Build 2018: Video Indexer updates
07 May 2018
We announced the launch of Video Indexer at Build 2017.
Media Services & CDN
A years’ worth of cloud, AI and partner innovation. Welcome to NAB 2018!
09 April 2018
As I reflect on cloud computing and the media industry since last year’s NAB, I see two emerging trends. First, content creators and broadcasters such as Rakuten, RTL, and Al Jazeera are increasingly…
Using AI to automatically redact faces in videos
22 February 2018
In the last few years, many law enforcement agencies have adopted body worn cameras. In this blog post, I will provide some background on what is driving the growth and will talk about how AI can help with law enforcement agencies with the processing of videos captured by body worn cameras.
Brand Detection in Microsoft Video Indexer
06 February 2018
We are delighted to announce a new capability in Microsoft Video Indexer: Brand Detection from speech and from visual text! If you are not yet familiar with Video Indexer, you may want to take a look at a few examples on our video portal.
How is AI for video different from AI for images
01 February 2018
Extracting insights from video (using AI technologies) presents an additional set of challenges (and opportunities for optimization) as compared to images. There is a misconception that AI for video…
Bring your own vocabulary to Microsoft Video Indexer
18 December 2017
Video Indexer (VI) now supports industry and business specific customization for automatic speech recognition (ASR) through integration with the Microsoft Custom Speech Service!
Control how your files are cached on Azure CDN using caching rules
06 December 2017
Content Delivery Networks (CDN) help bring your content closer to your users all over the world. One key way the CDN improves latency is by intelligently caching files on CDN edge servers located in various geographic regions. This new feature allows customers using Azure CDN standard from Verizon or Akamai to create rules to direct the CDN servers to override their default caching behavior.
Announcing the public preview of Azure Media Clipper
20 November 2017
We are excited to announce the Public Preview of new capabilities in Azure Media Services for composing media subclips and stitching together rendered videos.
Enable Azure CDN directly from Azure Cloud Services portal extension
01 November 2017
Azure CDN
Microsoft Azure announces new capabilities and partnerships at IBC 2017
15 September 2017
Over the past months, we have aggressively added innovative new capabilities in Azure to enable content owners and partners to prepare, store, protect, distribute and monetize media in the cloud. We…