Broadcast TV post-production
Cloud MXF archive, DNxHR LB proxies, AAF conform, no Nexis required.
Broadcast schedules leave no room for storage issues
A daily magazine or a weekly news show runs on a fixed transmission time, and post has no slack. A Nexis or local RAID that fails mid-week takes the whole edit down at the worst moment, and recovering it eats the hours the schedule does not have. Multiple editors cut different segments of the same episode in parallel, so they all need the same rushes at once, and the archive grows every single day: a season crosses 50 TB without anyone noticing. Avid-native cloud options are still limited and priced for large facilities, not for a lean broadcast team.
A broadcast post workflow needs storage that does not go down on transmission day, that every editor can reach at once, and that grows with the season without a hardware order.
Cloud-first broadcast workflow with AAF
Sanbila keeps the MXF archive in cloud storage with a backup copy, so there is no single Nexis box to fail on transmission day, and the cloud serves the media across a global network so a remote or second-site editor is not waiting on one building's uplink. Each editor cuts on light DNxHR LB proxies that Sanbila writes into the Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1/ structure Media Composer auto-discovers, and at conform the native binary AAF parser lets Smart Relink switch the timeline clips to the real MXF streamed from the cloud for a full-quality master, no XML export and no overnight restore. The Enterprise plan holds 25 TB and bills $20 per TB per month beyond that, so a season-long archive that crosses 50 TB scales by the terabyte instead of by the storage node, and the whole team shares one workspace with per-role permissions.
No single box to fail
The MXF archive lives in the cloud with a backup copy, so there is no Nexis node to go down on transmission day.
Every editor, same rushes
A whole team shares one cloud workspace with per-role permissions; parallel segment editors all reach the same MXF at once.
AAF conform, no restore
The native binary AAF parser lets Smart Relink switch the timeline to the real MXF streamed from the cloud, no XML export, no overnight restore.
Grows with the season
Enterprise holds 25 TB and bills $20 per TB per month beyond, so a 50 TB season scales by the terabyte, not by the storage node.
Sanbila by the numbers
Real specs from the live Sanbila product, not marketing claims.
Frequently asked questions
What happens if storage fails on transmission day?+
The MXF archive is in the cloud with a backup copy, so there is no single Nexis box to take the edit down. Editors keep cutting on local proxies even if one machine drops offline.
Can several editors cut the same episode at once?+
Yes. The team shares one cloud workspace with Owner, Editor and Viewer roles, so segment editors all reach the same MXF rushes in parallel, each on their own machine's proxies.
How does conform work against a growing daily archive?+
Export the Avid AAF; the native binary parser lists the clips and Smart Relink switches the timeline to the real MXF streamed from the cloud. Only the used clips come back, so conform does not wait on an overnight restore.
What does a season that outgrows 25 TB cost?+
The Enterprise plan holds 25 TB and bills $20 per TB per month beyond that. A season that crosses 50 TB scales by the terabyte, with no new storage hardware to buy or maintain.
Replace Nexis with cloud-first broadcast
Enterprise plan with overage billing for daily and weekly shows.
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