Lightworks owner LWKS acquires ioGates cloud collaboration software

LWKS Software, the British maker of the Lightworks editing system, has acquired Copenhagen-based ioGates, a maker of cloud-based file-sharing entertainment software. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Plans are to integrate ioGates’ React cloud platform with LWKS’s Lightworks QA technology and QScan for remote file sharing, review and approval, and daily workflow within the system.

Lightworks has an ascending and descending customer base, notably Martin Scorsese’s decade-old editor Telm Schunmaker, who he currently directs. Moonflower Killers. Users using ioGates’ React cloud software include DR, TV2 and Discovery in Denmark and post-production company Windmill Lane in Ireland.

The first phase of the product integration, which allows DIT to share footage with the editor on set, will be presented to British Film Editors (BFE) this week. Full integration is expected to be completed in the fall.

LWKS CEO Peter Lambert says the acquisition is “an extremely positive step for anyone involved in film and video production”. With this capability, combined with a proven set of Lightworks and QScan features, anyone involved in the creative process will be able to collaborate in an easy-to-use, connected environment.

ioGates CEO Jesper Anderson, who will assume the new role of LWKS CEO of Cloud Workflow Design, adds: “This acquisition allows us to take our cloud workflow expertise to the next level. solutions. Content creator type.

Lambert notes that React also works to varying degrees with Avid and Adobe’s Media Composer. Professional debut.