-More Than 1 Petabyte of Archion Storage for Avid Unity MediaNetworks Powering Post Production in Greater New York
 "Archion's Synergy storage is a key component of our workflow and continues to impress us with its ease of use, cost-effectiveness and reliability," said Denis Hunt, Chief Engineer at Broadway Video. "Synergy runs on the same Unity interface as our existing Avid drives, was seamless to integrate and works flawlessly for us in some very demanding environments. We will continue to invest in Archion as our storage demands increase."
During the last five years, an increasing number of New York facilities have come to rely on Archion's Synergy solution, which is powered by its patent pending Vdisk™ technology. With Avid's inability to deliver expansion storage, Archion has positioned itself as the first choice in storage hardware. It provides Avid MediaNetwork owners with the comfort of knowing that they can utilize this proven SAN for years to come while expanding with ease as their storage requirements continue to grow.
White Paper on Hardware RAID Protection in Avid Unity Environment Available
To summarize the benefits of Synergy, Archion has published a whitepaper-Uncovering the Full Potential of Avid Unity MediaNetworks: Realizing Greater Rewards without the Traditional Risks-that is available here on the Archion website. In addition, a comparison of the two add-on storage chassis -- Archion Synergy vs. Avid XT -- is available here.
"Simply put, Synergy offers more bang for the buck than any other system," said Omar Oliveros, Head Engineer at Goldcrest Films. "It's really a no brainer when you compare reliability-the driving factor-with ease of use and the simplicity of transitioning it into an existing system."
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Archion EditStor ES Grows to 80 TBs as Essential Element for Critical Real-time Encoding & Final Cut Workflows
 Burbank, CA (February 21, 2012) - Acclaimed for its three decades of post-production excellence, Modern VideoFilm continues to push the technology envelope at its state-of-the-art facilities by expanding its Archion Technologies EditStor ES™ shared storage system to 80 Terabytes (TB). Modern VideoFilm is using the EditStor ES in its Video On Demand (VOD) ingest operations facility.
Known for setting the highest standards in the industry, in the early 1980s, Modern VideoFilm set a worldwide standard by establishing the first dedicated quality control department in a post-production facility. The facility also became quickly recognized as a technology leader, a position it continues to extend through its trend-setting iTunes and digital intermediate work as well as with its Digital Distribution workflows.
"Since our founding nearly 30 years ago, we have focused on providing the best quality, service and environment for our wide range of film and television work, from Avatar and I, Robot to Desperate Housewives and Modern Family, to name just a few," said Bill Watt, Executive Vice President of Operations at Modern VideoFilm. "As part of that commitment, we evaluate the essential parts of our workflow, such as shared storage technology, very carefully. Archionšs EditStor ES outperformed competitive solutions, offered more features and required a significantly smaller investment in time and money."
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Meeting Growing Storage Needs of HD Production for 'America's Funniest Home Videos' & New FishBowl Worldwide Media
Burbank, CA (November 10, 2011) - Vin Di Bona Productions, best known as the creator of "America's Funniest Home Videos," is now in its twenty-second year on ABC Television. Vin Di Bona Productions recently expanded its Avid Unity MediaNetwork™ for the third time with Archion Technologies' Synergy high-performance storage system. Used by thousands of clients worldwide, Synergy integrates seamlessly with Unity and provides greater scalability and protection without compromising workflow and performance.
Last season, "America's Funniest Home Videos" moved into High-Definition (HD) production, utilizing the 64 terabytes (TB) of Synergy storage to handle AFV as well as all of the content produced by FishBowl Worldwide Media, its new, next-generation studio founded in January 2010.
"We continue to add Archion's Synergy storage to accomplish what we want without affecting our workflow," said Sharon Arnett, Vice President of Post Production, Vin Di Bona Productions and FishBowl Worldwide Media. "Synergy has been a key part of our facility upgrade to HD and continues to be a cost-effective and highly efficient product for us, particularly as we expand into new shows with FishBowl."
