Solutions for every media workflow

Whether you’re a broadcaster, production company, content owner, or creative professional, Ci seamlessly connects your teams and streamlines your workflows.
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Workflows
One cloud platform, endless workflow possibilities
From camera to cloud to post-production, collaboration, and review, or catalog management and archive, Ci is the only platform that supports workflows through the entirety of the media lifecycle. And with all of your workflows centralized in a single platform, that's when you'll truly come to Ci the big picture.
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Remote File Gathering
Shave hours and days from file delivery
Built for large media files, Ci simplifies file gathering for remote teams. Collect files and folders from anyone, anywhere right into your Workspace. With blazing-fast file transfers and unlimited file sizes, you can accelerate your content acquisition workflow. Then Ci automatically creates browser-viewable proxies so you can review the footage as soon as it's uploaded.
Remote file contribution
High-speed file transfer
Folder and bulk upload
Live stream
Sony RAW/X-OCN format support
Thumbnail preview & video scrubbing
Branded file contribution links
Browser upload
Auto-metadata extraction
Auto-transcoding
Desktop hot folder
FTP service
Alerts & notifications
Recently added
Metadata request screen
Media Storage and Archive
Build your organization's "source of truth"
Ci unifies media management throughout the media lifecycle. As the central media repository for everyday workflows, Ci allows the media cycle to continue uninterrupted, eliminating redundancies, and saving time and money.
AI-powered metadata tagging
Metadata templates
Time-based video logging
Bring your own storage (AWS)
Boolean search
Thumbnail preview & video scrubbing
Content lifecycle management
Flexible access control models
Metadata search
Search filters
Send to Aspera node/AWS S3 location
Support for data loss prevention
Tiered archive and restore
Workspace activity stream
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Collaboration and Media Review
Work together on videos - in real-time
Review, mark up, and comment on images and videos asynchronously or invite your team to watch footage together live with synchronized playback. Ci's live annotations bring a true "screening room" experience to the cloud, and NLE integrations streamline your post-production workflow.
Synced real-time playback
Comment & annotate
Premiere Pro integration
Export NLE markers
Dynamic watermarking
Remote file contribution
High-speed file transfer
Sony RAW/X-OCN format support
Thumbnail preview & video scrubbing
Built-in Aspera transfer
Link-based preview & delivery
Share attached files & generated proxies
Password protection
Source quality frame preview
Industries
Bring content, teams and workflows together
The ability to support the high volumes and velocity of content is critical to media workflows. The Ci platform is a unified ecosystem of professional tools and applications built for media content. Bring your content and teams. Let Ci handle the rest.
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Production
From ‘Cut!’ to Final Cut Faster
Ci is revolutionizing productions with high-speed set-to-cloud file transfers, simple and powerful solutions for dailies, and automatic preparation of edit-ready proxies for post. Finally, rest assured that your files are safe and secure in a cost-effective long-term archive.
Premiere Pro integration
Synced real-time playback
Comment & annotate
Export NLE markers
Folder and bulk upload
Auto speech-to-text transcription
Auto-transcoding
Create clips & frame grabs
Built-in Aspera transfer
Create storyboards
Dynamic watermarking
Link-based preview and delivery
Metadata search
Remote file contribution
Tiered archive and restore
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Broadcasting
Ci for Broadcasters
From centralized content acquisition to high-speed delivery of syndicated content to powerful storage management, rest assured that Ci can help propel your stations into the cloud-enabled future.
Live stream
Time-based video logging
Create clips & frame grabs
Auto speech-to-text transcription
Caption extraction
Dynamic watermarking
Remote file contribution
Custom renders
Tiered archive and restore
Content lifecycle management
Send to Aspera node/AWS S3 location
Desktop hot folder
Metadata templates
Snapstream integration
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Live Sports
Professional tools for professional needs
Multi-site contribution, live previews, collaboration, NLE integrations and browser-based sub-clipping help you get clutch moments to your fans faster and smarter. With Ci you can upload melts or push live streams automatically to log the action from anywhere so your content is search-ready.
Remote file contribution
Time-based video logging
Custom proxy generation
Live stream
Custom renders
Create clips & frame grabs
Content lifecycle management
Metadata templates
Premiere Pro integration
Auto-transcoding
Create storyboards
Link-based preview & delivery
Auto-metadata extraction
Logged event search
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Marketing
Wow clients with your best work
Organize assets and review with your creative teams to create collateral, then deliver your creative genius to clients, press outlets, and media platforms with custom-branded link-sharing or set up a folder for always up-to-date delivery.
Branded link-based preview
Flexible access control models
User lists for scaled distribution
Comment & annotate
Dynamic watermarking
Remote file contribution
Create clips & frame grabs
Custom renders
Attach sub-files
Premiere Pro integration
AI-powered metadata tagging
AI-powered related files
Branded log-in experience
Contact sheets
Custom URL
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Education
Manage students and media projects with Ci
Every semester, manage and securely share course materials to the class roster. In media curriculums, instructors can gather student submissions, comment and annotate in dynamic critique review sessions, then archive all projects at the end of the session.
Remote file contribution
Comment & annotate
Synced real-time playback
Premiere Pro integration
Branded file contribution links
Branded link-based preview
Flexible access control models
User lists for scaled distribution
Branded log-in experience
Custom URL
Content lifecycle management
Tiered archive and restore
SSO integration
Usage analytics
Segment
A place for enterprises, teams, and creatives
The Ci platform is home to the world’s largest media enterprises, thousands of creative teams, and media professionals across industries and job functions. From simple link-sharing to reliable delivery to Aspera nodes, if you’re in the business of media, Ci has a plan for you.
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Enterprise
Media management for enterprise needs
Only Ci offers solutions for professional workflows at enterprise scale:
Premium & custom file rendering
Automated storage management & discounts
Network administration & analytics
Consolidated billing
Access to premium apps
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Teams
Work together from everywhere
With Ci's unlimited user model for Teams, you can in bring teams, departments, or entire companies without worrying about counting concurrent users or blowing up your budget.
Unlimited users
Built-in high-speed file and folder transfer
Automated proxy generation
Email alerts on shared links
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Pro
All your content, always within reach
Always have access to your work - anytime, anywhere, on any device
Always accessible from any device
Secure and password protected link-sharing
Simple content gathering link from collaborators
Custom metadata tagging and powerful search
Have a problem? Ci has a solution.
From capture to broadcast to preservation, Ci is built with love by Sony's media professionals. We understand the "gotchas" and the bottlenecks of creative workflows. Get in touch with our Ci solution consultants today to learn how we can help you improve your workflow so you can Ci the bigger picture.