Teleton Foundation With EditShare XStream Shared Storage Platform

EditShare LLC announced that
Mexico’s Teleton foundation has upgraded its
production center with EditShare’s performance XStream shared storage platform
with integrated Flow asset management.

The new installation also features EditShare Ark Tape with a 48-slot LTO-6 tape
library to better manage the foundation’s existing massive content library.

Teleton Mexico, which also manages Teleton’s efforts in the US, is responsible
for funding 21 critical medical rehabilitation centers throughout the country.
To help subsidize costs, Teleton televises an annual 27-hour fundraiser
featuring poignant mini documentaries that showcase the many lives transformed
by a rehabilitation center. To date, Teleton’s fundraiser is the largest
Mexican TV show in terms of production and viewership, leveraging the Televisa
Network’s transmission service and countrywide coverage.

"Because the work we do impacts the
lives of many, it is critical that we are using the very best production tools
to ensure our story is seen and heard in the most impactful way possible,"
comments Andres Jimenez Cascella, post-production coordinator, Teleton. "At the same time, in achieving this
production value, we cannot afford to break the bank. It is important that as
much of the funds as possible are dedicated to the rehabilitation centers. With
EditShare, we have deployed a world-class technology, scalable and versatile
enough to manage the volume and demands of our programs, at a price point that
fits well within our budget."

Eight Teleton directors travel throughout Mexico, interviewing families of
critically ill children who rely on the rehabilitation centers for care. The
production team uses Flow’s file-based ingest and asset management capabilities
to index and track the massive amount of interview footage that is loaded onto
the EditShare XStream shared storage platform. Interviews are then developed
into 27 mini documentaries that are aired during the December fundraising
event.

EditShare’s project sharing capabilities let Adobe Premiere Pro and
Final Cut Pro editors freely share interview media and collaborate on
mini-documentary story evolution. EditShare’s Extreme Scalable Architecture
(ESA) and Expansion Chassis options ensure affordable storage expansion should
Teleton need to expand capacity.

Cascella adds: "A child’s story can
span 12 years. Technology and file formats change frequently. In addition to
its tremendous scalability and media management, a big strength of EditShare is
the way it manages formats. We can work with our existing material, easily
collaborating and evolving stories that develop over long periods of time."

Ark Tape provides Teleton with economical archiving without sacrificing
workflow. Proxy files are automatically created and stored in the Flow asset
management system for search and restoration of archived content.