AWS for M&E Blog

As October gets underway, Amazon Web Services (AWS) celebrates several recent achievements, which include five industry awards for technology advancements spotlighted at IBC 2023 in September. Amazon IVS Real-Time Streaming earned both a TV Tech Product Innovation Award and TVBEurope Best of IBC Show Award, the AWS Elemental Link UHD MediaConnect Integration took home TV […]

Fans of popular animated series and features have likely seen the handiwork of Bardel Entertainment. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, the 2D, 3D, and hybrid animation studio has worked with industry leaders, including Netflix, Disney+, HBO, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, and Warner Brothers to create imaginative primetime programming for all ages as well as content for […]

Each year, thousands of attendees from around the world come to Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) event offers an expansive array of presentations, panel discussions, hands-on learning sessions, networking opportunities, and more. To help attendees navigate relevant sessions and events, the AWS for Media and Entertainment (M&E) team has created […]

Since the year 2000, Turin, Italy has been the home of the VIEW Conference, one of Europe’s most prominent computer graphics (CG) industry events. With a diverse lineup of professionals from creative fields including CG, animation, visual effects, and more, The VIEW Conference is a hub for innovation, collaboration, and inspiration. This year Amazon Web […]

Inclusivity, camaraderie, and opportunity collide with fierce competition in powerchair football. This month, the sport’s most talented athletes are gearing up for the 2023 FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup, which takes place October 15-20, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. For athletes and fans who can’t attend, FIPFA will deliver five days of live and on-demand video […]

Media and entertainment (M&E) customers continue to face challenges in creating more content, more quickly, and distributing it to more endpoints than ever before in their quest to delight viewers globally. Amazon Web Services (AWS), along with AWS Partners, have showcased the rapid evolution of M&E solutions for years at industry events like the National […]

Warner Bros. Discovery delivered innovative and expansive coverage of the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Games to millions of viewers. Using flexible and scalable compute services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Warner Bros. Discovery streamed over 1.3 billion minutes of Tokyo 2020 content and 1 billion minutes of Beijing 2022 content. For Tokyo 2020, […]

Introduction Many organizations are seeking ways to control and secure their live media streams, which often contain sensitive information or intellectual property, within their corporate networks. At the same time, companies also want the flexibility to grant controlled access to these private streams. Accessing media services, or media assets stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is aligned with the MovieLabs 2030 Vision as a north star in understanding and solving industry challenges for the adoption of content production workloads in the cloud. Principle 1 of the MovieLabs 2030 Vision states that: “All assets are created or ingested straight into the cloud and do not need to […]

Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) is taking off as consumers look to minimize content subscription fees. While Paramount, Roku, and Fox have already launched FAST offerings, getting one off the ground can be expensive and time-consuming, proving a barrier to entry for most content owners. Boston-based technology startup TVCoins is disrupting the market with its […]