Avid announced a multi-year partnership with Remote Picture Labs (RPL). This agreement enables RPL to offer a virtual film and television post production solution that allows editors, assistant editors and producers to collaborate from anywhere using Avid's Media Composer software and Avid NEXIS storage products offered as a service to its customers. RPL has shifted its business model to address the changing landscape as media companies gravitate toward as-a-service offerings to support an increasingly distributed workforce, moving from perpetual licenses to subscription with Avid. Originally developed so that edit teams could work during the COVID-19 pandemic, the RPL solution provides all the system performance and functionality of traditional Avid workstations. Each virtualized client runs on RPL's high-performance private cloud in a robust, secure environment that possesses the same picture and audio quality and throughput found in on-premises edit bays. This continuity enables the seamless transition to a remote, collaborative environment, with content security assured through multi-factor authentication and AES-256 encryption. Built around Avid's Media Composer video editing software and Avid NEXIS media storage, RPL's virtual workstations can be used as part of either a completely remote or a hybrid solution with some people working on premises and others remotely. The software-based platform gives editing teams access to the latest Media Composer features as soon as they're available and provides a common experience whether the editor is working in a post facility or studio or from home. Multiple workstations can be integrated on the same project, making the RPL solution ideal for remote collaborative editing of premium live sports, studio shows, episodic television and feature films.