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Managing the history of the NFL

With such an abundance of National Footb­all League (NFL) programming available to modern fans, it’s easy to forget that coverage was once limited to game day broadcasts. Since launching in 2003, NFL Media has evolved into a sports entertainment powerhouse, publishing content through its own and partner channels, and a direct-to-consumer app. In addition to […]

Analyzing and tagging video for optimal ad targeting and placement

Introduction The quantity of video content is expanding rapidly, driven by both professional publishers and the contributions of social media users. As users increasingly demand content that resonates with their interests, the role of recommendation engines becomes critical. For video, these engines rely on rich meta-information to deliver relevant suggestions. However, the sheer volume of […]

Dyn Media streamlines sports viewing for fans with AWS

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, […]

The next generation of media intelligence with Guidance for Media2Cloud on AWS version 4.0

We are pleased to announce the official release of Guidance for Media2Cloud on AWS version 4.0. This release offers enhancements that assist Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers in monetizing their media archives, generating content metadata more cost effectively, and leveraging generative AI to produce new kinds of content metadata. The new version of Media2Cloud still […]

Automate media content filtering with AWS

The recent boom of content creation and creators led by the growth of social media platforms has elevated the need for effective and automated content moderation tools. One area of particular concern is the detection and removal of inappropriate language from video content. In this blog post, we demonstrate a solution to automate inappropriate language […]

Warner Bros. Discovery presents the Olympic Games to millions of viewers supported by innovations built using AWS

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, […]

Slack elevates media pipeline with AWS Elemental MediaConvert and Amazon Transcribe

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, […]

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Video summarization with AWS artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) services

Publishers and broadcasters recognize that short video clips are effective in gaining attention from younger viewers, many of whom are enthusiasts of short form content on platforms like TikTok. If companies in traditional M&E industries can efficiently generate short video clips from original content and distribute them across various social media platforms such as Facebook, […]

Case Study: Tabcorp enhances personalized interactive voice response with AWS

Tabcorp, one of Australia’s top gaming and entertainment companies, operates betting across 641 locations for multiple sports and race types. Even as customers flock to digital platforms to place bets, interactive voice response (IVR) remains a critical part of the company’s business to accommodate customers that prefer telecommunication. To modernize its IVR system, Tabcorp enlisted […]

Integrating the Content Localization on AWS solution into your media creation and distribution workflow

Content creators and distributors seeking to deliver video content to worldwide customers have more options than ever before. However, even as tools and services for simplifying the distribution of video streams have become more readily available, the process of localizing content to make it understandable to a worldwide multi-lingual audience remains a challenge for many […]