AWS for M&E Blog

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. HAQM 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 HAQM 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 HAQM Simple Storage Service […]

HAQM Web Services (AWS) is aligned with the MovieLabs 2030 Vision as a north star in understanding and solving industry challenges for the adoption of content production workloads in the cloud. Principle 1 of the MovieLabs 2030 Vision states that: “All assets are created or ingested straight into the cloud and do not need to […]

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, […]

The Arch Platform is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform that provides “Collaborative infrastructure-as-a-Service” on AWS for teams across all industries. The Arch Platform creates and manages powerful, cloud-based and hybrid high performance compute studios streamed performantly and securely. It uses NICE DCV, as well as several other protocols, to support workloads such as editorial, […]

At IBC 2023 in Amsterdam, HAQM 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 […]

Pressure Probability introduces a dynamic measure of pressure magnitude in the NFL, capturing factors such as distance from the quarterback, speed, and the quarterback’s movement. The result? A numerical representation of how much duress a quarterback faces over time on each play. Football is a game of strategy, athleticism, and split-second decisions. The rush of […]

Football, a sport of strategy, athleticism, and heart-pounding moments, has always been a game of numbers. Beyond the touchdowns, sacks, and interceptions, there’s a world of hidden metrics that shape the dynamics of each play. We sat down with the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center (GAIIC) to unveil the intricacies behind ‘Pressure Probability,’ the latest AI-powered […]