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Snap Lens applied using the Amazon IVS Broadcast SDK for Web

Unlocking creator expressions to enhance live streaming experiences with Amazon IVS and Snap’s Camera Kit AR SDK

This blog post was co-authored by Ankit Baphna (Partner Engineer), Arash Pessian (Partner Engineer), Brooke DeWitt (Senior Product Strategy & Product Marketing Manager), and Michael Mase (Partner Engineer) at Snap. Introduction Live streaming has revolutionized the way we connect, share, and consume content. From gaming to shopping, fitness to education, live stream creators have become […]

Monitor video content and encoding quality with Media Metrics in AWS Elemental MediaConvert

Introduction When designing and operating video-on-demand workflows at scale, customers require rich metric data to gain insight into the performance of their transcoding pipelines. AWS Elemental MediaConvert is natively integrated with Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EventBridge, providing customers with the necessary tools to create actionable and observable systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS). MediaConvert now […]

AWS Artist Series: Rigging the characters for Picchu in Blender

This is the 6th post in our AWS Artist series, find the other five below: AWS Artist Series: Laying out the opening shots of Spanner AWS Artist Series: Compositing Spanner­­ AWS Artist Series: Creating characters with dynamic wrinkles  AWS Artist Series: Animating Noa  AWS Artist Series: Rigging the bridge for “Spanner” Introduction Picchu is the story […]

Generating input preview thumbnails using AWS Elemental MediaLive

Within the media and broadcast industry there is an incumbent need for broadcast operators to maintain visibility of video workflow health and performance. AWS Elemental MediaLive is a broadcast-grade live video processing service that creates high-quality streams for delivery to broadcast TVs and internet-connected devices.  MediaLive has a rich set of alerts, Amazon CloudWatch Events and […]

Interactive advertising with Amazon IVS

The ability to monetize live streaming content can be a challenge in the media and entertainment industry. For example, when streaming live content via social media platforms, options may not be available to advertise precisely the way you want within your show or event. In this post, the authors explain and demonstrate how to recognize […]

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Atmosphere scales streaming service for businesses, unlocks new revenue potential with AWS

Where audiences dwell, advertisers follow. From restaurants and bars to gyms, medical offices, airports and beyond, ample opportunities exist for brands to reach consumers as they move through the day. Atmosphere is broadening access to these audiences in the US and internationally with its free ad-supported streaming service, built on cloud-based technologies from Amazon Web […]

How to delay live streaming using AWS Elemental MediaPackage

How to delay live streaming using AWS Elemental MediaPackage

The ability to introduce a delay into live or real-time streaming video is a critical function for many content providers. There are several reasons a content provider might want to introduce a time lag to a live stream broadcast. Time zone differences: Delaying a live stream can accommodate viewers in different time zones, serving those […]

Learn how Zee5 accelerated highlights delivery on AWS, offering fans quick access to re-live their favorite cricket moments

This post was co-authored by Suneel Khare, Rahul Banerjee, and Lalitesh D at Zee5, and Girish Nair and Rahul Sureka at AWS. Zee Entertainment Enterprise Limited (ZEEL) is a global content company with more than 1.3 billion viewers around the world. Zee5, the online video streaming Over The Top (OTT) platform, offers an exhaustive array […]

Monitoring QoS of virtual linear OTT channels with dynamic ad insertion

Overview This is part two of a blog series about virtual linear channel creation and management. The first blog post in the series discussed how to create virtual linear OTT channels that can sequentially deliver both video on demand (VOD) and live streaming video by defining a channel schedule in AWS Elemental MediaTailor using Channel […]

High-level image of the Media.Monks remote broadcasting workflow.

How Media.Monks avoided carbon emissions using AWS for remote production

This blog is authored by Lewis Smithingham, SVP of Innovation, Media.Monks and Wes Hovanec, Virtual Studios Lead, Media.Monks. Sustainability featured more prominently than ever at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters Show. NAB has been described as “the world’s largest annual convention for broadcasters and the broader media, entertainment and technology industries”. Responding to growing […]