Media and entertainment

Helping content teams manage and share assets without the chaos

Contact us

Where content teams lose time and control

Media organisations generate vast amounts of content every day. From photography and video to marketing assets and editorial content, teams need fast access to trusted material to meet demanding deadlines.

Assets scattered across shared drives, email threads, and disconnected tools

No single source of truth for approved, production-ready content

Time lost searching for files or recreating work that already exists

Multiple versions shared with clients or partners, with no clear version control

Inconsistent governance over who can access, use, or distribute assets

Typical starting point: content teams commonly manage assets across 3 to 6 separate systems before centralisation. This leads to duplicated effort, missed deadlines, and valuable archive material that goes unused.

How teams use Aetopia

Keep content moving

Aetopia provides a central hub for managing digital content, making it easier for teams to find, use, and repurpose assets wherever they are needed. By bringing content together in one place, organisations reduce duplication, improve efficiency, and make better use of their existing libraries.

Photography archives

Centralise and search image libraries from any device

Video libraries

Manage rushes, cuts, and finished masters in one system

Editorial assets

Keep journalists and editors working from approved material

Brand and marketing content

Ensure campaigns always use the right, approved version

Production and creative resources

Structured workflows for review, approval, and distribution

Organised content asset library in Aetopia
Customer spotlight

Racing Post: managing a valuable archive built over decades

For more than 10 years, Racing Post has used Aetopia to manage an extensive photographic archive containing imagery dating back to the 1980s. The platform enables photographers to upload content quickly while giving teams fast access to both historical and newly created assets.

The result is a searchable, accessible archive that continues to deliver value long after content is created.

Photographers upload content instantly, keeping the archive current in real time

Teams access decades of imagery alongside newly created assets from a single system

Content dating back to the 1980s is fully searchable and accessible on demand

10+ years continuous partnership managing and growing the archive
1980s to today archive coverage decades of imagery in one searchable system
Instant photographer uploads vital to daily publishing operations

"For the past 10+ years, Aetopia has provided and supported an excellent DAM solution for our extensive digital archive at Racing Post. Their solution allows us to collate all of our images, ranging back to the 1980s and our photographers can also upload photos instantly, which is vital for our business."

Nick Driver, B2B Customer Success Manager, Racing Post

Organised team using Aetopia DAM

Before

After

Disconnected drives and systems

Single, structured content repository

Multiple uncontrolled versions

Approved, version-controlled assets

Manual search and slow retrieval

Fast, metadata-driven search

Ad hoc sharing via email or FTP

Controlled portals and secure distribution

No audit trail for usage or access

Full record of access, usage, and distribution

Typical result: content retrieval reduced from minutes to seconds, with fewer requests for files that already exist

Why Aetopia

Built for content-driven organisations

Handles large volumes of high-resolution images and video at scale

Flexible metadata structures for editorial, brand, and production workflows

Secure sharing tools and branded portals for clients and partners

Built-in review and approval workflows to support content teams

Protects valuable intellectual property with clear governance and access control

"For the past 6 years Aetopia has been instrumental in the creation of an easy-to-use, secure and central location for our brand and marketing assets."

David Lloyd, Visual Brand Designer, Christie

Supporting publishers, broadcasters, agencies, and global brands across the UK and Europe

Media team organising content in Aetopia
Racing Post logo
"For the past 10+ years, Aetopia has provided and supported an excellent DAM solution for our extensive digital archive at Racing Post Photos. Their solution allows us to collate all of our images, ranging back to the 1980s and our photographers can also upload photos instantly, which is vital for our business."
Nick Driver
B2B Customer Success Manager, Racing Post
Horse racing photography archive
Christie logo
"For the past 6 years Aetopia has been instrumental in the creation of an easy-to-use, secure and central location for our brand and marketing assets. Development of the platform has allowed our external channel to have self-serve access to the content they need when they need it. Technical support is always at hand with an extremely supportive and reliable team of friendly knowledgeable staff that go the extra mile."
David Lloyd
Visual Brand Designer, Christie
Christie team using Aetopia DAM
Commonwealth War Graves Commission logo
"Aetopia utilised their expertise and knowledge to suggest new and innovative solutions to how we could manage and provide access to our collections. Through training sessions and weekly catch-ups, Aetopia worked with us to implement the solution and have continued to provide exemplary support post-launch. We now have a system which our staff find easy to use and allows us to easily share assets."
Andrew Fetherston
Chief Archivist, CWGC
CWGC engraving portrait
Previous testimonial
Next testimonial

Ready to bring your content library under control?

Tell us about your current setup and what is getting in the way. We will show you how Aetopia works in practice.