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Category: AWS Partner Network
What’s in your S3 Bucket? Using machine learning to quickly visualize and understand your media files in S3
As organizations make their transition to the AWS cloud, they often find themselves asking the question “what’s in that AWS S3 bucket?” In an environment where leadership teams expect fast answers from IT, how do you dissect an S3 bucket with ten terabytes and hundreds of thousands of audio files or documents without a way […]
AWS at MESA HITS fall
If you’ll be at MESA HITS Fall on October 4th in LA, be sure to check out AWS’s session in Track 3 (Assets, Data, and Performance): How Cloud-based MAMs Enable the Live Coverage of the Future – The Fox Sports World Cup Coverage Case Study Despite the changes in the pipeline and screen audiences use […]
In the news: Discovery, Inc to transition 300 channels to virtual playout
In this interview from Broadcast, Discovery, Inc Chief Technology Officer John Honeycutt talks about the strategic impetus behind moving playout of 300 channels around the world to the cloud: Honeycutt said the move to cloud-based playout was part of a broader strategy to virtualise Discovery’s entire content supply and delivery chain, from the arrival of […]
AWS partner demonstrations at IBC 2018
At IBC 2018, AWS will feature on its stand a number of partners that have built successful AWS-based services to help customers create, protect, distribute, and monetize rich media content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery. AWS will host twelve members of the AWS Partner Network (APN) and AWS Elemental Technology Partner (ETP) program in Stand […]
Webcast on-demand: Linear channel 101 for ‘Digital First’ media companies
From APN Partner Amagi: Check out this webcast to understand why Digital First media companies should launch linear channels, and how cloud playout can help. Speakers: Baskar Subramanian, co-founder, Amagi Mark Stephens, Global Partner Segment Leader M&E, AWS Key topics covered: Changing content consumption preferences and linear OTT market growth Various paths to capture […]
Transforming the video experience with AI: Granular personalization at scale
When consumers browse content in any video service, the program artwork is a large factor in what they choose to watch. There are a few generalizations we can make when it comes to generating appealing artwork. For example, according to research done by Netflix, images that have expressive facial emotion conveying the tone of the […]