AWS for M&E Blog
Category: Amazon EventBridge
How to perform AWS Elemental MediaConvert job compliance checks using Amazon CloudWatch
Introduction AWS Elemental MediaConvert is a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. The service can create on-demand video assets for playback on virtually any device. Because video processing with MediaConvert is managed and the service scales with fluctuations in demand, customers need granular observability of their encoding jobs. For example, customers may want to […]
Leveraging Customer-Managed Fleets with AWS Deadline Cloud
AWS Deadline Cloud is a scalable, fully managed render scheduler from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for teams that need a better way to create ground-breaking visual content. To power the elastic workloads creative teams require, Deadline Cloud organizes Workers into Fleets. The Workers run Jobs given to them by Queues, which are collections of Jobs […]
How serverless services help M&E companies gain a strategic advantage in a competitive market
The media and entertainment (M&E) industry has evolved with the digitization of content, proliferation of platforms, changes in the way media is consumed, emergence of user generated content, and globalization. These changes are fueled by and fuel consumer behavior and expectations. Those who were once happy to just record a live telecast of a show […]
Monitor video content and encoding quality with Media Metrics in AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Introduction When designing and operating video-on-demand workflows at scale, customers require rich metric data to gain insight into the performance of their transcoding pipelines. AWS Elemental MediaConvert is natively integrated with Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EventBridge, providing customers with the necessary tools to create actionable and observable systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS). MediaConvert now […]
Opportunity Analysis gives new insight into the quality of a shot
This brand new analytic, part of National Hockey League (NHL) EDGE IQ powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), uses a novel machine learning (ML) model that analyzes millions of historical and real-time data points to show fans how difficult a shot was at the moment of release, calculated just seconds after the play. Imagine you’re […]
Watch now: HBO Max automates misconfiguration and vulnerability detection on AWS
As a premium streaming service for blockbuster movies, epic originals, and addictive series, HBO Max demands tight security to protect its content. While traditional security models tend to be reactive, the HBO Max security team built an automated process to prevent vulnerabilities and cloud misconfigurations from happening in the first place, allowing HBO developers to […]
Automatic media ingest and quality control with Telestream and Ateliere on AWS
Automation in media workflows is increasingly important as more file-based media workloads move into the cloud. AWS collaborated with Telestream and Ateliere Creative Technologies to create an automatic media ingest and quality control (QC) demo, which was showcased at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in September, 2022. AWS participates each year at IBC to showcase the […]
Using Amazon IVS and MediaConvert in a post processing workflow
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) can now record live streams to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). This allows you to save previous live streams to Amazon S3 for later re-use. Pairing this with AWS Elemental MediaConvert HLS ingest allows customers to use broadcast-grade features such input clipping, stitching, SCTE-35 insertion, and image overlay […]
Monitoring Amazon Interactive Video Service with a CloudWatch Dashboard
Introduction Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) is a managed live streaming solution that is quick and easy to set up, and ideal for creating interactive video experiences. You can send your live streams to Amazon IVS using streaming software and the service does everything you need to make low-latency live video available to any viewer […]