Live stream at scale to millions
M2A LIVE delivers reliable, low latency and broadcast-grade live streams consistently to millions of viewers across the globe. Trust the cloud video experts to bring you and your viewers the best live streaming experience with unparalleled reliability and support.
Core Features
AWS Media Services automation
Return control to your operations teams and free up the time of your engineers with M2A LIVE’s advanced automation of the AWS Cloud.
M2A Console
Control AWS Media Services within a few taps and clicks – without the manual configuration of alternate solutions.
Scalable Streaming Outputs
Deploy your streaming platform with custom adaptive bitrate (ABR) outputs to ensure your streams can be viewed across a huge number of devices.
Event Scheduler
Schedule new events directly in the M2A Console, or import from your scheduling system, in an EPG-like environment to automatically start, amend and stop inserters, encoders and packagers. Our scheduler ensures that you only pay for what you need, when and where you need them without losing the ability to extend..
Profile Composer
Create, manage, store, and reconstitute your AWS Media Live profiles for deployment as part of your streaming operations for swift and safe configuration changes directly within the M2A Console. Remove a legacy profile or add a new composition rapidly without the traditional and messy change processes associated with this type of change.
Monitoring
Keep tabs on all your feeds with in-built feed health monitoring and proxy multiviewer directly integrated into the M2A Console giving your operators greater peace of mind.
Multi-CDN Connectors
Premium streaming experiences need the infrastructure to match. Harness the best of all CDNs globally and utilise our multi-CDN connector to distribute your live streams to viewers across regions with optimal latency and resiliency.
API Integration
Utilise our RESTful API to integrate M2A LIVE with your existing systems allowing you to further streamline your broadcast workflows in the cloud.
Regionalisation
Tailor your live video streams depending on the region and geography, all from one video feed. Add up to 32 individual audio and closed captions or subtitle selectors to a single feed catering to your global streaming operations.
Add ons
LIVE CAPTURE
Record high quality live streams from M2A CONNECT feeds for tailored digital assets to deploy for VOD services or for archiving and regulatory compliance. Captured feeds are outputted to AWS S3 storage as high quality, frame accurate video files for later use streamlining the acquisition, distribution and capture workflow.
EBAM
Using EBAM, broadcasters can now design powerful, multi-layered advertising strategies. Via a combination of Event Signaling and Management (ESAM) and the Placement Opportunity Information Service (POIS), M2A’s EBAM feature handles SCTE-35 and SCTE-224 messaging to insert advertising content at the encoder side of a live video workflow.
Dynamic Content Insertion
Enrich your viewers’ experience with Server Side Dynamic Content and Ad Insertion (DCI/DAI). Increase viewer engagement or drive higher revenues through tailored commercial advertisements and content. We’re working with industry leaders to achieve the best DCI/DAI experience for internet-delivered video. Harness the power of DCI/DAI to create a more immersive experience for your viewers and subscribers.
VOD to LIVE
Utilise your existing archives of footage, create a playlist of content with integrated stings, ads and more to create linear-like, pop up or FAST channels rapidly. M2A LIVE automates the entire process to assemble, deliver and output the feeds across platforms for your viewers’ consumption. Utilise it’s sister product, M2A CONNECT, to distribute the channels to global OTT and pay TV headends. Use VOD to Live to extend the value of your archives and serve your audience’s insatiable demand for more content.
PREMIUM RESILIENCE
Deploy M2A CONNECT with the highest resilience for ultra-reliable service and to support your premium content acquisition and distribution. The design of our architecture enables dependable, broadcast grade video delivery in the AWS Cloud – with multiple levels of resilience available to suit your use case.
M2A OPERATIONS
Set up and secure your events. Opt for eyes-on-glass, hypercare monitoring to assure faultless end-to-end transmission and ensure your live events are broadcast seamlessly.
Don’t take our word for it, we’re trusted by global broadcasters and rights owners.
“DAZN’s live sports streaming service is revolutionising live and on-demand sport for viewers worldwide. To do this we constantly push the boundaries of technology and needed a service provider that would be able to meet these challenges. M2A Media’s live streaming and live capture services are helping us deliver a core experience that is integral to the quality of service we deliver to our subscribers across the globe. ”
– Dom Wedgwood, SVP Broadcast Technology, DAZN Group
“After a successful proof of concept, ITV chose M2A Media to move its Late & Live workflow into the cloud. The ability to replace the original adverts in live programmes, combined with the need for seamless joins and accelerated encoding with fast turnaround made this platform a great fit for ITV’s needs. Partnering with M2A Media to evolve the product features has resulted in a market-leading solution. ”
– Andrew Burnett, Director of Online Technology & Operations at ITV
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