Category: Amazon CloudFront

As Malaysia’s biggest content creator, Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro) reaches more than 5.4 million homes regionally, as well as more than 20 million unique users across digital platforms. The company’s distinct video services include NJOI, delivered via satellite direct-to-home (DTH), Astro Ultra connected TV boxes, and sooka, made available over-the-top (OTT), with each featuring […]

As a content creator, producer, or broadcaster it can be daunting to provide quick, and accurate transcriptions, dubbing or translations, for live streaming. However, I’ll discuss how to configure different services that could be just the cutting edge you need, saving you both time and money. Introduction Consumers all over the world have access to […]

In December 2023, the Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT) successfully completed its migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS), overcoming a variety of challenges with its previous over-the-top (OTT) provider. This transition enabled DGPT to enhance performance, gain valuable data insights, and scale seamlessly. With the support of the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), the AWS […]

This post was co-authored by Giovanni Galvez, VP of Business Development and Strategy, SyncWords. Customers have asked us how to best enable captions with low latency, especially for live sports and news, while taking advantage of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technologies in the cloud. AWS and SyncWords took on this challenge and enabled a secure, low […]

Media localization processes involve multi-step approaches, including translation, voice acting, and cultural adaptation, which can be time-consuming and costly. Businesses can now create realistic dubbed voices and sync lip movements in any language, at scale, unlocking new markets and making content more accessible worldwide. In our hyper-connected world, businesses are racing to grab a share […]

Enhanced story identification enables production team to create a more immersive fan experience. On a FORMULA 1® (F1) race day, the broadcast control room is pressure-packed as production personnel seek to keep pace with all the action on the track and behind the wheel to relay impactful stories to viewers around the world. On track, […]

Architecting a highly resilient solution for streaming premium live sports events, concerts, or news is critical to delight viewers with a high quality of experience (QoE). Deploying your video delivery workflow in two different Amazon Web Services (AWS) Regions is one way to provide extra redundancy. Region failover can mitigate impacts to workflows and even […]

For race organizers and sports teams, providing near real-time participant tracking across vast distances has traditionally required extensive physical infrastructure. With Amazon Location Service, you can now deliver immersive fan experiences by tracking athletes from motorsports to marathons at scale in the cloud. Whether it’s motorsports, cycling, running, or sailing, knowing participants’ locations in near […]

Video platforms are increasingly using advertising for monetization, both in free-to-air and subscription-based services. The latter often now offer ad-supported pricing models, allowing users to access content at a discounted subscription price in exchange for viewing ads. Implementing ad insertion into a live streaming platform requires careful planning and integration with multiple systems (including video […]

This blog was co-written by Ing. Philipp Neuhofer MSc., Senior Domain Architect at Sportradar. Operating within the fast-growing over-the-top (OTT) services industry, Sportradar Group AG, a leading global sports technology company, has to keep pace with the industry’s high demands. Since Sportradar’s OTT service launched in 2016, there has seen rapid growth in demand for […]