Insys VT Announces Support for AWS for Media & Entertainment Initiative

29 April 2021

April 29, 2021 — Dübendorf, Switzerland: 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 AWS Partners, built specifically for content creators, rights holders, producers, broadcasters, and distributors. AWS adds the newly announced Amazon Nimble Studio, a service that enables customers to set up creative studios in hours instead of weeks, to a portfolio of more purpose-built media and entertainment industry services than any other cloud, including AWS Elemental MediaPackage, AWS Elemental MediaConnect, AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, and Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS). AWS for Media & Entertainment also simplifies the process of building, deploying, and reinventing mission-critical industry workloads by aligning AWS and AWS Partner capabilities against five solution areas: Content Production, Media Supply Chain & Archive, Broadcast, Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming, and Data Science & Analytics.

Content owners, film distributors, or organizations with video transmission rights need complete, end-to-end over-the-top (OTT) solutions for sharing video content online. They usually have a video on demand (VOD) library of hundreds or even thousands of video materials that require a technologically complex platform and specific OTT knowledge. Fully cloud-based, whitelabel OTT solution, features API integration with i.a. AWS Elemental MediaConvert, which allows easily create VOD content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery at scale; AWS Elemental MediaPackage, creating video streams formatted to play on multiple devices; Amazon CloudFront for a fast Content Delivery Network (CDN).

Insys VOD is ready to launch, complete, and flexible OTT solution under your brand. The solution is dedicated to the companies and organizations that have video content, want to share it online and monetize. It is suitable for producers of video content, film distributors, companies, and institutions having video materials, cable operators with their own video library, and more. Insys VOD helps you deliver your video content to a broader audience and increase accessibility with apps for multiple devices.

Insys VOD for transcoding use AWS Elemental MediaConvert which is a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. For packaging is used AWS Elemental MediaPackage, which reliably prepares and protects your video for delivery over the Internet. For a Content Delivery Network (CDN) Insys VOD integrates with Amazon CloudFront, which is a CDN service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds, all within a developer-friendly environment.

Leveraging the power of AWS, Insys Video Technologies’ OTT solutions are easily scalable and flexible, have a faster-time-to market and there is no need to incur the hardware costs. Insys Video Technologies is a one-stop shop for online video solutions. The customer does not need to have a team of OTT experts. Insys VT will guide you through the whole process and provide everything you need: knowledge, hardware, software, API integration with AWS services, monitoring, maintenance, and support.

“OTT platforms have a very diversified group of customers. Regardless of the business profile, everyone wants to tell stories, convey emotions to their end-users or educate them. Customers need a complex solution tailored to their needs and brand, without having OTT-specific knowledge,” said Krzysztof Bartkowski, Chief Executive Officer at Insys Video Technologies. “Online video solutions based on AWS services are scalable and quick to deploy.”

Insys Video Technologies services are also available in the AWS Marketplace.