Sony Pictures Digital Backbone

From the lens to the screen

Camera

Near-set Data Management

Production Post production

Editorial

Data Management

Digital Intermediate

EFX

Production Asset

Storage

Mastering(Digital Cinema & Home Ent.)

Data Management

Authoring(Subtitles,

etc)

Long Term Asset

Repository

Archive Management

Archive Distribution

Regionalization

Format Encoding

Distribution Asset

Repository

Metadata Management

Production Backbone for Motion Picture Production

Sony PicturesProduction Backbone

Colorworks Digital Media Group

Production

Colorworks Conform / DI

VFX Facilities

DailiesFacilities

Aspera Accessvia Internet

SPEAsset

Management

Marketing MarketingVendors

Trailers

Imageworks

ProductionEditorial

Creative Editorial

Distribution Clients

Business Services(Order Management, Library, Reporting, Financials, Physical Asset Mgmt)

Media Vault(Multi Tier)

Content Processing(Core Media)

Infrastructure & Operations

Ingest (Content and

Metadata)

Services Platform(Workflow Orchestration, Manufacturing, Security)

Acquire Content(Highest Quality)

Distribution Requests

Package Assembly

(Trailers, Box Art, Meta-data)

Delivery

DMG Integration

(i.e EAGL, ACORN)

GPMS(i.e. Metadata)

EST

Blu-ray/DVD

TV

Ancillary

Mobile

VOD

Networks

1 2

3

4

5

Distribution Backbone