Sohonet’s ClearView Flex Set for November Launch (SCN)
ClearView Flex, Sohonet’s remote collaboration service and part of the company’s Connected Cloud Services suite, is set for launch in November, the company announced. Sohonet first debuted the service at IBC. “Sohonet’s ClearView HD and 4K have become an irreplaceable resource for our customers to solve the dilemma of color-accurate, real-time collaboration for color grading and editing across distances,” said Chuck Parker, chairman and CEO of Sohonet. “But our most frequently requested feature has been to enable viewing of the remote session for collaborators who are on-the-go.
Whether it’s a producer at Sundance or a director on set, anyone is just an email away from direct participation in real-time. “The mandate we gave our product team was to build ClearView Flex with all of the hallmarks of our other Connected Cloud Services: performance, security, reliability and our phenomenal 24/7 service. Based on feedback from our alpha and beta testers, ClearView Flex is an exciting addition to the Sohonet product family.”
The service promises to offer secure, real-time collaboration with live video sessions for media and entertainment projects, regardless of location, without the need for support software. ClearView Flex works on both mobile devices and PCs.
ClearView Flex consist of a Sohonet-managed device, connected to an editing station, and a cloud-based web application, giving administrators the ability to invite viewers to a one-use URL, featuring a real-time HD video stream. Along with end-to-end encryption, other features include session burn-ins and attendee management.
“The challenge for making remote collaboration really useful is to eliminate the lag between what the viewer in the room sees and what the remote collaborator gets in a stream,” said Ben Roeder, CTO of Sohonet. “We’ve created a system that adds only 2 frames (about 8 milliseconds) of delay, [while] maintaining the kind of session security that our studio customers require.”