Kanava
Kanava is a professional communication platform for film and television productions, replacing rented walkie-talkies, group chats, and printed call sheets with a single app. Crew members join a production by scanning one QR code and communicate instantly via low-latency push-to-talk on their existing smartphones, organized into department-based channels. The platform is EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant, and designed with input from Finnish film professionals.
- Creator / Creative Economy
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Film and television productions still rely on rented walkie-talkies, fragmented messaging apps, and printed call sheets, which create friction on set. Radios go missing, batteries die, channels get crossed, and the newest crew members are often the last to hear important calls. Renting hardware is expensive, distributing it takes hours, and moving between locations turns equipment into another thing to manage.
Solution
Kanava replaces rented radios, group chats, and printed call sheets with a single platform designed for the way film sets actually work. The app provides professional-grade push-to-talk that runs on the smartphones crew members already carry, eliminating the need for hardware, contracts, or a learning curve. Productions are organized into department-based channels—camera, sound, lighting, grip, AD, production—so every message lands where it belongs. Crew members join by scanning a single QR code, with no accounts to create or passwords to manage. The platform also supports announcements, location check-ins, and schedule handoffs, keeping the entire shoot day in one loop.
Target Audience
Primary users are professional film, television, and commercial production crews—including 1st ADs, sound mixers, and line producers—as well as documentary, music video, and student productions that need fast, reliable set communication.
Features
- Low-latency push-to-talk built on modern real-time infrastructure, running on crew members' existing smartphones
- Department-based channel structure (camera, sound, grip, art, AD, production) for organized cross-team communication
- One QR code or six-character code for the whole crew to join a production, with no per-user accounts or passwords
- Encrypted voice and text communication in transit, with data hosted on EU infrastructure and processed under GDPR
- Production dashboard for crew management, invitations, department structure, roles, and access control
- Optional call sheet and file sharing, including photos and references, within the production workspace