Category: Storage

This blog is co-authored by Steve Cockett, Sports Data Adviser – Tech, at Warner Bros. Discovery and Andrea Fanfani, Principal Product Manager – Tech, at Warner Bros. Discovery. In this blog post, we explain how Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), a global media and entertainment company, used serverless components from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve […]

Live sports production has followed the same formula for decades. To send broadcasts out to fans, production teams have relied on massive production trucks to distribute game feeds from arenas to a fixed control room with workstations and production gear. The National Hockey League (NHL), one of the biggest sports leagues worldwide, is shaping the […]

Catching the action of a European football (or soccer) match is easy today, with no shortage of available streaming platforms and services to watch players from all leagues go head-to-head. Yet, when it comes to other sports—like handball, basketball, volleyball, hockey, and table tennis—fans have fewer options. To level the playing field for these enthusiasts, […]

AWS Deadline Cloud is a scalable, fully managed render scheduler from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for teams that need a better way to create ground-breaking visual content. To power the elastic workloads creative teams require, Deadline Cloud organizes Workers into Fleets. The Workers run Jobs given to them by Queues, which are collections of Jobs […]

In today’s digital age, where music is readily accessible through a myriad of platforms and devices, the ability to accurately identify songs is important for customers across many industries. From entertainment and broadcasting to streaming services and beyond, there is a need for accurate music identification solutions in order to detect unauthorized uses of content, […]

For linear broadcast television, it is common to rerun successful programs to fill available time slots. Often, episodes may need to be edited down and, at times, entire scenes may need to be removed to conform to an allotted time slot. This creates complexity because under a particular type of contract, artists have performance rights […]

As the creative landscape has evolved over the last few years, content businesses have needed to adapt to support globally dispersed workforces, to prioritize creativity over technology, and to embrace a shift towards sustainability. Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps businesses meet these challenges by offering services that allow customers to Edit in the Cloud. By […]

Slow motion video is an integral part of media productions, particularly sports broadcasting, that provides viewers with an enhanced experience. Capturing action in slow motion allows the audience to see details not possible to observe at full speed. However, recording real-time video at high frame rates requires expensive specialized cameras. Even then, extreme slow motion […]

This blog was co-authored by Daniel Kamhaji, Associate Product Manager & Product Application Engineer, Waves Audio Ltd. Introduction In this blog post, we delve into innovations in cloud-based broadcast production as showcased by Amazon Web Services (AWS) Japan at Inter BEE, held at Makuhari Messe November 15—17, 2023. We explore the technologies and collaborations shaping […]

In the realm of digital streaming, efficient video encoding is critical in achieving optimal performance and cost-effective transmission to end-user devices. However, video encoding introduces the potential for quality loss, leading to a subpar end-user experience. This concern is further exacerbated in the realm of live streaming, where latency is a critical factor, and only […]