AWS for M&E Blog

Category: Media & Entertainment

AWS drives innovation in content monetization and cloud broadcast at Advertising Week & NAB Show New York

The AWS Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports team is set to make an impact in New York City this week, participating in Advertising Week and NAB Show in New York, with plans to showcase how AWS empowers media and entertainment companies to boost content monetization, foster customer engagement across multiple platforms, and run broadcast […]

IBC 2024: A show for the books

The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), held annually each fall in Amsterdam, provides a forum for forging new connections, reconnecting with old friends, and prompting productive conversations about the media and entertainment (M&E) industry, as well as topics like AI, sustainability, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Amazon Web Services (AWS) participated in IBC 2024 with more […]

IMAX streams next-level live event experiences with AWS

Pioneering live streaming tech from IMAX and AWS brings immersive sports events to giant screens globally without buffering, offering unparalleled viewing quality under 20mbps bitrate.

How the PGA TOUR uses machine learning and generative AI from AWS to enhance Media Asset Management

This blog was co-written by Byron Chapman, Director Media Asset Management & Media Workflows, PGA TOUR and Andres Carjuzaa, Co-Founder & CTO, Around. The PGA TOUR is the world’s premier membership organization for touring professional golfers. It co-sanctions tournaments on the PGA TOUR along with several other developmental, senior, and international tournament series. Housing, managing, […]

AWS launches a free digital learning plan for Content Production workloads

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches a free digital learning plan: AWS for Media & Entertainment – Content Production Foundations. The learning plan provides training that allows content production teams to upskill their staff on cloud workflows. It is the second learning plan created by AWS Media & Entertainment (M&E) solution experts to train executives […]

Improve video quality and save costs with live AV1 video

What is AV1 AV1 was developed as a state-of-the-art video codec for distribution over the web by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), which consists of representation from several companies including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, and Nvidia, and others. It’s designed to succeed AVC, VP9, and HEVC as a next generation of natively supported video […]

AWS Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming showcase at IBC 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Media & Entertainment (M&E) Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming solution area provides services and solutions to help M&E companies prepare, deliver, personalize, and monetize their content across multiple platforms and channels and to provide rich customer experiences with live, linear, and on-demand content. At IBC Show 2024 September 13—16 in Amsterdam, […]

Create a scalable workflow using the Intel Library for Video Super Resolution

Introduction The rise of Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels has boosted the repurposing and distribution of archival content, including classic movies and TV shows, across modern platforms and devices. Much of this content is available only in lower-resolution, standard definition (SD) formats, and needs enhancement to meet viewer expectations. Traditionally, low-complexity methods like Lanczos […]

Introducing AWS Elemental MediaLive Anywhere: Cloud-controlled live video encoding on your own infrastructure

Background Today, broadcast, live streaming, and video distribution customers with on-premises sources or local network destinations have a range of choices when building live video workflows. These options all have trade-offs, and none are ideal when hybrid deployments on both ground and cloud are required. Customers can purchase and deploy on-premises encoding appliances and software, […]

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment debuts generative AI video editor to deliver content to fans faster

This blog post was co-authored by Ryan Khurana, Lead, Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics, MLSE. In today’s social media-fueled 24/7 news and entertainment cycle, speed is of the essence, especially when it comes to sports coverage. Every pivotal moment has endless re-watch value, enabling a plethora of stories to be produced from vast archives. This […]