Media & Broadcast
Live Content Exposes Every Network Event.
Remote production, contribution feeds and cloud editing all run against the clock. A brief congestion event becomes something the audience or the client can see.
The applications that depend on the network
- Remote and distributed production workflows
- Contribution and review feeds between sites
- Cloud editing, transcoding and asset movement
- Live commentary, interview and collaboration sessions
- Playout monitoring across facilities
The network variables that put them at risk
- JITTER
- Buffers grow and the workflow loses its immediacy.
- PACKET LOSS
- Visible artifacts and repeated takes.
- LATENCY
- Interaction between remote participants becomes awkward.
- CONGESTION
- Quality drops at exactly the busiest moment.
WHERE ACME SITS
- At production and facility edges over existing connectivity
- Between remote locations and the production or cloud environment
- Across the venues and sites used for a given production
WHAT IS MEASURED
- Latency, loss and jitter per contribution path
- Congestion and route stability during live windows
- Selected route versus standard route through the event
- Performance history per venue
WHAT CHANGES
- Fewer visible interruptions during live and near-live work
- More remote workflows that hold up without on-site staff
- Venue-level evidence before committing to a production plan
Technology protected by 11 real-time communications patents. Performance examples on this site are illustrative and are not customer performance claims.