Mastering Services Introduction Facts & Figures

Managing The Business Of ContentTM

As an extension of the ﬁnishing process, Mastering involves the  10+ years of experience in mastering assembly of all elements (or deliverables) required for telecast by a  A current annual track record of performing mastering of 4400 broadcast network, distributor or streaming platform. With a strong hours of content(HD/SD) legacy in post-production and in-depth knowledge of broadcast  Average turnaround time of 24 hours specs, PFT is well positioned to help content owners master their  Express Service turnaround time of 4 hours for a show and 6 content for delivery to linear and new media platforms. hours for a movie PFT Advantage  A team of 18+ experts with in depth knowledge of global broadcast specs Prime Focus Technologies is a global digital content operations  Mastering for US shows airing in India immediately after airing specialist. Based on customer needs the mastering services can in the US range from creative to simple edits like cut or dissolve. The  We service our customers from 14 primary global locations. mastered ﬁles go through auto QC and standard manual QC as per Our primary facility for media operations is called True North requirement to ensure they are meeting the Broadcast and OTT which is based in Mumbai, India standards. We also have in-house dubbing facility – so remastering original content with Dubbed audio is faster and easier.  Our state-of-the-art infrastructure includes 150 Mastering rooms, 14 Visual QC rooms, in-house dubbing studios and our Here’s what we offer: very own Tier 3 Data Centre with 2.5 PB of online storage & 20

 Censor Certification PB of near-line storage • Addition of Censor Certificates and burning of smoking Astons • Editing of Masters for Censor Certification Business Benefits

 Standards and Practices (S&P) Edit for Broadcast  24X7 operations setup • Removal of audio/video faults or create edits as per S&P  End-to-end solutions with facilities for related services such as guidelines Localization, Encoding, Packaging etc. • Creation of Final Broadcast Masters post S&P edits  Faster time to market with no compromise on quality  OTT Mastering  Scalability: Well positioned to scale operations up or down • Content review, edit (removal of unwanted elements), audio realignment, audio levelling and format conversion as quickly as and when required per end delivery OTT platform requirements  Lower Total Cost of Operations (TCOP)

 Client Speciﬁc • Removal and rectiﬁcation unwanted elements/errors – A History of Success abrupt cuts, commercial breaks, color bars etc. based on PFT is preferred for mastering services by major broadcasters and client requirement content owners.

 Localized Masters • Burning of Subtitles on ﬁnal masters • Arranging dubbed audio tracks on the video

 Dolby Mastering • Conversion of 5.1 to Dolby E and adding to the ﬁnal master

Our award-winning cloud-based technology, CLEAR™ offers Mastering Automation solution that makes domestic and international syndication across linear and non-linear platforms more efﬁcient and cost-effective by leveraging CLEAR™ Compliance Data Model, Caption Re-timing feature and Profanity Check tool for Compliance Auto QC for captions and subtitles. About Prime Focus Technologies Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) is the creator of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, CLEAR™ for the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry. It offers broadcasters, studios, brands and service providers transformational solutions that help them lower their Total Cost of Operations (TCOP) by automating business processes around content and managing their business of content better. PFT works with major M&E companies like Turner, PBS, Walt Disney-owned Star TV, Hearst, CBS Television Studios, 20th Century Fox Television Studios, Lionsgate, Starz Media (a Lionsgate company), Showtime, A+E Networks, Complex Networks, HBO, IFC Films, FX Networks, Miramax, CNBC Africa, TERN International, Sony Music, Google, YouTube, Novi Digital – Hotstar, Amazon, HOOQ, Viacom’s Voot, Cricket Australia, BCCI, Indian Premier League and The Associated Press. PFT is the technology subsidiary of Prime Focus, the global leader in M&E industry services. For more information visit: www.primefocustechnologies.com