cinenet

Cinenet provides connectivity to E3 Pegasus Datacenter

sangeetad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:37:37 +0000

Cinenet has extensive primary and diverse connectivity to most of the major data centres. The E3 Pegasus in Sydney is the most recently connected datacentre to the Cinenet’s optical fibre network.

Dedicated 40Gbps link for Dr D at Carriageworks

sangeetad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:28:59 +0000

Cinenet provides Carriageworks with a 400 Mbps, fully-symmetrical microwave link until the 40 Gbps fibre link between Carriageworks and the Global Switch data centre is complete.

Cinenet offers all you can eat Google traffic

sangeetad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:20:08 +0000

Traffic from Google services accounts for up to 25 percent of the internet traffic of Cinenet’s screen industry customers, so rather than have this traffic levied on a consumption basis, Cinenet is offering customers all-you-can-eat access for a flat fee.

This separates Google destined traffic into a separate VLAN which is unmetered allowing our customers to have a “To Google VLAN” at 100Mbps at very low cost plus a “To Rest of Net” VLAN at typical rates.

Cinenet’s Optical Network connects Dr D

tony — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:22:57 +0000

Cinenet today released its expanded Optical Network in the Sydney metro area. The expansion comes off the back of the addition of Dr D Studios (Dr D); the joint venture between Kennedy Miller Mitchell (KMM) and Omnilab Media Group (OMG) to build a cutting edge animation and visual effects facility.

Dr D’s first project is the sequel to the hit animated film Happy Feet, due in cinemas in 2011.

Dr D is using Cinenet’s Optical Network to connect the offices of its joint venture partners using gigabit and 10 gigabit ethernet, bringing together the artists at KMM’s Historic Metro Theatre in Kings Cross with the high availability server and render facility at OMG’s Yurong Street site.

Connectivity is supplied as DWDM wavelengths over Cinenet’s backbone network, providing secure connectivity between the sites. Additionally the facilities can be linked to other sites on the optical network including datacentres Globalswitch in and Equinix along with Fox Studios Australia’s Moore Park studio complex.

The Optical Network network can transport a range of protocols including gigabit and 10 gigabit ethernet, uncompressed HD-SDI and 3G-HDSDI, SDH and FDDI. Cinenet is progressively deploying the Optical Network at all its fibre connected sites.

Cinenet goes national

tony — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:36:34 +0000

More Australian screen media practitioners are set to get a leg-up in the competitive global market, with the expansion of Australia’s premier industry-based broadband network, Cinenet.

Cinenet provides services tailored specifically for clients in the areas of film, television, traditional and new media who need to move large volumes of data in a hurry to domestic and international markets.

“With the expansion of our network to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and core services from Tier 1 National Carrier, Agile, we can now provide our services in all Australian capital cities and selected regional centres,” says Cinenet’s Managing Director, Tony Clark.

“This means it doesn’t matter whether you’re in Hollywood or Homebush; you can collaborate with people on different continents, in different time zones or across town, as if you were in the same building. And that’s a big help for Australian companies who traditionally have had to battle with the misconception that we’re just too far away to be considered a major production hub.”

Using secure, high-speed broadband connectivity and highly secured file and mail servers, Cinenet gives a production:

the fastest means available of sending large media containing images, sound and effects around the globe, or just down the street,
the ability to bring together multiple local and international locations to a central repository, protected by several layers of security,
a range of options such as videoconferencing, voice over I.P., transfer of film rushes and scans, and collaboration tools like cineSync; software which facilitates simultaneous viewing and discussion of visual media in multiple locations.

Cinenet already has an illustrious client base, having been used during the production of movies such as Batman Begins, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Charlotte’s Web, Superman Returns, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .

First deployed in Adelaide in 2003, the network is a collaboration between the founders of Rising Sun Pictures and Internode.

“Since its inception, there have been more and more people round the country recognizing the benefits of this network, and asking if we can service their location,” says Mr. Clark. “Well, now we can.”

For more information on Cinenet, see http://www.cine.net.au/ or call on +61 8 8400 6595