Compliance Services

Managing The Business Of ContentTM

Compliance Services Business Context Here’s how it works:  Sanity check (Spot QC) upon ingest in CLEAR Compliance regulations for broadcast are defined by the region and  Flash Pattern Analysis (FPA) test specifically country of playout. While the themes of many of the  Identification of compliance action points by experts, who tag regulations are similar worldwide, each territory has its own set of every scene for all playout possibilities and add further rules and regulations, often defined by cultural and social factors. For description to the scene where necessary instance, a scene involving certain kinds of meat products is  Automatic generation of edit suggestions for each segment on considered completely acceptable for playout in Europe, but not in the CLEAR, with corresponding EDL. These suggestions are based Middle East. Compliance regulatory bodies, such as OFCOM (UK), FCC on tagging inputs and destination territory selected (USA) or IBF (India), have different sets of parameters to determine  Review of EDL by seasoned compliance experts to confirm edit what kind of content is acceptable for public viewing, and what is not. decisions and compliance justifications Often, completely different parts of the same film/TV show have to be  Edit actions deleted or modified in order to meet these requirements. To deliver  Client review (this can be multi-stage as required) content across a host of geographies and/or playout platforms,  Mastering for all necessary versions/formats enterprises typically have to review and modify their assets multiple  Technical QC — Auto or Manual, including a final FPA test  Supports delivery to multiple territories and platforms times and go through several rounds of checks on the edit table. This  Delivery of high-res video files in 4K, 2K, HD, SD or as required leads to huge inefficiencies in cost and time. Moreover, failure to through any secure file delivery mechanism simultaneously, in any format required

 comply with regulatory obligations can lead to legal exposure, heavy  Delivery of comprehensive Compliance Review Reports Allows users to make real-time changes to Compliance action penalties and even license revocation. including EDL and FPA pass certificates points identified  Automated features for technical QC, along with manual QC Compliance Editing on CLEAR™ Media ERP: Key Features by 250+ genre-specific compliance experts A Smart Approach  Easy to use, powerful search functionality  End-to-end solution for multi-territory compliance PFT’s flagship product, CLEAR™ Media ERP, offers an industry-first  Complete visibility to track the progress of an asset through operations — from ingest to final delivery solution for multi-territory Compliance Editing, cutting across the content lifecycle, with robust audit trail  Extensive, built-in framework of parameters for all content territories and regions with varying broadcast regulatory needs.  Secure storage of proxies for easy re-use of content considered objectionable by different regulatory bodies CLEAR includes an extensive, built-in framework of parameters for  Generation of detailed Compliance reports for each asset.  Automated edit suggestions generation per territory and all content scenarios considered objectionable by different Ingest reports are also generated to show the flow of content viewing restriction category regulatory bodies. This solution eliminates the need to review the and completion rate  One time tagging effort that involves segmenting and same asset multiple times and uses automation to reduce edit time.  Future readiness, with ability to add territories and change identification of compliance areas rules conveniently

 Technology backed by an extensive network of experienced

Team of Compliance compliance professionals from across the globe, including a experts Team of Compliance experts Hi-res edit content as per CLEAR Compliance host of local resources from different territories generated XML of S&P points master available on central storage Ingest of Business Beneﬁts S&P points onto CLEAR, List of S&P  Faster Turnaround Time (TAT) with options for Express Delivery QC on points (XML) Full manual QC of masters these points submitted to  Editorial team for Compliance Automated QC Lower Total Cost of Operations (TCOP): Reduced cost of edit F editing & of masters a with TC i l reference technical for Audio/Video resources and manpower specifications errors & Ingest of technical  Scalability: Supports large volumes and multiple version content on specifications CLEAR delivery Pass Client  Centralization: ONE Software to manage compliance review requirements for all territories and versions

Fail TECH A History of Success QC Ingest of QC Pass files & report PFT delivers Compliance services to some of the world’s largest into CLEAR broadcast networks, studios and service providers. We have Compliance Master and QC processed over 5000 hours of content in adherence to reports Pass speciﬁcations of various regulatory bodies across the globe to date. Delivery

