Case Study: Universal Pictures achieves high-speed, secure global post-production collaboration with Aspera faspex Server

High Speed File Transfer Powers Collaboration During Post-Production

Universal Pictures, a leading media and entertainment studio, faced a recurring post‑production challenge: each film generates many large media files (typically 15–30 GB) that must be transferred repeatedly between global post houses, VFX vendors and internal teams. Previous delivery tools were slow to set up (often 2–3 weeks), required extensive training, and could not reliably handle varying bandwidth, distance or security needs.

Universal adopted the Aspera faspex Server for secure, high‑speed person‑to‑person transfers. The intuitive web/email‑style interface enables setup in 2–3 hours, rapid onboarding of new crews, and real‑time collaboration; transfers occur at maximum speed regardless of file size, distance or network conditions. As a result, production cycle times have been reduced, delivery flexibility and notification keep teams aligned, and content remains protected with encryption.

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