Tag: Media

Fifteen years ago, Amazon CloudFront launched with 14 edge locations scattered around the world.  Since then, it’s been exciting to see how quickly we’ve grown to now having over 600 CloudFront Points of Presence (POPs) in more than 100 cities and 50 countries worldwide. We have continued to build and innovate, finding new ways to […]

About QoS in OTT World and its importance In today’s digital era, the widespread availability of high-speed internet and an expanding range of streaming devices have made over-the-top (OTT) content an integral part of our daily lives. However, making sure of quality of service (QoS) for OTT content is a significant challenge for both content […]

Observability is critical for operating any system. It should tell whether the system is functioning correctly, provide insights in user experience, notify when issues occur, and help to locate the root cause. However, building an observable video streaming system can be a challenge for customers as it requires collecting, correlating, and analyzing data from several […]

This blog details how Amazon CloudFront’s recently announced Origin Shield can enhance your multi-CDN media workload by minimizing the load on our your origin. This reduction in origin load can improve your origin’s availability, reduce its operating costs, and even improve general performance for your viewers.

If you are reading part two of this two-part blog series, it probably means that you operate a video streaming service for millions of viewers, with high sensitivity to performance, and you are considering multiple CDNs for your video delivery. In this part, I will guide you through important questions to consider when deploying a […]

Do you have lots of images that need to be modified before delivery? No problem with Amazon CloudFront and Lambda@Edge. Read more on how you can use our services to modify image dimensions, apply watermarks, or optimize formats based on browser support all on the fly. Optimizing your image delivery can lead to a better experience for your users while also reducing your bandwidth usage.