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BBC delivers live, UHD coverage of UEFA Euros and Wimbledon with AWS
Major sporting events in Summer 2021 attracted audiences in the millions to BBC viewing platforms, breaking previous records. A peak BBC TV audience of 25 million tuned into the UEFA Euro 2020 final between Italy and England, and a peak audience of 7.8 million witnessed Novak Djokovic defeat Matteo Berrettini in the Men’s Singles Final […]
AWS Elemental Live encoder 4K/UHD advancements and workflows
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental has a long and rich history when it comes to 4K / Ultra High Definition (UHD) encoding in both live and file-based video workflows. AWS Elemental Live—which processes video streams in near real time—supported the world’s first near-real-time 4K High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) transmission when it streamed the Osaka […]
Zixi live streams 4K content on the 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength
Sports fans and entertainment buffs have a high bar for their live streaming experiences, demanding outstanding performances on any device, quick start times, and no buffering. Viewers also want more live streamed content than ever, and, increasingly, in vivid 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) resolution. These applications require ultra-low latencies in order to deliver high-quality […]
What was new for AWS Elemental Media Services in 2019
Introduction In 2018, AWS Elemental released AWS Elemental MediaConnect and added features and improvements to other five services that were released in 2017. If you missed all that news, you can catch-up here. At re:Invent 2019, the AWS Elemental team will present a review of the past year at the Twitch Launchpad. You can watch […]
WIND Hellas: “The New Way of Watching TV”
Guest authored by: Patrick Vos, CEO, Zappware The content and opinions in this post are those of the third-party author and AWS is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this post. The story of WIND Hellas illustrates what it takes to be an innovator and growth player in the new TV landscape. Just […]