Accelerated File Transfer for News & Journalism
Faster Turnaround Times
Industry-leading transfer speeds, storage/MAM integrations, and automations enable real-time media workflows.
Share Without Limits
Share final deliverables and original camera files with unlimited package sizes.
Accelerated Global Uploads
Private, accelerated infrastructure of 400 global servers ensures fast and reliable transfers to or from anywhere on Earth.
How MASV helps News & Journalism
The Challenge
Seconds matter during breaking news events.
High-resolution footage, multi-track audio, and massive image libraries are difficult to move over unpredictable field networks. Traditional MFT and FTP are difficult to set up and use, and consumer tools aren’t robust enough for professional news workflows.
But in journalism, speed and reliability aren’t just an advantage – they’re the requirement.
- Time-to-air pressure: Slow uploads can lead to missed deadlines and getting scooped.
- Unpredictable field connectivity: Spotty Wi-Fi and congested networks in the field add up to failed or stalled transfers.
- Technical bottlenecks: Legacy MFT and FTP are technically challenging for reporters to use under pressure.
- Fragmented ingest: Disparate delivery methods and a lack of integrations slow down handoffs to editors and systems.
The MASV solution
MASV accelerated, reliable transfer for news workflows.
MASV gives newsrooms a fast, browser-based way to ingest high-resolution footage from global field reporters directly into production storage and other third-party tools via integrated, automated, no-code workflows.
Reporters don’t need to learn how to install and use complicated software, and newsrooms can achieve faster time to press or air.
- Accelerated ingest: Transfer raw media at speeds up to 10 Gbps via a resilient, private global cloud network.
- Reliable network resilience: Bond multiple internet sources for fast, reliable field uploads
- No-training Portals: Journalists can drag-and-drop footage without a MASV account; unlimited, beat-assigned Portals keep content inherently organized.
- Real-time transfers: Use MASV Express and Growing Files to start downloading files before uploads are complete.
- Automated delivery: Integrate MASV without coding and automatically route incoming files to the right directory or folder in cloud or on-prem storage.
From Field to Newsroom: Critical Use Cases
Simple, Fast Field Ingest
Empower remote journalists to upload file packages of unlimited size with speed and precision. With drag-and-drop functionality and automatic retries, reporters can hit “send” and get back to the story.
Live Broadcast & OB Trucks
Offload files still being written from OB trucks to post-production. MASV can transfer media as it’s being recorded, drastically reducing turnaround times for live and supporting content.
Automated Ingest
Automate the delivery of field footage directly into media asset management systems like Mimir, storage like Amazon S3, and collaboration platforms like LucidLink without coding.
External Contributions
Branded Portals allow freelancers or citizen journalists to securely upload high-res assets without needing an account, ensuring standardized naming and metadata collection.
How MASV Supports Data Transfer for News
Investigative-Grade Security
- MFA and SAML 2.0 SSO secure authentication for newsroom-wide access control.
- Granular permissions protect sensitive sources and off-the-record assets.
- SOC 2 Type II compliance ensures detailed transparency and a baseline of trust with technology partners.
Relentlessly Reliable Field Ingest
- Share file packages of unlimited size without fail, from raw 4K footage to image libraries.
- Combine multiple networks like cellular and Wi-Fi for increased speed and failover in remote locations.
- Checkpoint restart and auto-retries ensure successful delivery, even if you lose connectivity.
Powerful Newsroom Automation
- Automate into third-party tools to move footage directly from reporters or OB trucks to your MAM, SAN, or NAS.
- Leverage our API or Agent to integrate high-speed transfers directly into internal systems.
- No-code automation for push/pull requests to streamline file sharing across global locations.
Accelerated Time-to-Air (or Press)
- Start downloading in-progress media before files have finished uploading.
- Bypass network congestion using MASV’s global network of 400-plus accelerated cloud nodes.
- Zero-install browser interface allows journalists to send files instantly without IT bottlenecks.
Effortless Field Requests
- Use a MASV Portal to collect breaking news from virtually any device without reporter training or troubleshooting.
- Invite secure uploads without requiring the sender to have a MASV account.
- Unlimited Portals allow newsrooms to segment uploads by region, beat, team, or other elements.
Metadata-Rich Ingest
- Capture custom metadata at the point of upload to keep content organized.
- Leverage persistent metadata that allows asset managers like Mimir to automatically recognize and tag clips.
- Enforce standardized naming conventions for consistency across high-volume daily news cycles.
Why Newsrooms are Replacing Legacy MFT with MASV
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. MASV is a cloud-native intelligent MFT that provides the security of legacy systems with the speed and simplicity of modern SaaS.
Yes. MASV is built on the highest security standard in the media industry. Every transfer is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.21.3 in transit. With features like multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), password protection, and granular user permissions, investigative teams can securely ingest and share sensitive assets while maintaining a complete audit trail.
Yes, MASV can begin transferring media while it is still being captured, allowing editors to start working on clips immediately.
MASV is designed for the unpredictable connectivity of field reporting. Our Multiconnect feature allows journalists to bond multiple network connections – such as a weak hotel Wi-Fi and a cellular hotspot – to create a single, faster, and more stable pipe. If a connection is completely lost, MASV’s checkpoint restart and relentless retry technology automatically resumes the transfer from the exact point it stopped the moment a signal is restored.
Yes. MASV is designed to be a universal bridge for newsroom workflows. You can use integrate and automatically ingest footage from the field directly into multiple destinations, including Amazon S3, LucidLink, and Frame.io. Newsrooms use the MASV API to create custom sidecar metadata files (like JSON or XML), allowing asset managers like Mimir or Avid MediaCentral to automatically recognize and tag clips the moment they arrive from the field.
