Case Study: SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) achieves guaranteed high-speed, secure global data delivery with Aspera

SBS - Customer Case Study

Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service (SBS is a national broadcaster delivering content in dozens of languages across radio, TV and online. Working in disaster zones and other extreme conditions, SBS needed guaranteed, high‑speed, secure data transmission and delivery from field reporters to centralized systems, plus centralized management and synchronization across disparate storage and servers worldwide.

SBS deployed a suite of Aspera (an IBM company) products — including faspex, Console, Sync, mobile clients and Cargo — to automate ingest, transfer, management and multi‑directional synchronization across multiple storage platforms. The solution delivered fast, secure, enterprise‑wide file exchange with centralized monitoring and reporting, simple installation and minimal training, ensured reliable delivery to disaster‑recovery sites, and provided a scalable, future‑proof workflow for editors and content creators.

SBS

Rohit Kumar

Broadcast IT Manager, SBS