In Broadcast - March 2021 - 40

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InTech

Evolution of The Network
is the best way to ensure the highest
quality for end users, offload peak
traffic, enable redundancy, increase
reach and reduce cost. Today a multi
CDN strategy is an integral part of any
streaming service.
" Once the decision is made to use
more than one CDN for the delivery
of your content, the question that
needs answering is: how do you get a
unified view of the end user experience
when data is being delivered from
multiple sources to a variety of clients,
independent of CDN and client? " poses
Edgeware.
Besides the difficulty of automatically
gathering delivery statistics from the
different CDNs within your eco-system,
there is also the challenge of collecting
information from the clients. One

way to monitor the user experience
is to integrate supervision inside the
client. However, the client landscape
is fragmented and holds a complex mix
of device types, models and variations.
This makes achieving 100% coverage
of devices difficult - and expensive.
In response to these challenges,
Edgeware
has
developed
the
StreamPilot delivery control platform.
StreamPilot inserts itself into the
control plane between client and CDN
for each session and orchestrates
the delivery on a per-segment basis,
totally independent of the delivering
CDN. By sitting in this critical patch
between the CDN and the client,
StreamPilot collects session data and
in real-time collects data related to
the session, what bitrates are used,

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what is available and information on
location and ISP. As 5G rolls out there
are strong arguments that legacy
CDNs with fixed PoPs are not best
suited to maximising the technology's
high network capacity, ultra-low
latency and extreme reliability. Telco
operators are particularly keen on
monetizing 5G and are looking to a
virtualized CDN platform based on web
scale technology and positioned closer
to the edge of network.
Varnish Edge Cloud is a virtualized
CDN and edge caching solution
delivered in the cloud. It is highly
scalable caching software that runs on
commodity hardware, as virtualized
instances or on bare metal within the
MEC (multi-access edge computing)
environment.

The 100TB cache capacity of
Varnish Edge Cloud nodes can scale
on demand, whether deployed at the
network edge in virtualized PoPs, in
aggregate data centres or between 5G
base stations.
Varnish provide the software
components and services to help
telcos build a 5G CDN in a 5G
network or inside of the traditional
4G LTE network. If customers are
not comfortable with integrating
the technology themselves, or CDN
operation is not a core part of their
strategy, its managed services team
can remotely manage it on their
behalf.
Transforming their networks into
edge cloud platforms offers telcos a
lot of opportunity for monetization and
for innovation, " Varnish state. " Why
would they leave money on the table
for someone else? "

Streaming giants have built their own CDNs to better control consumer experiences, an approach made possible by CDN selection tools, such as Broadpeak's umbrellaCDN

ARRI Launches Remote Solutions Toolkit
A

RRI has debuted its Remote
Solutions, a powerful toolkit
that can be customized to meet
near-set and off-set workflows. This
remote production ecosystem allows
professionals to safely and immediately
get back to work without compromising
operational and creative control.
With a complete system of connected
ARRI cameras, lights, remote heads,
and accessories, ARRI Remote
Solutions offers workflows that enable
safe social distancing between talent
and crew as well as between crew
members.
The ARRI Remote Solution enables
professionals to:
* Remotely control ARRI cameras,
lights, remote heads, and accessories;
* Leverage proven technology from
an industry veteran;
* Produce premium, unequaled
cinematic quality with near-set and
off-set workflows for broadcast,
cinema, live events, corporate, sports,
music video production, fashion, and
more.
Applications such as Stellar, the
intelligent lighting control app from

ARRI, provides a smart and
innovative way to control
professional
lighting.
It
allows gaffers to change color
temperature and output without
touching lights or approaching talent.
Products such as the WCU-4 and
the ERM (External Radio Module)
allow crews to control focus and
camera movement from a greater
distance and through barriers such as
concrete floors or walls while the SRH
(Stabilized Remote Head), enables
cinematic movement of the camera
and can be combined with a robotic
dolly for near-set movement without

approaching talent. Simultaneously,
web control allows cinematographers
and gaffers to creatively and
technically control the camera and
lighting from another room or even
another continent. The result is
cinematic quality, no matter the crew's
distance or location.
" The pandemic has accelerated
change and forced productions
to adapt. With travel limitations
and new requirements for social

distancing onset, our connected
ecosystem of industry-proven tools
can be customized to create safe sets,
whether working near-set or off-set,
without compromising the creativity
or technical control of production.
This is just another way we at ARRI are
enabling and supporting filmmakers, "
says Stephan Schenk, General Manager
Global Sales & Solutions.

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