AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Tommy Johnston
Tommy Johnston is a solutions architect for Amazon Web Services (AWS) state and local government team. Prior to joining AWS in 2019, he has worked in IT since 2007 and held a number of technical roles including cloud engineer for a software as a solution business-to-business software company and information consultant for a state agency. Outside of professional automation, Tommy is passionate about home automation and college football.
Live streaming to Facebook and YouTube with AWS Elemental MediaLive
The COVID-19 pandemic pressed organizations to virtualize events that would have previously been held in person, like town halls, school board meetings, public health announcements, and more. While larger organizations may have existing media departments, smaller organizations have had to find ways to utilize social media and other consumer-grade resources to stream these events online. This post walks through how to use AWS Elemental MediaLive to stream to Facebook Live and YouTube Live using an AWS CloudFormation stack to stand up resources automatically.