Case Study: Blackwater Digital Services achieves secure, high-speed transatlantic client workflows with Signiant's Media Shuttle

Blackwater Digital Services Uses Media Shuttle to Power Transatlantic Client Workflows

Blackwater Digital Services, founded by Nathan Ross just outside Atlanta, is a boutique post‑production shop specializing in quality control, mastering and final deliverables for feature and episodic content. Facing very large assets (hundreds of gigabytes to ~800 GB 4K ProRes files) and transatlantic clients, traditional FTP proved too slow, error‑prone and insecure, while shaky international connections threatened timely deliveries.

Blackwater adopted Signiant’s Media Shuttle, a SaaS hybrid‑cloud file‑movement solution that lets them spin up storage in AWS regions near clients, resume interrupted transfers, toggle between local and cloud storage without client‑facing changes, and offer a client download/preview portal. The change delivered faster, more reliable and secure transfers (e.g., boosting a client’s throughput from ~10 Mbps to ~50 Mbps), eliminated shipping drives, enabled 24–48 hour deliveries, and helped the company grow a thriving global client base.

Blackwater Digital Services

Nathan Ross

Founder & Chief Executive Officer