Jim Donnelly

Jim Donnelly is MASV's Head of Editorial. He writes extensively about new technology, data-driven workflows, and how file transfer can be a force multiplier for post-production, broadcast, AI ingest, and other data-hungry industries. He's got 20-plus years of professional experience creating, editing and managing journalism, content, and communications projects. Connect with Jim.

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Data Theft: How Hackers Can Steal Your Files Remotely

From ransomware attacks on infrastructure to the record-breaking pace of serious data theft last year. Hackers are everywhere and they’re hungry for illegally-acquired data.

Content Security

Jim Donnelly

Feb 8, 2022

DCP: What is a Digital Cinema Package and How Does it Work?

A digital cinema package is the standard delivery format for film screenings at a digital cinema. Most major movie theatres today are digital cinemas.

File Transfer

Jim Donnelly

Jan 5, 2022

Why You Shouldn’t Download Large Files to an External Hard Drive

No one likes slowdowns and delays when downloading large files—especially on a deadline. Like a video editor who needs to download a batch of footage for a last-minute project. Here’s some advice that’s sure to save significant time the next time you download large files: don’t download to an external hard drive.

File Transfer

Jim Donnelly

Nov 11, 2021

The Evolution of Video Editing: From the Moviola to Machine Learning

It’s crazy to think about how far we’ve come in the evolution of video editing when you see how easy it is to cut and rearrange footage on your mobile phone nowadays.

Filmmaking

Jim Donnelly

Nov 4, 2021

8 Reasons To Use Cloud Over On-Premises File Sharing

For those who need a more flexible (and cost-effective) way of moving large files at great distances, the wide availability of public cloud servers and cloud-based managed file transfer (MFT) has become immensely valuable.

File Transfer

Jim Donnelly

Oct 7, 2021

GB vs GiB: What’s the Difference Between Gigabytes and Gibibytes?

GB vs GiB—why the lowercase ‘i’? At first what may seem like a typo is actually a separate unit of measurement with a long, complicated history. Both GB and GiB display storage capacity on a computer but one will display less available memory than the other.

File Transfer

Jim Donnelly

Sep 21, 2021

Digital Imaging Technician (DIT): The Unsung On-Set Heroes

Keith Putnam is a video production professional who has spent the past several years as a Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) and second unit Director of Photography and on the CBS series Bull and Madam Secretary. Read his interview.

Experts

Jim Donnelly

Jul 28, 2021

How to Upload Large Files to Google Drive Quickly

We’re big fans of Google products at MASV – it’s just one reason why we’ve built integrations with Google’s Cloud Storage and Google Drive. In this post, we'll cover the good, the bad and the ugly of uploading large files to Google Drive.

How To Guides

Jim Donnelly

Apr 7, 2021

How To Send Large Files via Email. 5 Easy Ways.

Email, Slack, cloud storage providers, productivity apps; there are so many ways to share files. It can get confusing when you start to juggle which file was sent by whom using which platform? Wouldn't it be nice if everything could be sent as an email attachment?

How To Guides

Jim Donnelly

Nov 3, 2020

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