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Video: Turner’s Cloud Archive for CNN’s Video Library and Global Multiplatform Versioning

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


From AWS re:Invent 2017, Michael Koetter from Turner and Bhavik Vyas from AWS explain that Turner is creating a copy of CNN’s 37-year news video library in AWS to take advantage of the cost and architectural benefits of cloud storage.
This project has unique requirements around retrieval times, and Turner partnered with AWS to drive specific capabilities such as those Amazon Glacier expedited and bulk retrieval options. These cloud-based archives can enable Turner to use other cloud-based value-add services, such as AI/ML/search, and media supply chains efficiently. Turner’s global content exploitation strategies call for extensive versioning of content assets required for distribution to different platforms, products, and regions.
Today, this involves complex workflows to derive multiple downstream versions. Adopting the SMPTE Interoperable Mastering Format (IMF) and cloud-based object storage, Turner will dramatically simplify these workflows by enabling cloud-based automation and elastic scalability. Hear Turner’s strategy, implementation around these media workloads, and lessons learned.

Speakers:
Michael Koetter, SVP, Digital Media Systems, Turner
Bhavik Byas, Global Ecosystem Leader, M&E, AWS

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Meeting: Movie Distribution and Workflow Security

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones

Date: May 9th 2018, 18:15-21:00
Location: NBC Universal, 1 Central St Giles, St Giles High Street, WC2H 8NU Google Maps

This talk looks at two areas of great developments in the film industry:

Versioning and localisation plus the need to have content security at all stages today focussing on security during the production process.

International Movie distribution using digital files is a well-oiled machine – and it needs to be with burgeoning movie versions increasing all the time. Some International releases have upwards of 750 different versions to create, package and distribute to the cinema.

While the distribution above is well protected by in built encryption and physical barriers what about security during production?

Speakers

Andy Lucas – Vice President Global Distribution Technology, Universal Pictures International

David Hodgkinson – SVP Distribution Operations, Universal Pictures International

Webinar: The State of HDR Video: New Standards, Future Trends & Current Use Cases

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Webinar: 28th March 2018, 16:00 BST
AWS Elemental explores the state of HDR in 2018 as technology options and standards continue to emerge. Navigating HDR video formats continues to be complicated, with different format preferences among studios, OTT services, and consumer electronics devices. While on-demand video production workflows using IMF sources to deliver HDR content have been deployed, live broadcasts with HDR are just starting to take place.

Learn about the various HDR video standards that have emerged recently, industry trends, and real-world use cases for HDR file and live video workflows.

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Speakers

Dan Gehred

Dan Gehred

Solutions Marketing Manager for Compression, AWS Elemental

Dan Gehred, Solutions Marketing Manager for Compression at AWS Elemental, is responsible for product marketing for all compression software products. Dan has over 15 years of experience building and marketing digital media applications.

Dan Germain

Dan Germain

Sr. Product Manager Compression – VOD, AWS Elemental

With over 30 years of industry experience in the international media marketplace, Dan is passionate about technology, developing new standards, promoting positive change and business approaches to enhanced profitability.