Media & Entertainment

Media and entertainment networks combine demanding real-time streaming requirements with unpredictable traffic patterns generated by live production workflows, content ingest from remote feeds, and CDN origin pull from large storage systems. Arista's cloud-grade routing platforms, particularly the 7280R3 and 7280R4, provide the deep buffer capacity that absorbs CDN origin pull bursts without tail drop, while EOS streaming telemetry captures per-queue state at millisecond intervals for rapid performance diagnosis during live events where the window to identify and resolve a network issue before it affects broadcast quality is measured in seconds.

A single EOS software stack across every platform in Arista's routing and switching portfolio means that broadcast engineers and network teams share a consistent operational model for studio networks, distribution networks, and internet-facing CDN nodes. EOS's event-driven automation allows programmatic reconfiguration of network paths when production workflows change, re-routing a live feed path from one production system to another through API calls from a production control system, without requiring manual switch configuration changes during a live broadcast where interruption is not an option.

IP-based video distribution standards including SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022 are supported across EOS platforms, enabling the broadcast industry's transition from SDI-based signal distribution to IP-based production infrastructure on a network managed through CloudVision. Arista operates a dedicated media-industry support team with expertise in broadcast networking standards and live production workflows, providing specialist support that understands the latency, jitter, and availability requirements of IP video transport in a way that general enterprise networking support teams typically do not.