Arnett noted that FishBowl is now in production on a new TV series, "Treasure Chase," for the Discovery Channel as well as new television shows for HGTV, MTV and truTV. FishBowl is also producing two hit web series, "Ultimate Proposal," for Yahoo with 1.75 million views for the first webisode, and "Cute Win Fail," currently in the YouTube Comedy Channel Top 20 with more than 10 million video views.
Key Code Media, an Archion reseller and one of Avid's largest resellers, made the recommendation to Vin Di Bona Productions to continue to add Archion storage and then guided them through the purchase decision and installation.
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Move into Stereoscopic 3D Production Creates Twice the Data Storage Needs
 Noted for going into some of the world's most dangerous places and coming back alive while also pushing the frontiers of digital workflow, Wild Eyes Productions has recently added 96 Terabytes (TB) of Archion Technology's Synergy shared storage solution to its Avid Unity MediaNetwork™. Wild Eyes' significant track record in television, documentary and docu-reality filmmaking balances military documentaries like "Inside Al-Qaeda" and "Inside the Taliban" for National Geographic with reality TV series like "The Squad: Prison Police" for the A&E Network.
As they move into stereoscopic 3D production, Wild Eyes has been utilizing the 96TB Synergy system to handle increasing amounts of High-Definition (HD) and 3D content, noted Conor Morris, Post Production Supervisor at Wild Eyes. Synergy provides the scalability and protection for their Unity Media Engine without compromising workflow and perection."
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Seamlessly Integrates Widely Adopted & More Scalable Expansion Storage
Burbank, CA May 24, 2011 An award-winning television production company that offers a fresh creative style for cable programming, broadband and the web, Nancy Glass Productions (NGP) recently added Archion Technologies' Synergy solution to their Unity MediaNetwork to store increasing amounts High-Definition (HD) content and streamline its file-based workflow.
According to Jason Saro, Senior Avid Editor and Unity MediaNetwork Administrator at NGP, the decision to add a 32 terabyte (TB) Synergy UXE system was based on choosing the highest quality and most cost-effective storage solution to handle entirely tapeless productions.
"In an era of tight budgets, it's absolutely essential to make the right buying decision," said Saro. "We have eight edit suites filled with Avids and a 32 TB Unity, so it was a big decision to bring a third party like Archion into our Avid setup. However, by choosing the Synergy UXE, we added much more fully protected storage to our Unity than if we went with Avid storage. The Synergy UXE was a wonderful solution at less than a third of the cost, yet it maintained our high standards of quality, performance and data protection."
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Adding Affordable, Reliable RAID Protection for 'Judge Joe Brown' and 'Swift Justice with Nancy Grace'
The preeminent company in television syndication. CBS Television Distribution (CBS) has selected Archion's Synergy UXE storage solution to expand its Avid Unity™ MediaNetwork™ for two of its shows, the highly rated court show "Judge Joe Brown," and the new "Swift Justice with Nancy Grace." Increasing its storage by a factor of 10, the three new 32 terabyte (TB) Synergy UXE systems from Archion Technologies provide CBS with a total of 96TBs of storage, including 72 TBs of usable storage (RAID 5 protected).
After the decision was made to go tapeless for the 220 episodes of this season's "Judge Joe Brown" show, a major upgrade to their storage was required, explained industry consultant Joel Epps, who helped architect the overall solution. CBS has three Avid Media Composer software desktop stations, two Avid Media Composers with Avid Mojo, one Avid Nitris, and one Avid Symphony Nitris™. They also made a decision to upgrade their Avid Unity to the Media Engine 5.1x.
To effectively post "Judge Joe Brown," they needed the ability to store at least half a season before archiving the media, Epps noted. On the other hand, for "Swift Justice with Nancy Grace," they needed more flexibility because video comes in from a variety of sources. This requires both more storage and quick access to the media _ both of which Synergy UXE provides.
"CBS wisely chose Archion because of three important factors _ budget, scalability, and protection," said Epps. "They were all set on upgrading their Avid Unity and needed a minimum of 48 usable TBs of protected storage. However, by choosing the Archion Synergy UXE, they were able to add substantially more protected storage to their Unity Media Engine than if they had purchased Avid storage with the same budget. The Archion cost/benefit ratio was too good to ignore, and at the same time, they didn't sacrifice quality, performance, or data protection.
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