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Conversational XR sports viewing experiences powered by Amazon Nova Sonic

This blog is co-authored by José Somolinos, Portfolio Manager – XR, AI & Innovation, Accedo, and Christian Marko, Chief Innovation Officer, Stats Perform. Figure 1: Accedo Xtend headset experience. The convergence of cloud computing and advanced viewing technologies is revolutionizing how we experience sports and media content. Through extended reality (XR) headsets and smart glasses, […]

Edit in the cloud: Nine Network modernizes edit suites with AWS

This blog was co-authored by Jun Ye, Graphics and Automation Technology Manager of Nine Network. When Nine Network (Nine) faced the dilemma of aging edit suites and mounting hardware costs in their Brisbane studios, they didn’t just see a problem—they saw an opportunity. The traditional approach would have been straightforward: replace hardware (server, processor, memory, […]

CoStar Group reduces costs by 80% using AWS Elemental MediaConvert

This blog is co-authored by Mark Osborn, Principal Software Engineer at CoStar Group. Seeking greater control over their video transcoding capabilities while reducing costs and enhancing quality for their customers, CoStar Group embarked on a transformative solution. Let’s dive into how CoStar brought their video transcoding and distribution backends in house using Amazon Web Services […]

Transforming sports storytelling with generative AI on AWS

Sports broadcasters face an ongoing challenge: how to deliver compelling stories while managing vast amounts of real-time and historical data during live events. For mountain bike racing commentators, this means processing information about hundreds of athletes, multiple race configurations, and constantly changing conditions—all while keeping viewers engaged in real-time. We’re excited to share how Warner […]

Bundesliga Data Story Finder: Delivering fans the stories they love

Football is about passion and broadcasters use storytelling to transmit their football passion to the fans. Every moment, or insight, of a match could turn into an iconic story. Being able to extract meaningful insights from football’s ever-growing data landscape continues to intensify. Capturing event data for significant moments in the game (such as shots, […]

Glide GAIA powers responsible newsroom AI with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails

In the ever-competitive market of news publishing, editorial efficiency has become key to gaining an advantage. Generative AI has emerged as a powerful tool, allowing editors and writers to offload repetitive tasks so they can concentrate on keeping readers better informed. However, adoption of this technology in newsrooms has been cautious, as publishers rightfully prioritize […]

5 ways Prime Video improves the viewing experience with generative AI on AWS

When it comes to streaming, audiences have a wide selection at their fingertips. With so many options available to customers, a key differentiator when considering where to watch content is often the user experience. Prime Video continuously strives to provide the best streaming experience possible, from helping customers find the perfect movie (or the next […]

Introducing: Guidance for a media lake on AWS

Many companies struggle to manage their vast collections of digital media files stored across multiple Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets. This scattered storage approach can create significant challenges for organizations. Searching for specific content can be difficult and time-consuming (with organizing files effectively becoming a complex task) making extracting the full value from […]

Integrating AI-based audio dubbing into live streaming with AWS Media Services and CAMB.AI

As the demand for live video streams grows rapidly, broadcasters and producers face significant complexity and cost challenges to make the content available for global, multi-lingual audiences. Live dubbing the audio track to another spoken language has traditionally been a highly manual process, which adds significant cost and complexity for producers. Thanks to the latest […]

Foxtel Group boosts live event ad fill by 25% with AWS Elemental MediaTailor

Dynamic ad insertion for live sports is notoriously complex. Unlike video-on-demand (VOD), live event streams drive sustained viewer concurrency as fans tune in simultaneously, which can overwhelm the AdTech decisioning path. This impacts supply-side platform (SSP) and demand-side platform (DSP) interactions, programmatic insertions, and stitching, among other workflow aspects. Further complicating matters, ad breaks are […]