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Entertainment & Media IT · Since 1999

IT That Keeps Productions Rolling
— and Content Locked Down.

Studios won't hand you content unless your security holds up — and your post team can't lose a single frame to downtime. Pro Link Systems brings 25+ years of Los Angeles IT experience to production companies, post houses, and VFX studios across the LA studio corridor, from content security to the workstations and storage your artists run on.

Studio Content Security

Segmented content networks, locked-down workstations, access logging, and encrypted storage and transfer — built to protect pre-release content.

Post-Production Performance

Avid, Premiere, Resolve, and Pro Tools workstations plus shared media storage and high-speed networking, tuned for real-time playback under deadline.

Media Backup, Archive & DR

LTO archive, cloud backup, and disaster recovery built for irreplaceable footage — because there is no reshooting some of what you capture.

Built for the LA Studio Corridor
Serving LA media & production since 1999
25+ Years supporting
LA-area businesses
90% Issues resolved
on first contact
24/7 Support through
production crunch
15 min Average ticket
first-response time
Studio Content Security
Segmentation, access control, encryption, watermarking
Post & VFX Workstations
Avid, Premiere, Resolve, Pro Tools, Maya, Nuke, Flame
Shared Media Storage & Networking
Avid NEXIS, Facilis, LucidLink, 10/25/40GbE & fiber
Backup, Archive & Disaster Recovery
LTO, cloud archive, and DR for irreplaceable footage
Entertainment & Media IT · Since 1999

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Security Built for
Studio Content

Before a studio or streamer hands you their show, they want to know you can protect it. We build and run the IT that does — without slowing your artists down.

Content Security

Secured Content Environments

Studio content has to stay inside a controlled environment from ingest to delivery. We build the IT controls that keep it protected across your network, workstations, and storage — and keep the environment documented.

  • Network segmentation & secured content zones
  • Access control, logging & monitoring
  • Locked-down, managed workstations
  • Encrypted storage & backups
  • Documented network & system configuration
Secure Handling

Secure Media Handling & Delivery

From ingest to final delivery, content has to move fast without ever being exposed. We build delivery and review workflows designed around studio security requirements that still hit your deadlines.

  • Accelerated transfer (Aspera, Signiant, MASV)
  • Encryption in transit & at rest
  • Forensic & visible screener watermarking
  • Expiring links & download audit trails
  • Role-based access to projects & assets
Continuity

Production Continuity & Recovery

Some footage can never be recaptured, and a render farm that's down is a deadline that's slipping. We protect your media and keep production moving when something fails.

  • LTO archive & cloud backup of media
  • 3-2-1 backup for projects & masters
  • Disaster recovery for storage & servers
  • Render farm & license server monitoring
  • Redundant networking & power planning

Complete IT for Production,
Post & VFX Teams

Every service your studio needs to win the work, protect the content, and keep artists creating at full speed.

Studio Content Security

The IT security work behind protecting pre-release content — secured content zones, locked-down workstations, access logging, and encrypted storage and transfer.

  • Security review of your current setup
  • Secured content zones & segmentation
  • Access control, logging & monitoring
  • Documented network & system configuration

Post-Production & VFX Workstations

High-performance editorial, color, audio, and VFX workstations specified, configured, and maintained by engineers who understand real-time playback and render workloads.

  • Avid Media Composer, Premiere, Resolve
  • Pro Tools, Maya, Nuke, Flame, Cinema 4D
  • GPU / CPU configuration & tuning
  • License server & plugin management

Shared Media Storage & Networking

Collaborative storage and the high-speed networks that feed it — sized for your formats and tuned so multiple artists work off the same project without dropping frames.

  • Avid NEXIS, Facilis, Qumulo, LucidLink
  • 10 / 25 / 40GbE & fiber networking
  • Real-time multi-editor playback tuning
  • Capacity planning for your media formats

Secure Media Transfer & Delivery

Move dailies, cuts, and final masters fast and safely — with the encryption, watermarking, and audit trails studio security teams require for every handoff.

  • Aspera, Signiant & MASV acceleration
  • Encrypted, expiring delivery links
  • Screener watermarking & DRM
  • Download & access audit logging

Backup, Archive & Disaster Recovery

Irreplaceable footage protected with layered backup, LTO and cloud archive, and a recovery plan that gets storage, servers, and the render farm back online fast.

  • 3-2-1 backup for projects & masters
  • LTO & cloud cold archive
  • Disaster recovery for storage & servers
  • Restore testing & retention policy

24/7 Help Desk & Remote / On-Set Support

Deadlines don't keep business hours. Real engineers support your full stack — plus secure work-from-home post and on-location setups for editors, colorists, and artists.

  • Unlimited help desk tickets
  • Average ticket first-response time: 15 minutes
  • PCoIP / Teradici / Parsec remote post
  • Render farm & GPU compute management
25+
Years supporting
LA-area businesses
In-house
US-based help desk,
not outsourced
24/7
Live help desk through
production crunch
15 min
Average ticket
first-response time

How our help desk performs

Measured across our in-house, US-based help desk. Calls are answered live, 24/7 — no phone tree, no hold queue.

15 min
Average ticket first-response time
90%
Issues resolved on first contact
<1 hr
Average resolution time
1999
Serving Los Angeles businesses since

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Entertainment & Media IT — Answered

We build and run the IT side of content security: segmented networks and secured content zones, locked-down managed workstations, role-based access with logging and monitoring, encrypted storage and transfer, and screener watermarking. Many studios and streamers expect their vendors to follow the MPA Content Security Best Practices and complete a Trusted Partner Network (TPN) assessment. For TPN assessments, we work alongside your assessor and handle the IT side.
Yes. We build and manage the high-performance editorial, color, VFX, and audio workstations that post teams depend on — including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Pro Tools, Autodesk Maya and Flame, Nuke, and Cinema 4D. We handle workstation specification and procurement, GPU and CPU configuration for editorial and render workloads, storage and network tuning for real-time playback of high-resolution media, and the OS and driver configurations these applications require to run reliably under deadline.
Yes. Collaborative post production lives or dies on shared storage performance. We design, deploy, and manage shared media storage and the high-speed networks that feed it — including Avid NEXIS, Facilis, Qumulo, and LucidLink, with 10/25/40GbE and fiber networking tuned for multiple editors working off the same project in real time. We size storage for your media formats and resolutions, configure bandwidth so no one drops frames, and keep it backed up and protected.
We implement secure, accelerated media transfer using tools like Aspera, Signiant, and MASV, with encryption in transit and at rest, access controls and expiring links, audit logging of who downloaded what, and forensic or visible watermarking for screeners and pre-release content. We build delivery workflows designed around studio security requirements that are still fast enough to hit your delivery deadlines.
Yes. We set up secure remote post-production workflows using PCoIP/Teradici, Parsec, and similar technologies so editors, colorists, and artists can work from home or on location against your central storage without pulling content onto unmanaged personal machines. We also design, deploy, and manage render farms and GPU compute — on premises, in the cloud, or hybrid — and keep them queued, patched, licensed, and secured.