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AWS re:Invent 2023
Mission Cloud + MagellanTV at AWS re:Invent 2023
In this AWS re:Invent 2023 video, Simon Anderson, Founder and CEO of Mission Cloud, and Tom Lucas, Cofounder of MagellanTV, discuss how generative artificial intelligence (AI) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is helping the boutique streaming service scale and foster a global community of documentary enthusiasts.
MagellanTV is a streaming venture specializing in high-end documentary films and series focused on science, adventure, history, nature. The company is partnering with Mission Cloud and using AWS services such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Polly, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon SageMaker, and Amazon Transcribe to break language barriers and make its documentaries accessible worldwide.
On AWS, Mission Cloud created an innovative workflow that automates the translation and dubbing of English- language documentaries, capturing the intricacies of language with minimal human intervention.
This solution has the potential to reduce the time and costs of traditional dubbing by up to 99 percent, revolutionizing the economics of content distribution and opening new markets for filmmakers. MagellanTV’s audience, self-identified lifelong learners worldwide, benefits from this transformative technology, which not only enhances accessibility but also unites viewers around shared interests.
Our mission, in essence, is to help the next generation of companies build and transform their industries through the power of AWS. And with the new frontier of generative AI, the use cases and possibilities for innovation and growth are real and already proving valuable, like with MagellanTV.”
Simon Anderson
CEO, Mission Cloud
Simon Anderson
Simon Anderson is the founder & CEO of Mission Cloud, a leading US-based cloud managed services and consulting company and Premier Partner of AWS. Simon founded Mission Cloud in 2017 after 15 years as an executive and entrepreneur in the web hosting and infrastructure software industries. Under Anderson’s astute leadership, Mission Cloud has been awarded Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Technology for 2023, ranked on CRN’s Fast Growth 150 list for 2023 and is recognized across the technology industry for its commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and for closing the cloud literacy skills gap among underrepresented communities.
Thomas Lucas
Thomas Lucas is a co-founder of MagellanTV, a global streaming venture specializing in high-end documentary films and series. Lucas is a documentary filmmaker with over 50 major films to his credit covering topics ranging from wilderness fire to hammerhead sharks and long distance space travel. Lucas’ internet productions have drawn over 300 million views, including the series Cosmic Journeys and Secrets of the Universe, and films such as Rise of the Great White Shark and Galapagos Realm of Giant Sharks.
About Mission Cloud
Mission Cloud is a leading born-in-the-cloud managed services, consulting provider, and AWS Premier Tier Partner at the forefront of generative AI technology. We help innovative companies use generative AI to scale existing models or build new, groundbreaking applications. Our team of AWS experts empowers businesses to migrate, manage, modernize, and optimize their cloud environments, ensuring a successful future in the cloud.
About MagellanTV
MagellanTV is on a mission to bring people the finest documentaries from around the world. The company offers more than 3,000 documentary series and features through its ad-free app, available through major streaming providers including Amazon, Roku and Apple.
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