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Codemill announces support for AWS for Media & Entertainment Initiative

Codemill has announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to simplify the management of media production workflows using the power of data science and analytics. AWS for Media & Entertainment is an initiative featuring new and existing services and solutions from AWS and AWS Partners, built specifically […]

April 29, 2021

Frame.io supports AWS Media & Entertainment Initiative

Frame.io, a cloud-based video review and approval platform, has announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate and simplify collaborative content creation with remote teams, whether they’re shooting on-set, editing from a suite across town, or working in an entirely different city in their own home. […]

April 29, 2021

ThinkAnalytics supports for AWS for Media & Entertainment Initiative

ThinkAnalytics, a global provider of content discovery and viewer insight solutions, announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to define a new standard in personalized video user experiences that improve key business outcomes, including viewer engagement and content effectiveness. AWS for Media & Entertainment is an initiative […]

April 29, 2021

Insys Video Technologies announces support for AWS

Insys Video Technologies, an online video solution provider, announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate the creation of media video workflows and migration to innovative cloud-based infrastructure. AWS for Media & Entertainment is an initiative featuring new and existing services and solutions from AWS and […]

April 29, 2021

Musk gets FCC approval to lower Starlink orbits

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Elon Musk permission to lower the orbital heights of its Starlink broadband satellite system. “Specifically, we modify the license by reducing the number of satellites from 4,409 to 4,408; modifying the primary operational altitude specified for 2,814 satellites, to change it from the 1,100-1,300 km range to the […]

April 28, 2021By Chris Forrester

BritBox UK joins Amazon Channels

BritBox UK and Amazon Prime Video have announced that BritBox is now available to Prime members in the UK with an add-on subscription. BritBox UK offers subscribers a collection of British box sets including the likes of Broadchurch, Downton Abbey, Vera, Only Fools and Horses and Love Island. Subscribers will also have access to original, […]

April 27, 2021

EPL to scrap 2022-25 rights auction?

The Premier League is discussing abandoning the next TV rights auction and instead rolling over the existing deals with BT, Sky and Amazon. The new auction for domestic Premier League rights, for 2022 to 2025, was imminent. However, the league is now in talks with the broadcasters and UK government about a ‘private’ rollover, according […]

April 26, 2021

Research: Netflix dominates “watch free” searches

Netflix is the UK’s most popular streaming service – that people are hoping to access for free. Research from IVA Advice has revealed the streaming platform receives the most online searches when accompanied by phrases like “free” and “how to get free”. The company accounts for half (50 per cent) of all searches looking for […]

April 23, 2021

Research: Pandemic boosts older adults’ tech usage

In a year with a global pandemic significantly limiting social interaction, technology became more important than ever, especially for older adults, according to research from US seniors’ organisation AARP, which found that more older adults (44 per cent) view tech more positively as a way to stay connected than they did before Covid-19. In addition, […]

April 22, 2021

Rodrigo Santoro and Álvaro Morte to in Amazon’ Boundless

Amazon Prime Video and RTVE has announced that actors Rodrigo Santoro (Last Call) and Álvaro Morte (Money Heist) will play Magallanes and El Cano in Boundless, an adventure-packed drama series that will bring to television the story of the first sailing trip around of the world ever completed, in the year of the fifth centenary […]

April 22, 2021