Advanced Digital Media Distribution Platform with Automated Workflow Management

The client faces difficulties in maintaining a streamlined order processing system for digital media assets, including managing large media files exceeding 100GB, handling repetitive upload processes prone to connection errors, and manually managing distribution across various platforms and territories. Additionally, there are challenges in aggregating sales and financial data from multiple sources to gain real-time insights.

A large-scale media distribution organization specializing in managing and distributing film content across multiple digital platforms, aiming to streamline workflows and support high-volume media uploads.

• Develop a centralized, scalable platform to manage media assets, orders, and platform-specific requirements.
• Implement automated media upload and validation processes capable of handling large files (>100GB) with resilience against connectivity issues.
• Create support for all major media formats and dynamic management of title and metadata information tailored to specific platforms and regions.
• Integrate a comprehensive financial dashboard to aggregate sales and revenue data from multiple distribution channels.
• Implement data crawling and integration modules to fetch and update content and financial data efficiently.
• Enhance security protocols to restrict access based on user roles and data sensitivity.

• Asset Acquisition Module: Import and qualify media assets with support for large files and multiple formats.
• Mastering and Finalization Workflow: Enable content review, issue logging, routing, and resolution in collaboration with automated and manual review processes.
• Metadata Management: Maintain and dynamically update comprehensive title and asset metadata, supporting large datasets with search capabilities.
• Order Fulfillment Management: Automate order creation, prerequisite management, delivery tracking, and issue handling.
• Source Specification Management: Link assets with specific order and platform requirements to ensure compliance.
• Resource & Workflow Management: Prioritize and monitor ongoing tasks, manage backlogs, and proactively resolve operational issues.
• Financial & Reporting Dashboard: Provide real-time revenue, sales data, and analytics from various channels in an integrated view.
• Web Crawlers & Data Integration: Fetch latest content and financial data from external sources and channels.

• Financial data channels such as FTP and Email for automated data ingestion
• External content websites for data crawling
• Media platform distribution APIs (e.g., iTunes, Netflix, Google Play)
• Payment and sales systems
• Cloud storage services (e.g., Amazon S3)

• Support for uploading media files over 100GB in size with resumable upload capabilities
• High system availability and scalability to support large volumes of media and transactions
• Robust security measures including user role management and data encryption
• Fast query performance through ElasticSearch for large datasets
• Minimal downtime for maintenance and updates

The implementation of this platform is expected to significantly improve operational efficiency by automating media uploads and order processing, reducing manual effort and errors. It will enable faster media distribution workflows, support higher volume content uploads, and provide comprehensive, real-time financial insights. Overall, this will lead to increased business outreach, higher distribution capacity, and enhanced customer satisfaction through prompt and reliable service.