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Introducing: Guidance for audio quality control with TAG Video Systems and AWS
Modern broadcast and streaming operations face unprecedented challenges in maintaining professional-grade audio quality while scaling to meet growing content demands. Traditional hardware-based monitoring solutions struggle to be flexible and cost-effective, as well as meet geographic distribution required for today’s cloud-first media workflows. Audio quality control (QC)—from loudness compliance to real-time stream analysis—has become increasingly complex […]
AWS to show new generative AI, news distribution innovations at IBC 2025
At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will showcase how its latest innovations are helping customers: speed up how they create content, reduce costs with as they connect workflows, and maximize the value of their content while they captivate audiences. IBC 2025 will also serve as a moment to […]
CoStar Group reduces costs by 80% using AWS Elemental MediaConvert
This blog is co-authored by Mark Osborn, Principal Software Engineer at CoStar Group. Seeking greater control over their video transcoding capabilities while reducing costs and enhancing quality for their customers, CoStar Group embarked on a transformative solution. Let’s dive into how CoStar brought their video transcoding and distribution backends in house using Amazon Web Services […]
Transforming sports storytelling with generative AI on AWS
Sports broadcasters face an ongoing challenge: how to deliver compelling stories while managing vast amounts of real-time and historical data during live events. For mountain bike racing commentators, this means processing information about hundreds of athletes, multiple race configurations, and constantly changing conditions—all while keeping viewers engaged in real-time. We’re excited to share how Warner […]
Using Amazon S3 Vectors (preview) to semantically search using a media lake on AWS
Many media organizations face challenges in managing and discovering content across their digital libraries. Relying on manual searches of file names, or folder structures, can result in duplicated work and underutilized assets—impacting productivity and content monetization opportunities for re-using and creating content. The emergence of AI-powered semantic search introduces complexity and cost considerations for media […]
Introducing: Guidance for a media lake on AWS
Many companies struggle to manage their vast collections of digital media files stored across multiple Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets. This scattered storage approach can create significant challenges for organizations. Searching for specific content can be difficult and time-consuming (with organizing files effectively becoming a complex task) making extracting the full value from […]
Improve operational processes for AWS Elemental MediaConnect using AWS CDK
Managing encrypted Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaConnect entitlements across AWS accounts can be challenging, particularly when dealing with secret strings and upstream changes. We will demonstrate, with code examples, how AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) can be leveraged to create a pattern for securing the sharing of secret strings. It will also provide […]
Automating audio editing and transcoding using AWS
Audio editing and transcoding are crucial processes for content creators, broadcasters, and media professionals who need to convert audio files from one format to another and automate basic audio editing tasks. With Amazon Elastic Transcoder scheduled for deprecation, in November, 2025, it is important to understand the alternatives for implementing audio-only workflows in Amazon Web […]
Manage budgets efficiently with budget events in AWS Deadline Cloud
If you’re a producer looking to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) Deadline Cloud Budget Manager to track spend and usage for your render farm, then this blog is for you. 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, […]
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 […]