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“Tilly is my Mickey Mouse”

“Tilly is my Mickey Mouse”

Created by AI-first production studio Particle6, Tilly Norwood garnered attention around the world when she debuted last autumn. Jenny Priestley talks to CEO Eline van der Velden about the human effort behind Tilly’s creation, her role in an evolving industry, and why her existence proves that the future of TV and film production is here The post “Tilly is my Mickey Mouse” appeared first on TVBEurope .

wTVision maps out streamlined newsroom collaboration

wTVision maps out streamlined newsroom collaboration

Enabling consistent on-air mapping, wMaps aims to streamline operational collaboration across live production workflows including newsroom, weather coverage and more The post wTVision maps out streamlined newsroom collaboration appeared first on TVBEurope .

Behind the lens of The Testament of Ann Lee

Behind the lens of The Testament of Ann Lee

Cinematographer William Rexer discusses the film's visual inspirations drawn from Baroque masters like Caravaggio, and the challenges of lighting the film using candlelight, the sun and moon The post Behind the lens of The Testament of Ann Lee appeared first on TVBEurope .

Why AI gives media companies a syncing feeling

Why AI gives media companies a syncing feeling

Mark Harrison, founder and chief content officer at DPP, explains why some media companies are losing patience with AI-led productivity The post Why AI gives media companies a syncing feeling appeared first on TVBEurope .

PBS drives its mission of being a trusted window to the world on AWS

PBS drives its mission of being a trusted window to the world on AWS

The mission of PBS is to serve the American public with trusted programming and resources that educate, entertain, and inspire, and provide a diversity of perspectives. The publicly funded, nonprofit public broadcaster and television program distributor was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Using NDI for video switching and routing in AWS

Using NDI for video switching and routing in AWS

Network Device Interface (NDI) is a royalty-free standard developed to facilitate near real-time and ultra-low latency video communication over internet protocol (IP) in a frame-accurate manner without compromising quality. This technology is a bidirectional standard that allows video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP and to encode, transmit, and receive multiple […]

RTMPS Streaming with AWS

RTMPS Streaming with AWS

Introduction This blog post demonstrates how to send an RTMPS steam to AWS Elemental MediaLive. RTMPS is a variation of RTMP that uses extra security encryption to ensure that a video stream is not intercepted by an unauthorized entity.

Secure media delivery at the edge on AWS

Secure media delivery at the edge on AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides solutions for media distribution from encoding, packaging, and encryption using AWS Media Services, and broad distribution using the Amazon CloudFront content distribution network (CDN) for improved performance reaching the largest audiences. With the Secure Media Delivery at the Edge on AWS solution, customers can now add an easy-to-use and commonly supported solution […]

AWS IBC 2022 Showcase Theater explores real-world solutions to Media & Entertainment industry challenges

AWS IBC 2022 Showcase Theater explores real-world solutions to Media & Entertainment industry challenges

Full-day event highlights how AWS customers are using the cloud to turn possibilities into realities Heading into this year’s International Broadcasters Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is unveiling the speaker line-up for its all-day takeover of the IBC Showcase Theater. The event takes place in the RAI, Hall 12 on Saturday, September […]

Case Study: TV TOKYO Corporation relaunches new business program on AWS

Case Study: TV TOKYO Corporation relaunches new business program on AWS

TV TOKYO operates terrestrial and satellite broadcasting services—including a diverse lineup of business, animation, and variety content—in and around Tokyo. To help revitalize business during the height of the pandemic, it launched TERETO BIZ, an overhaul of its long-running “TV TOKYO Business on Demand” subscription service.

Enable Microsoft Smooth Streaming to resource-constrained devices using Lambda@Edge and AWS Elemental MediaPackage

Enable Microsoft Smooth Streaming to resource-constrained devices using Lambda@Edge and AWS Elemental MediaPackage

AWS Elemental MediaPackage is a highly scalable video origination and just-in-time packaging service. Using either a live HLS input from an encoder such as AWS Elemental MediaLive or media files from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), the service packages video content with optional encryption to HLS, DASH-ISO, CMAF and Microsoft Smooth (MSS) formats.

Actionable video on demand for audience engagement

Actionable video on demand for audience engagement

As viewers shift from passively viewing into actively engaging with content during video playback, content providers can design and build interactive and actionable experiences for their audiences. Actionable video is context-aware and time-specific, allowing the viewer to respond to prompts about a person, place, or object while watching and interacting with video as it plays.

Automating VOD sources for AWS Elemental MediaTailor

Automating VOD sources for AWS Elemental MediaTailor

AWS Elemental MediaTailor Channel Assembly makes it fast, easy, and cost-effective to build schedule-based streaming channels. For customers who have existing libraries of video content, it is more efficient to bulk add that content into MediaTailor so it can be incorporated into your channel’s schedule.

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