Sky accelerates innovation with new software-defined encoding platform built on AWS
Media Blog
The article discusses how Sky, a leading European media and entertainment company, developed a new software-defined encoding (SDE) platform built on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to streamline their video encoding, packaging, and distribution workflows.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Sky's pivot from separate appliance-based pipelines to a cloud-native SDE platform to enable more rapid innovation and provide a solid disaster recovery solution
- The benefits of the new SDE platform, including cost savings, scalability, and the ability to quickly execute innovative ideas like offering multiple camera angles for live sports streams
- The use of AWS services like Amazon EKS, AWS Direct Connect, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon CloudWatch in the SDE platform
- Sky's plans to continue evolving the platform and exploring new use cases for enhancing the audience experience
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