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Category: Media & Entertainment

The next generation of media intelligence with Guidance for Media2Cloud on AWS version 4.0

We are pleased to announce the official release of Guidance for Media2Cloud on AWS version 4.0. This release offers enhancements that assist Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers in monetizing their media archives, generating content metadata more cost effectively, and leveraging generative AI to produce new kinds of content metadata. The new version of Media2Cloud still […]

New AWS monetization solution demonstrations at NAB Show 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Media & Entertainment Monetization solution area provides services and solutions to help media and entertainment companies deliver, optimize, and monetize their content across multiple platforms and channels, increasing revenue streams and creating more efficient monetization of their content assets. The 2024 NAB Show kicks off April 13 in Las […]

Next-generation AWS Elemental Live hardware unlocks new possibilities for video workflows

Introduction Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Elemental have long-committed to providing the most versatile and feature-complete line of physical encoding appliances for our customers to use in their own data centers and technical operations centers (TOCs). We are pleased to announce that this commitment continues with the release of the next generation of AWS […]

Ensuring media authenticity, traceability, and integrity by running C2PA on AWS

Tracking content provenance is a necessity for media companies, particularly with the advent of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI). Provenance metadata is critical for the following reasons: Ensure that content production and distribution is consistent with digital rights Track ownership so that content is stored and monetized properly Combat the spread of misinformation by providing […]

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 […]

Create 4K and 8K linear channels with AWS Elemental MediaTailor Channel Assembly

Do you have existing 4K or 8K video-on-demand (VOD) assets that you would like to turn into linear channels? What are the challenges or obstacles preventing you from doing so? AWS Elemental MediaTailor Channel Assembly makes it easy for customers to add 4K linear channels to their lineup without incurring the high cost of purchasing […]

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 […]

IMDb and Fabric Inc. team up to enrich media and entertainment catalogs with an integrated solution

Over the last decade, the media and entertainment (M&E) industry experienced an unprecedented acceleration in the volume of content being created and the consolidation of multiple media and entertainment companies. As a result, the industry faced increased challenges around disorganization of proprietary title catalogs as well as the duplication and inconsistency of associated marketing assets […]

AWS supports the second multi-partner live cloud production interoperability workshop

In April 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the Live Cloud Production (LCP) Initiative with the objective of bridging technology gaps and expanding our broadcast solution portfolio in collaboration with AWS Partners. The aim is to deliver outcomes that benefit our current and future partners, customers, and the M&E community as a whole. In the […]

AWS to showcase live broadcast workflows, generative AI, and more at NAB 2024

As the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show returns to Las Vegas, Nevada April 13-17, 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is fully embodying the Show’s motto, ‘Where Content Comes to Life,’ with a live cloud-powered newsroom production demonstration in collaboration with NVIDIA. AWS for media and entertainment (M&E) solutions that enable customers to create, deliver, […]