Cloud-based production, playout, and delivery of live broadcasts and events
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AWS is the leading choice for broadcasters
AWS offers broadcast customers the broadest and deepest platform for live cloud production, playout, and distribution. Purpose-built media services and solutions enable broadcast-grade live production in the cloud, enhancing viewing experiences through data and analytics and creating new customization and monetization opportunities for live events and 24/7 channels. Broadcast solutions from AWS support the fastest pace of innovation with the most mature cloud platform shared by the largest community of customers and partners.
AWS has more than 40 broadcast-validated partners in the AWS Partner Network and works alongside these accredited organizations to ensure that customers can deploy broadcast and live production solutions quickly, easily, and efficiently.
AWS empowers customers to achieve broadcast at scale with the most elasticity and reliability of any cloud. Industry leaders choose AWS for their most critical broadcast and live production workloads to deliver the world’s biggest events.
By turning to the cloud for live production, newsroom, playout, linear distribution, and advanced advertising applications, AWS customers unlock substantial time and resource savings across the media supply chain.
Purpose-built solutions & services for Broadcast
AWS services
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AWS Cloud Digital InterfaceReliably transport uncompressed live video between applicationsLearn more »
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AWS Elemental AppliancesOn-premises solutions for video processing and deliveryLearn more »
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AWS Elemental MediaConnectReliable, secure, and flexible transport for live videoLearn more »
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Statmux for AWS Elemental MediaLivePrepare and share live broadcast video for distributionLearn more »
Custom-built solutions
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Linear DistributionLinear Distribution on AWS solutions allow you to securely distribute sports, news, and entertainment television content to broadcast transmitters, MVPDs/PayTV operators, affiliates, and OTT providers.Learn more »
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Live Cloud ProductionThe cloud enables decentralization of production, allowing creative teams to work from just about anywhere and keep broadcast operations agile and innovative.Learn more »
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PlayoutPlayout solutions on AWS help media content owners adopt the newest distribution technology that can scale to meet consumer demandLearn more »
Broadcast & Live Production customers
Warner Bros. Discovery Presents the Olympic Games to Millions of Viewers Supported by Innovations Built Using AWS
Using AWS services and support, Warner Bros. Discovery broadcast the Olympic Games on its discovery+ streaming service in Europe, providing innovations for a better viewer experience.
NHL breaks the ice with cutting-edge live cloud production powered by AWS
The National Hockey League is shaping the future of live sports production & turning heads with its first cloud-based live professional sports broadcast. Learn how the League is putting live cloud production into practice on the AWS for M&E Blog
FOX modernizes and innovates using AWS
FOX produces and distributes content through some of the world’s leading brands engaging with millions of viewers through its broadcast and OTT platforms. FOX Corporation uses AWS to create new ways of producing and delivering live events.
KBS flexibly scales in response to traffic increases
Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) migrated about 300 servers from a collocation data center to AWS, gaining the flexibility to scale resources on days major sporting events are held.
ITV saves $150,000 in compute costs by using Amazon EKS on Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
Learn how ITV, the largest commercial television network in the United Kingdom, offered its high-quality services to a much larger volume of end users while optimizing costs.
See all customer case studies »
Broadcast & Live Production customers
Warner Bros. Discovery Presents the Olympic Games to Millions of Viewers Supported by Innovations Built Using AWS
Using AWS services and support, Warner Bros. Discovery broadcast the Olympic Games on its discovery+ streaming service in Europe, providing innovations for a better viewer experience.
NHL breaks the ice with cutting-edge live cloud production powered by AWS
The National Hockey League is shaping the future of live sports production & turning heads with its first cloud-based live professional sports broadcast. Learn how the League is putting live cloud production into practice on the AWS for M&E Blog
FOX modernizes and innovates using AWS
FOX produces and distributes content through some of the world’s leading brands engaging with millions of viewers through its broadcast and OTT platforms. FOX Corporation uses AWS to create new ways of producing and delivering live events.
KBS flexibly scales in response to traffic increases
Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) migrated about 300 servers from a collocation data center to AWS, gaining the flexibility to scale resources on days major sporting events are held.
ITV saves $150,000 in compute costs by using Amazon EKS on Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
Learn how ITV, the largest commercial television network in the United Kingdom, offered its high-quality services to a much larger volume of end users while optimizing costs.
See all customer case studies »
Event Calendar
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AWS Partners for Broadcast & Live Production
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Amagi brings simplicity, advanced automation, and transparency to the entire broadcast operation, be it for traditional TV or next-gen multiscreen platforms.
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“Evertz’ Mediator-X and Overture solutions for Media Asset Management, Content Supply Chain, and Linear playout applications running on AWS deliver the scalability, flexibility and operational efficiency demanded by today’s leading broadcasters.”
- Dan Turow, Vice President of File Based Solutions, Evertz
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EVS helps broadcasters and media companies around the world create compelling live storytelling in the most reliable, efficient, and creative way.
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“Imagine Aviator is optimized on AWS and uniquely designed so our customers can leverage the full potential of the cloud to easily plan, make and monetize premium-quality content from a single, unified platform.”
- Steve Reynolds, President, Imagine Communications
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As a technology leader and solutions provider, Lumen delivers hybrid networking, cloud connectivity, and security solutions globally.
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Ross powers video productions for billions of global viewers daily with the industry’s widest range of smart production solutions.
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Vizrt offers solutions that are in regular use by major global media producers using AWS services by harnessing the combined power of software, computing, and networks.
Consulting partners
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AWS for Media Resources
Broadcast & Live Production Blogs
- NHL breaks the ice with cutting-edge live cloud production powered by AWS
- How Warner Bros. Discovery uses audio analysis to improve data accuracy and enrich the fan experience
- PBS modernizes its video encoding workflow with AWS Elemental MediaConvert
- Discover, visualize, and monitor your live video workflows on AWS