When business fibre is not enough for media workflows
Spectrum Enterprise delivers business fibre connectivity. Media Fabric delivers a managed private WAN built specifically for M&E production: with the M&E specialist infrastructure, studio-grade security, and 24/7 engineering support that a regional cable operator cannot provide.
- Purpose-built M&E private WAN, not business fibre from a cable provider
- MPA-aligned, TPN-compliant, studio procurement ready
- 24/7 M&E infrastructure specialists, not a business ISP support line
Business fibre connectivity provides last-mile bandwidth to your facility. M&E production infrastructure requires a managed private WAN, engineered for the specific workloads, latency profiles, and security standards that production pipelines demand, and supported by engineers who understand what production means.
Business fibre is not production infrastructure
Business fibre delivers bandwidth to your facility door. A managed private WAN manages the full path between your facility and every other facility in your production pipeline, with the QoS, redundancy, and performance guarantees that ensure production-critical traffic is prioritised and protected across every segment of the journey.
Business ISP support is designed to restore connectivity within an SLA window. M&E production infrastructure support is designed to understand why a network issue is happening and resolve it before it costs the production time or money, with engineers who know what a live colour grading session or a VFX pipeline handoff actually means operationally.
Spectrum Enterprise's security offering meets standard business compliance requirements. Studio procurement teams applying MPA alignment, TPN compliance, and content security requirements to every provider in their supply chain will find that a regional cable operator's business security profile does not qualify for those frameworks.
The managed private WAN that M&E production infrastructure demands
Media Fabric is not a last-mile bandwidth product. It is a fully managed private WAN built for end-to-end M&E production connectivity, from your facility to every studio, post house, VFX facility, and broadcaster in your pipeline.
Media Fabric manages the full network path between M&E facilities, not just the connection to your building. QoS policies, redundancy architecture, and performance management are applied across the entire route, ensuring that production-critical traffic receives the performance and reliability that last-mile fibre alone cannot guarantee.
Media Fabric's network is engineered for M&E production workloads, uncompressed video transport, real-time collaboration, and large file distribution. MPA alignment, TPN compliance, and air-gapped architecture meet the security requirements that studio procurement applies. These are not retrofitted enterprise security features, they are the baseline for M&E infrastructure.
Sohonet has built and managed M&E production networks since 1995. Two Emmy Awards, every major Hollywood Studio, 500+ M&E companies globally. That institutional knowledge of M&E production workflows and infrastructure requirements is embedded in how Media Fabric is designed, deployed, and supported.
Media Fabric vs Spectrum Enterprise: M&E private WAN vs business fibre
| Feature | Sohonet | Spectrum Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Service type | Managed private WAN, full-path M&E production connectivity | Business fibre and managed network services, last-mile and enterprise connectivity |
| M&E workload engineering | Optimised for uncompressed video, real-time collaboration, VFX distribution | Business application connectivity, not M&E workload specific |
| MPA and TPN compliance | MPA-aligned, TPN-compliant, independently audited | Standard business compliance, not M&E content security qualified |
| Studio trust | 100% of major Hollywood Studios. Two Emmy Awards. 30 years. | US business and enterprise clients, no major Hollywood Studio positioning |
| US regional coverage | Major US M&E production hubs, LA, New York, and key facility locations | Broad US regional footprint, extensive business fibre coverage |
| 24/7 specialist support | 24/7 M&E infrastructure engineers, production context built in | Business ISP and enterprise support, general network operations |
The infrastructure the M&E industry has trusted since 1995
100%
Major Hollywood Studios
500+
M&E companies connected
400+
Managed firewalls
30 years
In M&E infrastructure
- MPA-aligned and independently audited
- TPN-compliant infrastructure
- Two Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards
- Air-gapped architecture by default
Trusted by every major Hollywood Studio and leading M&E organisations globally
- Atlas Pictures
- Meridian Studios
- Nova Entertainment
- Crestview Media
- Pinnacle Films
- Harbour Productions
"Sohonet is an important part of the modern pipeline we created at the studio, what keeps all our lines of business in sync with productions across the globe."
Senior Studio Infrastructure Leader
Major Hollywood Studio – Major Hollywood Studio
Private network infrastructure supporting global studio production operations
Media Fabric: the network by the numbers
500+
M&E companies on the network
100%
Major Hollywood Studios
400+
Managed firewalls
30 years
In M&E infrastructure
2x
Emmy Award winner
MPA
Aligned and audited
Speak to a Media Fabric specialist
If you are currently running M&E production workloads over business fibre and finding performance or security limitations, our specialists will give you an honest assessment of where Media Fabric fits, and where your current connectivity is sufficient.
No sales qualification process. Direct access to M&E infrastructure engineers.
Common questions
We have Spectrum fibre into our facility, can Media Fabric work alongside it?
Yes, Media Fabric commonly runs alongside existing last-mile fibre providers. The last-mile connection into your facility can remain with your current provider; Media Fabric manages the private WAN layer connecting your facility to the broader M&E production network. Our team will assess your current setup and identify where Media Fabric adds the most value.
What does the Media Fabric rebrand mean for existing Sohonet network customers?
Media Fabric is the rebrand of Sohonet's private media network, the same infrastructure, same team, and same service. For organisations already on the Sohonet network, nothing changes in terms of connectivity, support, or commercial terms. The rebrand unifies Sohonet's network services under a single coherent name.