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Category: Media Services

New guidance and tools: Cloud-native fast-turnaround media workflows on AWS

At NAB 2025 (April 6-9, 2025), Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching new guidance and tools for cloud-native fast-turnaround media workflows as part of the Cloud-native Agile Production (CNAP) program. The CNAP program is a collaboration project between AWS, the BBC, Sky and AWS Partners. CNAP is based on BBC Research & Development’s (BBC R&D) […]

New multi-partner live cloud production workshop supported by AWS

As live cloud production (LCP) workloads gain more momentum, customers want to deploy, integrate, and scale their systems more easily while gaining workflow observability. This includes gaining insights into the infrastructure, exposing meaningful application metrics, and monitoring their media assets in the cloud with comparable operational familiarity to their on-premises deployments. To help partners and […]

AWS Audio Innovation showcase at NAB 2025

At NAB 2025, April 5-9 in Las Vegas, NV, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will present four integrated demonstrations focused on audio innovation that feature AWS Cloud services and AWS Partner solutions. These demonstrations bring together complete audio workflows including podcast and radio programming creation, content analysis and summarization, metadata creation and tagging, and live transcription […]

Tubi smashes the Super Bowl live stream record by teaming up with AWS

The most watched sporting event in the United States, the annual National Football League (NFL) championship game is a high stakes broadcast with little room for error. So, when Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, Tubi, started planning to simulcast FOX’s Super Bowl LIX broadcast, the company immediately focused on preparing its infrastructure to support unprecedented […]

AWS showcases innovation in media and entertainment with cloud and generative AI at NAB 2025

Thousands of media and entertainment (M&E) visionaries, technologists, and storytellers will soon gather in Las Vegas for the annual NAB Show from April 5-9, 2025. Amazon Web Services (AWS) will put attendees in the driver’s seat with immersive demos and thoughtful insights shaping the future of the industry, from generative AI to live cloud production. […]

MasterClass enhances video quality and reduces costs with AWS Media Services

For many, cooking alongside Gordon Ramsay or writing with Shonda Rhimes may seem like pure fantasy, but streaming platform MasterClass makes these experiences a reality. The streaming platform offers more than 200 classes, delivered by the world’s best instructors. With video at the core of the MasterClass experience, the company looked to Amazon Web Services […]

How to render a Blender scene on AWS Deadline Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that streamlines render management for teams creating computer-generated 2D/3D graphics and visual effects for films, TV shows, games, industrial design, and architecture. Deadline Cloud comes with a fully supported integration for Blender. It is the quickest way to render Blender scenes on AWS while […]

Using Open Job Description to Customize Submitter Workflows

Are you an Artist or Technical Director (TD) who’d like to streamline the process of defining and submitting jobs to your render farm? This blog describes how to use Open Job Description (OpenJD) to customize the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Deadline Cloud integrated submitters, and concludes with a code sample of a custom submitter written […]

Troubleshooting SRT and Zixi with AWS Elemental MediaConnect

Sending video long distances can be challenging without a clear understanding of how your packets get from point A to point B. It also requires robust networking, sufficient bandwidth, and efficient encoding and delivery hardware. We will outline the best practices and troubleshooting techniques required to operate reliable transport using secure reliable transport (SRT) and […]

Migrating workflows from Amazon Elastic Transcoder to AWS Elemental MediaConvert

As media content continues to grow in complexity and volume, many organizations find themselves seeking more scalable and cost-effective transcoding solutions. To combat these challenges consider Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaConvert (MediaConvert), a powerful service that addresses the evolving needs of video processing professionals. If you’re currently using Amazon Elastic Transcoder (Elastic Transcoder), you’ll […]