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and make sure that we met those standards.
The Collectv: Bringing data management to support the show What's the history of The Collectv? Chris Sarson: The Collectv has been operating for over seven years. Our background comes from postproduction. We are dealing directly with the studios, as well as a lot of different shows and receiving media from all kinds of locations. Our philosophy is born out of trying to make media arrive from location to post-production as seamlessly as possible. We found Tom through a mutual friend when Drive to Survive was initially starting. We talked with the team at Box to Box Films to help them understand what they wanted to achieve. The next step was trying to make that possible with Netflix, which was for us a new broadcaster. They have got very high standards and so does Box to Box Films. We had to try 20
Chris Sarson, Managing Director of The Collectv
OUR FOCUS WAS ALWAYS ON THE DATA MANAGEMENT. OUR TEAM WORKS TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE WHAT BOX TO BOX NEEDS TO DELIVER SHOWS. WE HAD THE CONSTRAINTS OF FORMULA 1, WHICH IS A BIT OF A FLYING CIRCUS.
Aside from Formula 1, we do other sports, reality shows, provide managed services and manage installations for production companies in their own in-house facilities. We do a range of things but fundamentally, our focus is on getting things right for postproduction, during that is on location or in a facility itself.
