VSI’s independently produced TV programmes and event coverage have been screened on cable, satellite and terrestrial channels in more than 60 countries. Broadcast programmes range from TV series; Wild Thing to live sport and documentaries. Clients include BBC, Sky, Discovery, Eurosport, ESPN and MUTV.
In 1990, media entrepreneur John Gubba - the experienced broadcaster and writer - launched the VSI and VISIONSPORT brands when he left ITV to set up an independent production company.
Initially trading as Visionsport International, the company specialised in sports programming and live event coverage. By the end of the 1990’s, production included the popular TV series Wild Thing and a more general mix of programmes distributed by VSI Enterprises.
By 2010, VSI TV was producing multi-platform content for visionsport.TV, WildThingTV and a growing collection of branded media channels.
I spoke to John Gubba, VSIs founder and managing director, and asked John the background to his decision to purchase a “Space” solution.
John told me that he had twenty years worth of archive on tape which were meticulously documented and stored, however, the time spent finding clips and then digitising were causing headaches and wasting far too much time. “We needed” said John, “a stable high-speed archive system which would allow us to react instantly to our clients wishes”.
I asked John how he had researched his needs and who he had spoken to about his proposed solution. “It was easy” said John “I just went to Video Rescue, told them what I hoped would be possible to achieve and left it with them. They came up with a Space archive/editing solution linked in with my XSan and Final Cut Pro suites. The huge 32TB Space solution was integrated with the Cat DV asset manager, which has given me a system that is light-years ahead of what I had before and has given me a solution that enables instant delivery of clips to my customers”.
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