LucidLink has been deployed across VICE Media Group to help modify and strengthen its post-production model and help transition its production workflow to the cloud, where it becomes accessible to editors worldwide, according to a press release.
"We wanted to deploy a solution that would enable remote from home productivity in the short-term, but we also wanted to try and build something that would stand us in good stead post-COVID,” Dominic Brouard, postproduction infrastructure manager, VICE Media Group, said. “That meant we wanted a tool that would work sustainably from the speed of production. It also had to meet the terms of the cost model, the infrastructure it sits on and be enterprise-ready and security-focused."
VICE Media's news team initially ran a 30-day LucidLink trial, during which they used 'cloud NAS' to launch content capable of storing to a cloud an/or streaming and caching to local devices. After permanently implementing LucidLink’s software and shifting its entire production workflow onto the cloud, the team now has the option to work remotely “with the day-to-air content from regions in the field to the finishing teams taking broadcast content to air.”
LucidLink allows editors to access and edit assets on cloud storage in real time from any location. The information will be immediately available for review.
“Editors worldwide can now work on the same media, story or program, employing a 'follow the sun' model,” a recent press release explains. “For example, when an editor in the UK finishes for the day, editorial team members in South America can continue to work on the same project.”
The program is also credited with minimizing challenges related to downloading files and sending drives, reducing unsustainable consumption times.
"Our speed to edit has increased immeasurably with LucidLink," Brouard said. "Quite simply, had we not had LucidLink, then in the short-term, we would have been less efficient working from home (during COVID), and in the longer term, our cloud-first strategy would probably have required a more complex and expensive post-production system in the cloud."