This 2015-founded remote collaboration company powers some of the world’s largest media houses, including the likes of Netflix, HBO, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures. In 2020, with severe constraints on travel and in-person production, Evercast helped to keep several creative projects on track by easing remote collaboration.
In recognition of its technology, Evercast was awarded the 2020 Engineering Emmy.
Let us review some of its key features and capabilities.
What are the Key Features of Evercast?
While Evercast doesn’t boast of virtual reality or augmented reality capabilities, it is well ahead of Zoom, Teams, etc., when it comes to enabling collaboration. The creative industry relies on a massive workforce coming together either in-person or virtually to complete various pre, during, and post-production tasks. Evercast enhances performance across these areas with the following features.
HD live streaming
Evercast’s central value proposition is its stellar streaming quality, even when you are sharing video live. The Evercast web platform can live stream any application you have running on your desktop at 1080p HD quality. In addition to this, audio streaming happens at a highly accurate bit rate beyond 128 kbps.
Security and firewall
To protect data rights, creative professionals can add logos and watermarks to their video streams directly from the main Evercast interface. The platform’s latest release introduced better support for corporate firewalls – ideal for creative professionals working in an enterprise environment.
Meetings and conferencing
Unlike generic meeting and conferencing tools, Evercast lets you video conference with your collaborators while streaming live video. The experience is almost like that of a collaborative coding platform (think Microsoft’s Visual Studio Live Share), where meeting participants can share ideas, feedback, and notes while the project is examined in detail. To aid this process, Evercast comes with live annotations via text boxes or pen markings, complete with time stamps for version control.
Low latency and visualisation quality
Evercast’s incredibly low latency rates allow creatives to achieve lossless collaboration, even when handling bulky files. This comes in handy when processing complex visuals, as is the chase for most media houses. Interestingly, global blockbusters such as Bumblebee, Angel Has Fallen, and Chernobyl have all relied on Evercast to simplify post-production.
What are the Benefits of Using Evercast?
As the entertainment industry rediscovers its momentum, platforms like Evercast will be central to staying productive, ensuring high quality projects, and meeting deadlines. It reduces (even if it doesn’t fully eliminate) the need for business travel, allowing creatives the space to collaboratively edit and perfect their content. It also doubles up as a reliable file sharing and management platform for video/audio content.
How Much Will It Cost?
Evercast costs $999 per virtual room per month for studio-grade collaborations. If this sounds a bit steep keep in mind that Michael Mann, the celebrated filmmaker with directing credits that include Heat and Collateral, is currently using this platform for his latest project, Tokyo Vice.
And for small business and independent creatives, Evercast plans to introduce a Creative Pro (non-studio-grade) version very soon, which we’d expect to be highly relevant for video marketing teams and agencies around the world.
