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Category: AWS Elemental MediaTailor
AWS to show new generative AI, news distribution innovations at IBC 2025
At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will showcase how its latest innovations are helping customers: speed up how they create content, reduce costs with as they connect workflows, and maximize the value of their content while they captivate audiences. IBC 2025 will also serve as a moment to […]
AWS Elemental celebrates 10 years of innovation
Elemental Technologies was already making history in video processing when Amazon Web Services (AWS) acquired it in September 2015. Elemental pioneered accelerating live and on-demand video processing using GPU-based appliances, and in 2014 launched Elemental Delta, a video delivery platform providing next-generation TV services. Ten years later, and supercharged by the cloud, AWS Elemental is […]
Choosing the right AWS live streaming solution for your use case
Meeting customers at different stages of their streaming journey, we often see two distinct paths emerge: Traditional broadcasters looking to modernize their infrastructure, and digital-native companies wanting to add interactive streaming features. What unites them is the need to deliver high-quality, reliable streaming experiences to their audiences. The right Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution reduces […]
Reduce SSAI costs using new features in AWS Elemental MediaTailor
Your streaming content is taking off, viewership is soaring and ad revenue is increasing. However, the costs of monitoring all those streaming sessions, and remaining operational, are also increasing. Sound familiar? Streaming services face this challenge every day as they scale their server-side ad insertion (SSAI) streaming operations. We are excited to share how Amazon […]
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 […]
Non-disruptive streaming with Olyzon and AWS Elemental MediaTailor preconditioned ads
Streaming video providers face the ongoing challenge of maximizing ad revenue while preserving viewer engagement. The challenge lies in delivering seamless advertisements (ads) that integrate with content without causing buffering delays, quality degradation, or playback interruptions that drive viewers away. AWS Partner Olyzon has developed an innovative solution using the preconditioned ads of Amazon Web […]
Improve operational processes for AWS Elemental MediaConnect using AWS CDK
Managing encrypted Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaConnect entitlements across AWS accounts can be challenging, particularly when dealing with secret strings and upstream changes. We will demonstrate, with code examples, how AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) can be leveraged to create a pattern for securing the sharing of secret strings. It will also provide […]
Introducing the AWS Well-Architected Video Streaming Advertising Lens
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are delighted to introduce the AWS Well-Architected Video Streaming Advertising (VSA) Lens. The VSA Lens consists of a Lens whitepaper and a custom lens, which will become available in the Lens Catalog of the AWS Well-Architected Tool. Contact your account representative for access today. The VSA Lens, the first […]
AWS Audio Innovation showcase at NAB 2025
At NAB 2025, April 5-9 in Las Vegas, NV, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will present four integrated demonstrations focused on audio innovation that feature AWS Cloud services and AWS Partner solutions. These demonstrations bring together complete audio workflows including podcast and radio programming creation, content analysis and summarization, metadata creation and tagging, and live transcription […]
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 […]