AWS for M&E Blog
Category: Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming
Whatnot bolsters real-time live stream resiliency with HAQM IVS
Community is at the heart of live shopping destinations like the wildly popular Whatnot. The online marketplace surpassed $3 billion in gross merchandise volume in 2024 and is on track to top that achievement in 2025. People from around the world converge on the platform daily to forge connections and purchase items that they love, […]
Tubi smashes the Super Bowl live stream record by teaming up with AWS
The most watched sporting event in the United States, the annual National Football League (NFL) championship game is a high stakes broadcast with little room for error. So, when Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, Tubi, started planning to simulcast FOX’s Super Bowl LIX broadcast, the company immediately focused on preparing its infrastructure to support unprecedented […]
AWS showcases innovation in media and entertainment with cloud and generative AI at NAB 2025
Thousands of media and entertainment (M&E) visionaries, technologists, and storytellers will soon gather in Las Vegas for the annual NAB Show from April 5-9, 2025. HAQM Web Services (AWS) will put attendees in the driver’s seat with immersive demos and thoughtful insights shaping the future of the industry, from generative AI to live cloud production. […]
Cleeng’s ChurnIQ AI-ssistant: Subscriber Analytics Powered by HAQM Bedrock
This blog is co-authored by Jakub Abramczyk, Data Scientist, Sebastian Boruch, ChurnIQ Product Manager, and Kirstin White, Growth Marketing Manager from Cleeng. In the competitive direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming market, understanding subscriber behavior is essential for increasing engagement, optimizing content, and reducing customer churn. According to Forbes, acquiring new customers costs 5-7 times more than retaining […]
MasterClass enhances video quality and reduces costs with AWS Media Services
For many, cooking alongside Gordon Ramsay or writing with Shonda Rhimes may seem like pure fantasy, but streaming platform MasterClass makes these experiences a reality. The streaming platform offers more than 200 classes, delivered by the world’s best instructors. With video at the core of the MasterClass experience, the company looked to HAQM Web Services […]
CaptionHub Live on AWS expands the reach of live video with subtitling
Live event subtitling is a challenging task, especially when it involves translating into multiple languages simultaneously. CaptionHub Live provides a high degree of accuracy while supporting near real-time latency. Subtitles are accurately synchronized to the audio without affecting the broadcast stream. Traditional solutions are often expensive and complicated, deliver sub-optimal results, and affect the broadcast […]
Dynamically configuring job settings with AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Businesses in the media industry often have supply chain systems where their upstream vendors (such as content creators or production companies) receive and ingest large media files. These media files come in a variety of file formats, and the individual file sizes often reach hundreds of gigabytes in size. After the media files are ingested […]
Astro launches FAST channels across Over-the-Top and Direct-to-Home platforms with AWS Elemental MediaTailor
As Malaysia’s biggest content creator, Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro) reaches more than 5.4 million homes regionally, as well as more than 20 million unique users across digital platforms. The company’s distinct video services include NJOI, delivered via satellite direct-to-home (DTH), Astro Ultra connected TV boxes, and sooka, made available over-the-top (OTT), with each featuring […]
Configure live captions with SyncWords and AWS Elemental Media Services
As a content creator, producer, or broadcaster it can be daunting to provide quick, and accurate transcriptions, dubbing or translations, for live streaming. However, I’ll discuss how to configure different services that could be just the cutting edge you need, saving you both time and money. Introduction Consumers all over the world have access to […]
Snap optimizes Bitmoji rendering with NVIDIA L4 and HAQM G6 Instances
This blog was co-authored by Wenzhou Wang, Tech Lead, Bitmoji at Snap Inc. Snapchat’s Bitmoji allows users to create personalized avatars that mirror their appearance and style, adding a unique, expressive dimension to their online interactions. With millions of rendering requests generated every minute across Chats, Stories, and AR experiences, Snap needed an infrastructure capable […]