Case Study: Mongrel Media achieves a responsive, easy-to-manage film platform and seamless Oracle data integration with Kentico

Mongrel Media - Customer Case Study

Mongrel Media, one of Canada’s leading independent film distributors, needed a modern, engaging and fully responsive website to showcase a large, complex catalogue of films across desktop, tablet and mobile. The key challenges were migrating and synchronizing extensive film data from a legacy Oracle-based rights system (Media Maestro), presenting rich film metadata without duplicating entry, and providing a flexible, easy-to-use CMS and page templates that would support frequent content updates, automated release scheduling and SEO best practices.

Seventyeight Digital implemented the site on Kentico, creating custom document types (Actors, Movies, Assets, Release Schedules, etc.), an XML export/import module to ingest ~45,000 documents from Media Maestro, and a bidirectional sync so Kentico could become the primary content repository while retaining legacy integration. The site uses Bootstrap-based responsive templates, simplified page templates and automated scheduling, plus reporting and marketing outputs; Mongrel’s staff now manage content post-launch with minimal support, gaining a scalable, high-performance digital platform that improved editorial efficiency and online visibility.

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