Veset adds AWS CDI support for uncompressed cloud playout at 8ms latency

For broadcasters running linear channels on AWS, CDI support removes a key quality barrier — uncompressed video can now move between playout, processing, and distribution services without the artifacts and latency overhead of compression. AWS has described CDI as a 'virtual SDI cable,' and a growing list of media vendors — including Autodesk Flame, Streambox, and Colorfront — have added CDI support, signaling a maturing interoperable ecosystem around uncompressed cloud transport. Watch whether additional cloud playout competitors follow Veset's lead and whether CDI adoption drives measurable shifts in cloud-originated channel counts over the next year.

AWS CDI launched as an open-source SDK designed to replace on-premises SDI connections with equivalent cloud-native transport. In an AWS Media Blog post, the company described CDI as a 'virtual SDI cable' enabling reliable, high-performance uncompressed video transport across EC2 compute instances. AWS Elemental MediaConnect supports up to 10 CDI outputs at 1080p and 4 CDI outputs at 4Kp60, per the same blog (AWS for M&E Blog, 2022). A separate AWS post noted that Autodesk Flame added CDI video monitoring support in its 2023.3 release, while Streambox Spectra VM and Colorfront Streaming Server also integrated CDI input, expanding the interoperable vendor ecosystem (AWS for M&E Blog, December 2022).

Cloud playout adoption has continued to accelerate. Evertz's Overture Playout, which also integrates with AWS CDI and AWS Elemental MediaConnect, powers Discovery's deployment of over 300 channels and 600 unique video streams on AWS, with channel launch times reduced 90% versus on-premises infrastructure (AWS for M&E Blog, 2022). WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS have used the same Evertz-AWS stack for high-profile content delivery.

Veset has continued building on its AWS relationship since the CDI announcement. In April 2025, the company integrated JPEG XS and Multicast networking into Veset Nimbus, becoming one of the first cloud playout providers to offer both, per Advanced Television (April 2025). In May 2025, Veset partnered with Telekom Malaysia to migrate 10 regional TV channels to the cloud using Nimbus on AWS, per Telecompaper (May 2025). These follow-on moves suggest CDI support was an early step in a broader uncompressed-transport strategy rather than a one-off integration.