Category: Media Services

Fans of popular animated series and features have likely seen the handiwork of Bardel Entertainment. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, the 2D, 3D, and hybrid animation studio has worked with industry leaders, including Netflix, Disney+, HBO, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, and Warner Brothers to create imaginative primetime programming for all ages as well as content for […]

Since the year 2000, Turin, Italy has been the home of the VIEW Conference, one of Europe’s most prominent computer graphics (CG) industry events. With a diverse lineup of professionals from creative fields including CG, animation, visual effects, and more, The VIEW Conference is a hub for innovation, collaboration, and inspiration. This year Amazon Web […]

Inclusivity, camaraderie, and opportunity collide with fierce competition in powerchair football. This month, the sport’s most talented athletes are gearing up for the 2023 FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup, which takes place October 15-20, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. For athletes and fans who can’t attend, FIPFA will deliver five days of live and on-demand video […]

Media and entertainment (M&E) customers continue to face challenges in creating more content, more quickly, and distributing it to more endpoints than ever before in their quest to delight viewers globally. Amazon Web Services (AWS), along with AWS Partners, have showcased the rapid evolution of M&E solutions for years at industry events like the National […]

Warner Bros. Discovery delivered innovative and expansive coverage of the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Games to millions of viewers. Using flexible and scalable compute services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Warner Bros. Discovery streamed over 1.3 billion minutes of Tokyo 2020 content and 1 billion minutes of Beijing 2022 content. For Tokyo 2020, […]

Introduction Many organizations are seeking ways to control and secure their live media streams, which often contain sensitive information or intellectual property, within their corporate networks. At the same time, companies also want the flexibility to grant controlled access to these private streams. Accessing media services, or media assets stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service […]

Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) is taking off as consumers look to minimize content subscription fees. While Paramount, Roku, and Fox have already launched FAST offerings, getting one off the ground can be expensive and time-consuming, proving a barrier to entry for most content owners. Boston-based technology startup TVCoins is disrupting the market with its […]

Transforming the way people work, intelligent productivity platform Slack was built with transformation at the forefront. The product team at Slack constantly evaluates areas for improvement based on customer usage and the desire to launch distinguishing features. One such feature, clips, allows users to record and send audio and video files directly with other people, […]

At IBC 2023 in Amsterdam, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners showcased cloud solutions that are transforming the media and entertainment (M&E) industry. With over 40,000 attendees from 170+ countries, IBC provided an opportunity for AWS Partners to demonstrate how they help M&E companies reinvent workloads in the cloud to a large in-person audience. The breadth […]

Scaling storage globally Building out a multi-site studio has traditionally been a challenging task for companies and productions. Driven by the need to win additional projects, hire world-renowned talent, or capture location-specific incentives, companies inevitably confront the realities of large-capital expenditures, forecasting for maximum size, and onboarding a large quantity of local IT staff. As […]