages. Showcase a professional brand image when transferring dailies to investors or review committees.