When business fibre is not enough for media workflows
Verizon Business delivers enterprise connectivity at scale. Media Fabric delivers private WAN infrastructure built specifically for M&E production workloads: with the M&E specialist engineering, security posture, and studio relationships that a general telco cannot provide.
- Purpose-built for M&E, not general enterprise telco connectivity
- MPA-aligned, TPN-compliant, independently audited, studio procurement ready
- 24/7 M&E infrastructure specialists, not a general enterprise NOC
Telecommunications providers build infrastructure for their largest and broadest market, enterprise business connectivity. M&E production networks have specific performance, security, and operational requirements that sit outside that standard enterprise model, and are rarely prioritised in a telco's product roadmap or support model.
Enterprise telco infrastructure is optimised for enterprise telco use cases
Uncompressed 4K video transport, real-time remote colour grading at ultra-low latency, simultaneous VFX frame distribution to multiple international facilities, these workloads have bandwidth, latency, and jitter requirements that standard enterprise WAN service profiles do not accommodate. Telco network engineers are optimising for the broadest enterprise use case, not the M&E production edge case.
MPA alignment, TPN compliance, air-gapped architecture, and forensic content protection are the security requirements that M&E studio procurement teams apply to every provider in the content supply chain. General enterprise telco security, strong as it may be for business data, does not map onto those M&E-specific frameworks by default.
At 2am during a live remote finishing session before a streaming delivery deadline, the support team that matters is one that understands what finishing means and what that deadline costs. Telco enterprise NOCs resolve network alerts. Sohonet's 24/7 M&E team resolves production infrastructure issues, with production context built into every response.
The private WAN the M&E industry built: and still runs on
Media Fabric is the network that major Hollywood Studios, broadcasters, and post facilities depend on, not as one product among thousands in a telco portfolio, but as the infrastructure built specifically for their world.
Media Fabric's private WAN is engineered for M&E production workloads, bandwidth provisioning that accommodates uncompressed video, latency profiles optimised for real-time collaboration, and QoS policies that reflect production priorities rather than enterprise application defaults. The network serves one industry and is optimised for what that industry actually does.
Media Fabric meets the security and compliance requirements that major studio procurement teams apply, MPA alignment, TPN compliance, air-gapped architecture, and independent audit. These are not optional certifications that Media Fabric has acquired for marketing purposes. They are the baseline requirements for operating within the M&E content supply chain, and Media Fabric was built to meet them.
Sohonet has been building and managing the infrastructure that powers M&E production since 1995. Two Emmy Awards. The trust of every major Hollywood Studio. 500+ M&E companies connected globally. That is 30 years of continuous specialisation in one industry, a depth of M&E network expertise that no general telco provider's portfolio can replicate.
Sohonet's support team are M&E engineers, specialists who manage the network and understand the production workflows that run on it. 400+ managed firewalls across the M&E content supply chain. When something goes wrong, the team that responds has the M&E context to resolve it at production speed.
Media Fabric vs Verizon Business: M&E private WAN vs enterprise telco
| Feature | Sohonet | Verizon Business |
|---|---|---|
| Network purpose | Purpose-built M&E private WAN, one industry, fully optimised | General enterprise WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN, broad industry coverage |
| M&E workload optimisation | Engineered for uncompressed video, real-time collaboration, VFX distribution | Enterprise application connectivity, not M&E workload specific |
| MPA alignment and TPN compliance | MPA-aligned, TPN-compliant, independently audited, built in | Enterprise security compliance, not M&E content supply chain qualified |
| Studio trust credentials | 100% of major Hollywood Studios. Two Emmy Awards. 30 years. | Enterprise clients across industries, no equivalent M&E studio positioning |
| Network scale and reach | Global M&E hubs, 56 cities, 19 countries, M&E facility coverage | Global enterprise telco, significantly broader geographic footprint |
| Support model | 24/7 M&E infrastructure specialists, production context built in | Enterprise NOC, general telco network operations support |
The M&E private network standard: 30 years and counting
100%
Major Hollywood Studios
Trust Sohonet infrastructure
500+
M&E companies connected
On the Sohonet Media Network globally
400+
Managed firewalls
Across the M&E content supply chain
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 operations
Media Fabric: the numbers behind the network
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 infrastructure specialist
CTOs and IT Directors evaluating private WAN infrastructure for M&E production environments, our team will walk through how Media Fabric performs against your current connectivity, including honest comparison of coverage, migration path, and M&E workload fit.
No sales qualification process. Direct access to M&E infrastructure engineers.
Common questions
We use Verizon for our enterprise WAN, can Media Fabric sit alongside it?
Yes, Media Fabric is commonly deployed as the M&E production network layer alongside existing enterprise telco infrastructure. General business connectivity stays with your current provider; production-critical M&E workloads run over Media Fabric's private network. Our team will assess which traffic flows benefit from migration and which do not.
What is Media Fabric, is this a new Sohonet product?
Media Fabric is the evolution and rebrand of Sohonet's private media network, the same infrastructure that has powered M&E production globally for 30 years, now under a unified brand. The network, the team, and the heritage are the same. The name reflects the full breadth of what the service delivers.
Does Media Fabric cover our international locations?
Media Fabric covers 56 cities across 19 countries, with concentration in major M&E production hubs globally. Our team will map your facility locations against our network coverage in the first conversation and give you an honest picture of where dedicated connectivity is available and where alternative options apply.