Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming

Unmatched experience in video technology and streaming

Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming

AWS offers the most purpose-built services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) & streaming

AWS helps industry leaders like Netflix, HBO Max, Peacock, Discovery+, HULU, and Prime Video reliably deliver, monetize, and support live and on-demand media over the internet, and bring unparalleled experiences to screens everywhere. AWS has more than 15 years of media and entertainment experience, with AWS Elemental continuing to lead the industry with services such as AWS Elemental MediaLive, a broadcast-grade live video processing service, and AWS Elemental MediaConvert, a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. More than 60 AWS Partners offer tools to support D2C and streaming workloads.

Move faster with purpose-built services, solutions, and partners

With more purpose-built services and solutions for streaming than any other cloud, customers can move faster in developing, launching, and expanding investments in consumer and streaming experiences for high-quality live sports, news, on-demand, and personalized content. And, with more partners supporting D2C workloads than any other cloud, customers can deploy ready-made solutions running on AWS to accelerate time to value.

15+ years of experience in video technology and streaming

AWS has more than 15 years of industry experience supporting the top streaming platforms. AWS offers technology and engineering innovations in video quality and transcoding speed, with Quality-Defined Variable Bitrate (QVBR), which enables customers to save on distribution and increase video quality for viewers, and Accelerated Transcoding for MediaConvert, which increases the processing speed of file-based video encoding jobs by up to 25 times.

Unmatched global network optimized for content delivery

Deliver massive video-on-demand catalogs or live stream your content to millions of viewers using the largest global infrastructure footprint of any cloud provider and Amazon CloudFront, a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that has been highly optimized for media and entertainment  workloads. No matter where your audience is, reach them globally through 600+ points of presence, a private network backbone, and software that’s been tuned and optimized over the last decade.

Purpose-built M&E solutions and services for Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming

AWS for M&E reduces barriers to innovation by providing a curated suite of purpose-built services and solutions designed to help organizations create, deliver, and monetize content.

AWS services

Custom-built solutions

AWS for M&E Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming customers

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Event Calendar

IBC 2024

September 13-16, 2024
Amsterdam
AWS for Media at IBC 2024 »

Inter BEE 2024

November 13-15, 2024
Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
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re:Invent 2024

December 2-6, 2024
Las Vegas, NV
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Partners for Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming

Discover solutions from an extensive network of industry-leading AWS Partners who have demonstrated technical expertise and customer success in building M&E solutions on AWS.

  • “Combining Accedo Orchestra and AWS Media Services enables customers to quickly launch and evolve their own video management platform handling live and VOD content, to be easily connected to an existing OTT ecosystem.”

    - Bleuenn Le Goffic, VP Strategy and Business Development, Accedo

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  • “For media companies focused on launching and rapidly growing direct-to-consumer (D2C) services, time to market is critical. Working with AWS helps us enable flexible and agile monetization in weeks, not months.”

    - Vijay Sajja, Founder and CEO, Evergent Technologies, Inc

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  • Irdeto is a world leader in media protection, multi-screen and revenue assurance solutions for pay TV operators, OTT service providers and content owners.

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  • Mux is a software company that develops infrastructure and monitoring tools for developers and publishers of online video.

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  • “AWS brings powerful capabilities to the Nomad platform that allow our users to focus on the content itself rather than the management of the content, creating cost savings and unlocking new monetization capabilities.”

    - Adam Miller, President, Nomad

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  • SOUTHWORKS is the remote dev firm AWS customers turn to for their most complex, high-profile projects.

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AWS consulting partners

AWS Consulting Partners help customers build customized solutions to meet their unique needs.

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AWS Marketplace

Media and entertainment solutions from AWS Partners are also available on AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog of third-party software, services, and data that makes it easy to find, buy, deploy, and manage software on AWS.

  • Stop worrying about the complexity of delivering across dozens of combinations of devices, formats, and platforms. With Video Cloud you're covered.

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  • Insys Video Technologies is one of the fastest-developing video integration companies in Europe, offering comprehensive implementation of OTT projects.

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  • Kaltura's mission is to power any video experience with a wide array of video solutions deployed globally across thousands of enterprises, media companies, service providers, and educational institutions.

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  • Easy and risk-free way to play video on the web; includes a free trial of User Experience Monitor real-time analytics.

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See all AWS Marketplace offers for Media & Entertainment »

Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming Resources

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