The new Huddle SaaS solution, the latest development from Avid, allows you to accelerate the approval of post-production processes by securely linking Media Composer and Microsoft Teams.
without leaving Media Composereditors can use Huddle to safely start a meeting Teams allowing participants to review high quality video contentwith full confidence that its content is protected. The latest development of Avid allows producers, customers and other reviewers to give immediate feedback to editors adding virtually comments and annotations with timestamp while discussing the content via a live session.
Likewise, Avid Huddle eliminates the laborious process of submitting content to various stakeholders and collect their input separately. Simulating a in-person content review processediting teams can significantly accelerate project delivery, saving “time and money.” Avid Huddle will be available in the form of flexible monthly or annual subscription, which will allow users to expand or reduce the service according to their needs. Only the host needs to have an Avid Huddle subscription; Participants can join sessions through Microsoft Teams.
Tanya O’Connorvice president of market solutions at Avid, explains why the company decided to develop this solution: “Collaborating to review video content during post-production is a challenge when the creative team is spread across multiple locations. Avid Huddle helps teams overcome this barrier and truly embrace distributed work.”
On the other hand, Simon Crownshaw, director of global media and entertainment strategy at Microsoft, adds: “With the help of the secure and ubiquitous Microsoft Teams platform, Avid Huddle brings a true paradigm shift to the way television shows, movies, advertisements and more Content can now go through review and approval quickly and economically. Most importantly, we are enabling an exceptional video and audio streaming experience that is like looking over the shoulder of an editor working in Media Composer.”
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