Single territory Compliance Review Business Context Here’s how it works:  Sanity check (Spot QC) upon ingest in CLEAR Deliver to selected Compliance regulations for broadcast are defined by the region and Territory  Flash Pattern Analysis (FPA) test Automated Compliance Manual Edit Quality Check (India) Quality Check (Local) specifically country of playout. While the themes of many of the  Identification of compliance action points by experts, who tag Assessment regulations are similar worldwide, each territory has its own set of every scene for all playout possibilities and add further rules and regulations, often defined by cultural and social factors. For description to the scene where necessary Deliver to selected instance, a scene involving certain kinds of meat products is Territory  Automatic generation of edit suggestions for each segment on Content Post Segment Select considered completely acceptable for playout in Europe, but not in the FPA and Spot & Tag Territory Automated Compliance Manual Edit Quality Check (India) Quality Check (Local) CLEAR, with corresponding EDL. These suggestions are based QC Assessment Middle East. Compliance regulatory bodies, such as OFCOM (UK), FCC on tagging inputs and destination territory selected Deliver to selected (USA) or IBF (India), have different sets of parameters to determine  Review of EDL by seasoned compliance experts to confirm edit Territory what kind of content is acceptable for public viewing, and what is not. decisions and compliance justifications Automated Compliance Manual Edit Quality Check (India) Quality Check (Local) Often, completely different parts of the same film/TV show have to be Assessment  Edit actions deleted or modified in order to meet these requirements. To deliver  Client review (this can be multi-stage as required) Multi-territory Compliance Review Solution content across a host of geographies and/or playout platforms,  Mastering for all necessary versions/formats enterprises typically have to review and modify their assets multiple  Technical QC — Auto or Manual, including a final FPA test  Supports delivery to multiple territories and platforms times and go through several rounds of checks on the edit table. This  Delivery of high-res video files in 4K, 2K, HD, SD or as required leads to huge inefficiencies in cost and time. Moreover, failure to through any secure file delivery mechanism simultaneously, in any format required

 comply with regulatory obligations can lead to legal exposure, heavy  Delivery of comprehensive Compliance Review Reports Allows users to make real-time changes to Compliance action penalties and even license revocation. including EDL and FPA pass certificates points identified  Automated features for technical QC, along with manual QC Compliance Editing on CLEAR™ Media ERP: Key Features by 250+ genre-specific compliance experts A Smart Approach  Easy to use, powerful search functionality 1500+ hours of content for All Vuclip content that  End-to-end solution for multi-territory compliance Tata Sky annually airs in India PFT’s flagship product, CLEAR™ Media ERP, offers an industry-first  Complete visibility to track the progress of an asset through operations — from ingest to final delivery solution for multi-territory Compliance Editing, cutting across the content lifecycle, with robust audit trail  Extensive, built-in framework of parameters for all content territories and regions with varying broadcast regulatory needs.  Secure storage of proxies for easy re-use of content considered objectionable by different regulatory bodies CLEAR includes an extensive, built-in framework of parameters for  Generation of detailed Compliance reports for each asset.  Automated edit suggestions generation per territory and all content scenarios considered objectionable by different Ingest reports are also generated to show the flow of content viewing restriction category regulatory bodies. This solution eliminates the need to review the and completion rate  One time tagging effort that involves segmenting and same asset multiple times and uses automation to reduce edit time.  Future readiness, with ability to add territories and change identification of compliance areas rules conveniently Over 6 films for 30 films for Marvista Playboy in adherence Movies in adherence  Technology backed by an extensive network of experienced to IBF regulations to OFCOM regulations compliance professionals from across the globe, including a host of local resources from different territories Business Benefits

 Faster Turnaround Time (TAT) with options for Express Delivery

 Lower Total Cost of Operations (TCOP): Reduced cost of edit

resources and manpower 40 episodes for 400 ﬁction shows, 200  Scalability: Supports large volumes and multiple version Yanga TV in adherence non-ﬁction shows and 25 delivery to Ofcom movies for Zee TV in South Africa in adherence to BCCSA  Centralization: ONE Software to manage compliance regulations requirements for all territories and versions A History of Success PFT delivers Compliance services to some of the world’s largest broadcast networks, studios and service providers. We have processed over 5000 hours of content in adherence to

speciﬁcations of various regulatory bodies across the globe to date. 400 shows & 40 movies per month for STAR TV as per IBF guidelines 10+ shows per day for Star World, Star World Premiere and FX ‘day and date deliveries’, with turnaround time as low as 6 hours from content receipt 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