POWER is Europe's number one independent producer and distributor of high quality, award-winning series, mini-series and movies for television. They have collaborated with the world's most respected broadcasters in the creation of a powerful new generation of dynamic, big event drama. Thier partners in this revival include NBC in the US, The BBC, Channel 4, ITV, CBC and CTV & Global in Canada and Screentime in Australia.

OctopusMT provide a number of services to Power including secure screening of dailies straight from the production set of Crusoe in South Africa, storage, digital delivery and trailer previews for their website. The video platform allows all of the content whether it be trailers in QuickTime formats or HD full length feature film masters to be stored and manged in one place. Staff are able to provide online secure screening of the content to potential customers and even deliver the content to the customer in exactly the format they require. This all happens securley online without staff having to understand any of the technical requirements for video and without any hardware. The system is even able to provide iPhone watermarked previews of the content direct to customers phones making it easier to show the latest content whereever the customer may be.

“The OctopusMT system has enabled us to securely manage and deliver broadcast content effortlessly even when managing HD feature films. The ability to allow our clients to digitally screen the content at such high quality without the risk of the content being copied has been of huge benefit to us. Our production team have been using the system to receive and then securely screen daily rushes from our remote production locations enabling the producers in France, UK and the US to all see the rushes within minutes of them being prepared. The out of hours support and expert advice has made OctopusMT a valuable member of the team.”

Ian Cousins – Technical Manager – Power

More about Power

Founded in 1995, Power has produced an impressive, premium slate of feature-film quality mini series over the past 7 years and has been distributing television programming internationally for 13 years. Power's current slate includes the 13-part network series, Crusoe, co-produced by Power, Muse and Moonlighting for NBC and XIII: The Conspiracy, starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff. Collaborating with the world's most respected broadcasters, Power's productions and co-productions include the intricate and fast-paced action thriller The Diplomat starring Dougray Scott; Power's original epic disaster mini series and outstanding ratings winner Flood (ITV) starring Robert Carlyle; International Emmy Award-winning mini series "Henry VIII" (ITV), the adaptation of Robert Harris' contemporary thriller Archangel starring Daniel Craig (BBC) and the multiple award-winning The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (ITV/Network TEN).

Power continues to build on the success of its home grown stable of mainstream suspense movies - Power Thrillers. These are 2 hour movies made for television, each centring around a dynamic female lead. Titles include Final Verdict, starring Ericka Durance; Legacy of Fear, starring Teri Polo; Selling Innocence starring Mimi Rogers and Crimes of Passion with Dina Meyer.

POWER has supplied primetime drama to more than 240 broadcasters and millions of TV viewers across the world. We have produced more than £183 million worth of high quality TV drama to date. We continue to acquire the best programming from a number of respected producers and distributors and have a longstanding output deal with RHI Entertainment, selling their impressive catalogue across more than 40 countries.

Through its vision, heritage and influence POWER is helping the growth of the global television industry with some of the most ambitious drama production projects to date.

For more detailed information please visit www.powcorp.com