Category: Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming

AI-powered content automation system revolutionizes the Seattle Seahawks’ digital strategy, streamlining distribution of digital content, automating video uploads, transcripts, and summaries to enhance fan experience.

The media and entertainment industry has been requesting more flexibility in how they manage their on-premises infrastructure. This includes how they distribute content locally, and contribute content to Media Services on Amazon Web Services (AWS), while maintaining quality and reliability. With the new feature AWS Elemental MediaLive Anywhere (MediaLive Anywhere), media customers now have the […]

The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), held annually each fall in Amsterdam, provides a forum for forging new connections, reconnecting with old friends, and prompting productive conversations about the media and entertainment (M&E) industry, as well as topics like AI, sustainability, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Amazon Web Services (AWS) participated in IBC 2024 with more […]

Pioneering live streaming tech from IMAX and AWS brings immersive sports events to giant screens globally without buffering, offering unparalleled viewing quality under 20mbps bitrate.

What is AV1 AV1 was developed as a state-of-the-art video codec for distribution over the web by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), which consists of representation from several companies including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, and Nvidia, and others. It’s designed to succeed AVC, VP9, and HEVC as a next generation of natively supported video […]

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Media & Entertainment (M&E) Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming solution area provides services and solutions to help M&E companies prepare, deliver, personalize, and monetize their content across multiple platforms and channels and to provide rich customer experiences with live, linear, and on-demand content. At IBC Show 2024 September 13—16 in Amsterdam, […]

Introduction The rise of Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels has boosted the repurposing and distribution of archival content, including classic movies and TV shows, across modern platforms and devices. Much of this content is available only in lower-resolution, standard definition (SD) formats, and needs enhancement to meet viewer expectations. Traditionally, low-complexity methods like Lanczos […]

Background Today, broadcast, live streaming, and video distribution customers with on-premises sources or local network destinations have a range of choices when building live video workflows. These options all have trade-offs, and none are ideal when hybrid deployments on both ground and cloud are required. Customers can purchase and deploy on-premises encoding appliances and software, […]

In today’s streaming landscape, personalization and an enhanced user experience are paramount. This walk-through proposes a dynamic Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels solution integrated with generative AI to enrich the user experience. This solution achieves personalization based on targets, segments and any other information related to the user. By delivering personalized content, FAST channels […]

Common Media Client Data (CMCD) is a valuable tool in the streaming industry, used to collect quality of service metrics across video players. However, the absence of native iOS support has hindered analytics capabilities for a significant portion of the mobile ecosystem, affecting widespread adoption. iOS 18 changes that. The latest update to HTTP Live […]