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SAVING NATURE
Films at 59 recently switched its storage system to address the rising demand for 4K natural history programmes
Words by Chelsea Fearnley
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scale-out NAS and Fibre Channel (FC). Ben Leaver, Pixit Media CEO, explains: “It was no longer able to deliver the performance or reliability that is required to keep up with the demands placed upon it.” To support the increase in 4K workflows and provide scalability to accommodate future demands, both in terms of volume of work and potential shift to 8K finishing, Films at 59 needed to replace its current storage system. TO THE LAB Following an in-depth examination of the leading systems on the market with integration partner Digital Garage, PixStor was recommended to Films at 59. PixStor is a software-defined storage platform by Pixit Media, a company that has become a mainstay for improving workflow efficiency with its storage
centre for the more wholesome genus of wildlife filmmaking, and home to the finest production and post-production facilities in natural history programming. Post-production house, Films at 59, founded in 1990, is widely recognised for its grading and finishing work on wildlife docuseries from the BBC and National Geographic. Recently, the company has provided its services to the 4K programming of Netflix’s Our Planet and BBC1’s Dynasties . But in the industry arms race for ever higher quality, the throughput capabilities at Films at 59 are becoming overwhelmed by the enormous volume of 4K data that is bottlenecked by the facility’s legacy
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