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Partnership improves efficiency of delivery and monitoring of digital dailies to ensure that time-sensitive TV and movie content is delivered to editing suites, screening rooms and executive laptops.

Las Vegas, (NAB Show) - The ability for Media and Entertainment (M&E) companies to manage, share and distribute post-production work and �dailies� will become easier as a result of a collaborative partnership announced today between Sample Digital and Signiant� Inc. M&E companies will now have instant and on-demand status updates from an automated dashboard as they move enormous files of digital content around the globe for editing, translating and other post-production work. Signiant�s Content Distribution Management software will be deployed with Sample Digital�s new DAX|D3 system � complementing its end-to-end production management functionality with greater visibility into the status of these dailies as they are distributed � as well as accelerated file transfer resulting in greater efficiencies for the whole process.

�Dailies � the raw, unedited footage shot during the making of a film or television show � is some of the most time-consuming and intensively-used content in the production cycle by multiple departments and divisions at M&E companies,� said Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO of Sample Digital. �Our partnership with Signiant ensures that these dailies arrive where they need to be, when they need to be there � whether it is an editing suite or a set-top box in an executive screening room.�

Sample Digital (www.sampledigital.com), the makers of DAX, currently provides an extensive suite of production workflow acceleration and media management tools, including secure digital dailies, content distribution and trans-coding services, to many of the largest movie and television studios in the world. Signiant (www.signiant.com) is a leading developer of content distribution management solutions and works with many of the biggest M&E companies to help them save time and money while quickly and securely transferring and distributing digital content.

�This partnership is really about bringing peace of mind to M&E companies by adding access, efficiency and end-to-end delivery,� said Tony Lapolito, Vice President Marketing and Product Management, Signiant. �There�s a lot of pressure on production professionals as they move and distribute digital content in the hyper-fast world of M&E, especially when it comes to the time sensitivities of dailies. Our partnership with Sample Digital now provides M&E companies with the ability to call up status of these deliveries instantly and right at their fingertips. No more waiting or wondering is necessary.�

For more information on the partnership between Signiant and Sample Digital and its benefits to the M&E industry, please visit their booths at NAB. The Signiant team will be located at Booth SL4508 and the Sample Digital team at Booth SL6713.

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About Signiant
Founded in 2000 (www.signiant.com), Signiant�s software enables immediate cost savings and monetization of digital assets by managing, accelerating, and automating the movement of content securely over networks. With Signiant, companies are able to streamline the workflow of their digital media files and ensure that the right content is in the right place at the right time. Signiant is headquartered in Burlington, MA with development facilities in Ottawa, Canada and offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Munich and Singapore. Read the Signiant blog at: http://www.digitalmediagalaxy.com.

About Sample Digital Holdings LLC
Hollywood, California-based Sample Digital provides production studios, television networks, independent producers and advertising agencies an extensive suite of production workflow acceleration and media management tools, including secure digital dailies, set top box applications, content security, distribution, and transcoding. Sample Digital is currently launching its next generation platform, combining the strengths of both Digital Dailies� and DAX into one product, called D3.

For further information, please contact:
Wendy Mattock, Bubble & Squeak
wendy [ at ] bubblesqueak [ dot ] co [ dot ] uk
Tel. +44 7912 300231

George Snell, Highland Communications
highlandcomm [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com
Tel: +1 (781) 254-0315