Video Observability and Analytics, from Encoder to Viewer
Monitor, analyze and troubleshoot every stage of your stream in one platform. See what your encoder sends, how your ads perform, how your content is delivered, and how your audience watches.
Every stage of your stream is visible in one place.
What is video observability?
Video observability is the ability to see and understand what happens to your stream at every stage, from the moment it leaves your encoder to the moment a viewer presses play.
Video analytics tells you what happened. Video observability helps you understand why. When viewers complain, revenue drops or traffic spikes, observability shows you exactly where to look.
What happened
- Live views fell 18% at 20:58
- Ad revenue for the evening came in short
Why it happened
- Ingest bitrate dropped to 2.9 Mbps at 20:57
- Mid-roll breaks in that window came back partially filled
Why most teams can't see the whole picture
Most streaming workflows are stitched together from separate vendors: one for ingest, one for ad insertion, one for delivery, one for player analytics. Each has its own dashboard, its own data and its own blind spots.
Four vendors, four dashboards
When something breaks, teams spend hours comparing reports that were never designed to work together. The problem is often in the gap between them.
One platform, one connected view
5centsCDN runs your ingest, ad insertion and delivery, and measures playback, so every stage is measured by the same platform and lines up on the same timeline.
One video analytics platform, every stage
5centsCDN runs your ingest, ad insertion and delivery, and measures playback, so every stage of your stream is visible in one place.
Playback QoE
Monitor how smoothly your output stream plays, including buffering, stalls and playback quality, from external monitoring locations.
Why 5centsCDN observability
Connected across the pipeline
The SCTE-35 cue detected at ingest is the same cue that triggers the ad break in your ad analytics. Every stage connects to the next.
Open to your stack
Monitor the output of any encoder, add player analytics to any player, and track ads from 5centsCDN Ad Manager or third-party ad servers.
Built for every stream type
Live streams, video on demand, scheduled playlists, 24/7 linear and FAST channels, and web delivery.
Your data, your way
Export to CSV or PDF, access everything through the API, and stream raw CDN logs into your own tools.
Who uses 5centsCDN observability?
Broadcasters
Keep high-stakes live feeds and their ad breaks healthy.
OTT and streaming platforms
Understand delivery and viewing across every device.
FAST channel operators
Monitor always-on channels and every ad break that funds them.
Ad operations teams
Find exactly where ad revenue leaks.
Engineering and DevOps teams
Troubleshoot faster, with raw data in their own stack.
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