Pixel & Process uses Signiant to scale Sky's 'Prisoner' dailies workflow

This implementation underscores the shift toward decentralized post-production labs where lean, regional facilities manage heavy compute tasks for major studios. By abstracting the heavy lifting from the set to a remote lab, productions can maintain complex multi-camera pipelines without inflating on-set infrastructure costs. For the broader ecosystem, it validates the use of vendor-agnostic SaaS platforms to bridge the geographical gap between local filming hubs and central editorial houses. Watch for similar regional 'micro-labs' to adopt 2Gbps+ local pipelines to compete with established metropolitan post-houses.

The deployment at Pixel & Process aligns with a broader industry recovery following the 2023 Hollywood strikes. Per Signiant’s 2024 analysis, post-production firms are increasingly consolidating multiple file-transfer tools into single SaaS platforms to reduce operational overhead. This trend is further supported by a majority growth investment in Signiant by Battery Ventures in January 2025, which aimed to fund R&D and geographic expansion as media files grow in complexity due to 8K and high-frame-rate adoption.

Beyond file transfer, Signiant has recently focused on 'Connected Intelligence' and load balancing for its SDCX Server, which debuted in late 2025. This allows for automated failover across multiple storage servers—a feature reflecting the high redundancy requirements cited in the Prisoner case study. Furthermore, the Sky original series Prisoner, which premiered on April 30, 2026, utilized diverse Welsh locations from Cardiff to Swansea, highlighting the necessity for the distributed media pipelines that regional service providers like Pixel & Process now provide. This regional filming surge is partly fueled by Welsh government funding and the establishment of local production hubs according to recent UK production logs.