AWS Media Services Resources

This e-book for media and entertainment (M&E) leaders, business development managers, and technology teams, shows how to maximize revenue and minimize costs when launching Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) channels using solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partners

In this eBook, examine how the cloud is transforming broadcast. Discover solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partners designed to enhance and improve the broadcast workflow, and read how real customers in the broadcast industry are succeeding by modernizing on the cloud.

In this eBook, we’ll demonstrate how your company can create engaging audience experiences through machine learning-powered solutions—and provide examples of other businesses in your industry that are creating fascinating, captivating experiences with machine learning today.

The technology infrastructure you choose influences the degree of success you achieve in the increasingly competitive OTT video market. This e-book discusses the accelerating growth in OTT markets, compares hardware- and cloud-based approaches to creating live and on-demand OTT video workflows, and gives specific examples of companies that use cloud-based OTT video services.

Nurturing digital relationships with fans means delivering “right-now” OTT live sports offerings that meet broadcast-grade. The cloud is the great equalizer, allowing anyone to deliver personalized experiences and cutting-edge apps for the superfan. This e-book explains how cloud media services and solutions can help you reduce video production costs, grow revenue, and tailor offerings to your specific audiences.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has designed purpose-built solutions to help you innovate and accelerate your media workflows. Read how existing AWS customers are using solutions across their media value chain, from content production through to asset management and distribution, and get ideas for your own creative studio.

Warfighter analysis tools must be mission-critical ready for engagement at all times. Register for this webcast and learn how to extend your video encoding capabilities from ground and air operations to disconnected edge environments and to handheld mobile devices. Learn ways to improve processing, exploitation and dissemination with the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.

In this webcast, experts from AWS Elemental will highlight the history of HEVC, the benefits of migrating from AVC to HEVC, and what this transition means for video providers. Gain fundamental knowledge about the convergence of fMP4, CMAF and HEVC and the requirements to make the shift.

The benefits of leveraging the exceptionally efficient video compression techniques of HEVC / H.265 – with no sacrifice to video quality – are well known. But Apple’s recent commitment to hardware support raises questions. In this webcast, we’ll explain how we got here, discuss the ways AWS Elemental implements HEVC, show you how our customers use it, and look at where HEVC is headed.

In this webcast, you will learn how to create and deliver video over the internet, walk away with an understanding of video codecs, containers, popular delivery methods and content delivery networks, and learn about the latest trends in video compression and delivery.

QVBR is your antidote for inconsistent viewing quality caused by video complexity. QVBR saves you up to 50% for both CDN egress and storage. How? It delivers constant video quality and wastes zero bits. It’s also easy, simple, and quick to configure. Join us for an in-depth discussion of how QVBR works, its uses, and its advantages.

Behind The Stream is an online show designed for sports media broadcasters, athletic teams, and digital rights holders, brought to you by AWS video experts. Tune in to get insights, insider tips, and inspiration about how to use AWS media solutions for your next live streaming event.

This white paper offers guidance for broadcasters and media organizations transitioning to IP, and demystifies common misconceptions with the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 2110 standards and associated IP technologies. It explains why organizations transition from Serial Digital Interface (SDI) to IP workflows and covers important topics related to workflow design, synchronization, clocking, and uncompressed contribution using AWS Elemental Live.

For many viewers, the allure of live streamed events provides the motivation to subscribe and renew. But for many content providers, guaranteeing live streaming success is the most challenging part of media operations.  Learn what you need to know to get live streaming right.

With minimal effort, companies can use existing, sophisticated solutions to make their corporate streaming video workflows much more efficient, and without additional time, expense, and expertise.

Is server-side ad insertion (SSAI) better than client-side ad insertion (CSAI)? How do they differ? Which works best for OTT content monetization? How does the cloud enable more scalable solutions? This white paper answers these questions and more.

For a long time, OTT video streams over the internet have been lagging behind broadcast TV and social media by 15-30 seconds if not more. It's been a frustrating problem for both viewers and content providers. New knowledge, technologies, and practices are making long-standing video latency problems for live streaming a thing of the past.

Video delivery over the internet or any other channel is more than a matter of getting content from provider to viewer. To your audience, it's all about the quality of the viewing experience. If your video quality standards aren't high, your audience immediately knows and may go elsewhere to find it.