AWS for M&E Blog

Category: Media Supply Chain & Archive

How to: Use AudioShake to improve accuracy in localization, transcription, and captioning workflows on AWS

This blog is co-authored by Jessica Powell, AudioShake. Introduction A significant market opportunity exists for individual creators and organizations to provide transcription, dubbing, and captioning services to reach global audiences rapidly. By quantifying demand and optimizing these services, providers can deliver high-quality viewing experiences for consumers worldwide. Automated speech recognition (ASR), artificial intelligence (AI), and […]

Managing media access in a content lake using Shot Locker

Hollywood studios are rapidly adopting cloud-based content production workflows to realize benefits such as scalability, security, and cost savings available with the cloud. However, a major challenge for content producers is allowing secure, controlled access to production media to third-party vendors, such as VFX houses and color grading teams. Shot Locker is an example web […]

How Swimming Australia uses machine learning for real-time training pool analytics with AWS Panorama

In this blog post, we explore how Swimming Australia uses AWS Panorama from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to perform real-time computer vision (CV) inference at the edge with state-of-the-art computer vision models. We describe how to integrate an end user application with AWS Panorama along with the rationale for design strategies and their impact. This solution features services such as AWS Panorama for machine learning (ML) at the edge, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) for messaging, Amazon Kinesis Video Stream for video streaming, and AWS App Runner for the end user application.

Highlights from NAB Show 2024

More than 61,000 media and entertainment (M&E) industry professionals from 163 countries gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this month to network, explore emerging technologies, and discuss the trends shaping the future of content production, delivery, and monetization at NAB Show 2024. Amazon Web Services (AWS) pulled out all the stops for the show, including […]

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, […]

How to modify an incoming audio source using AWS Elemental MediaLive

Audio is a crucial component in media, elevating content beyond the visual and evoking a wide range of emotions. However, misconfiguring audio can negatively impact how your audience perceives and comprehends your content, resulting in a subpar user experience. Therefore, it’s essential to configure audio correctly in media to ensure your content is fully appreciated. […]

OnePlan transforms venue planning with high-performance digital twins

This blog is co-authored by Winnie Cruzan, Senior Content Marketing Manager at OnePlan and Cem Kilinic, Senior Architect at OnePlan. Introduction In the ever-evolving world of venue management, staying ahead of the curve is paramount to success. As venue owners strive to deliver unforgettable experiences at their stadiums, arenas, conference centres and beyond, the power […]

Create super resolution for legacy media content at scale with generative AI and AWS

Introduction Today, media and entertainment companies own a large number of legacy media content that was created in low or standard resolutions before high-resolution technology was available—for instance, movies, television shows, music videos, and sports highlight clips. Given today’s advancements in display technology, it’s common for audiences to demand video content to be delivered in […]

Optimize for sustainability with video encode reuse in AWS Elemental MediaLive

Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers are increasingly aware of energy consumption and carbon footprint associated with IT and media workflows. They seek guidance about how to reduce unnecessary resource usage. For customers looking to optimize AWS architecture for energy efficiency, we offer the Sustainability Pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. The Sustainability Pillar provides design principles, […]

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M&E and Sports at re:Invent 2023

From the Rec Center at Mandalay Bay to the AWS for Industries Pavilion at the Venetian, the influence of Media & Entertainment (M&E), and Sports was readily apparent at AWS re:Invent 2023. Held November 27 – December 1 in Las Vegas, the annual AWS event welcomed attendees from around the world to learn from AWS […]