AWS for M&E Blog
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
IMT builds a modern infrastructure for the Seattle Kraken in time for game day
When the National Hockey League (NHL) announced its expansion into Seattle, local hockey fans were excited to get the chance to root for their first home team. The newly formed Seattle Kraken (Kraken) knew they had a unique chance to build a foundation for decades of fan engagement as they prepared for the 2021–2022 season. […]
Aligning AWS security services to MovieLabs Common Security Architecture for Production (CSAP)
In this blog post, we provide a primer on MovieLabs and its publications to date that focus on security, AWS’ take on the foundational concepts in the MovieLabs security architecture, and preview the remaining blogs in this series. The media and entertainment industry is no stranger to disruptive innovation. One of the most significant transformations […]
AWS for M&E Video Tutorials: CDN Authorization for AWS Elemental MediaPackage
AWS for Media & Entertainment Video Tutorials are a series of short videos that cover best practices and actionable tips to build media workflows on AWS. In these on-demand videos, AWS media and entertainment experts answer common questions from customers and offer valuable insight about how to architect, deploy, and optimize your media workflows. In […]
Running MediaInfo as an AWS Lambda Function
Media processing applications often need information about what’s in audio and video files before they can do anything with those files. MediaInfo, a unified display of the most relevant video and audio file data, is a popular tool for doing just that. Video providers use it to get technical metadata about video codecs, frame rates, […]
Securing studio IP in AWS: Cloud-based VFX project management with Autodesk Shotgun
In this blog post, we walk you through the architecture of Autodesk Shotgun Private Cloud, a cloud-based VFX Project Management application running on AWS. Autodesk Shotgun simplifies creative project management and unifies visual effects (VFX), animation, and games teams of all sizes. Shotgun is a scalable on-demand platform that can support just a few users […]
AWS Elemental MediaStore: Ingest acceleration
Introduction Oceans and borders can’t stop video providers from delivering their viewers amazing content from all over the planet. However, distance can create challenges when attempting to publish content that is ingested from a region with a limited AWS footprint. To facilitate the use of AWS Elemental Media Services from regions of the globe where […]
Pac-12: campus cloud touchdown
This article originally appeared in FEED Magazine, Issue 13. Professional sports take top spot in US television viewing, but university level sports has an avid following that –given fierce university loyalties – can eclipse the pros. The Pacific-12 Conference, or Pac-12, is the university sports organization covering the western US, a region that contains some of […]