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May 2020

May 20

Azure Media Services is now available in Switzerland and Germany

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the general availability of Media Services in Switzerland (North and West) and Germany (North, West Central) regions.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features

November 2019

Nov 18

Azure Media Services now supports Live Transcription in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Media Services provides a platform which you can use to ingest, transcode, and dynamically package and encrypt your live video for delivery. Live Transcriptions is a new feature in the Azure Media Services v3 APIs, wherein you can enhance the streams delivered to your viewers with machine-generated text that is transcribed from spoken words in the audio feed.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Features

September 2019

Sep 18

Public Preview - Video Indexer Multilingual identification and transcription

IN PREVIEW

Automatic spoken language identification leverages machine learning technology to identify the different languages used in a media asset.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Features
Sep 18

Public Preview - Video Indexer Animated Character Detection

IN PREVIEW

Azure Media Services Video Indexer supports detection, grouping, and recognition of characters in animated content.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Features

June 2019

Jun 12

Premium Live Encoder now supports streaming at 1080p and 30 frames per second

NOW AVAILABLE

The Premium Live Encoder for Azure Media Services now allows you to live encode streaming content at a resolution of 1080p and up to 30 frames per second.

  • Live and On-Demand Streaming
  • Video Indexer
  • Media Services
  • Features

May 2019

May 6

Video Indexer: multiple facial recognition enhancements have been added

NOW AVAILABLE

Video Indexer has received multiple enhancements for facial recognition scenarios.

  • Video Indexer
  • Features
May 6

Premium Live Encoder now supports streaming at 1080p and 30 fps

NOW AVAILABLE

The Premium Live Encoder for Azure Media Services now allows you to live-encode streaming content at a resolution of 1080p and up to 30 frames per second.

  • Live and On-Demand Streaming
  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Features

April 2019

Apr 2

Video Indexer is now ISO, SOC, HiTRUST, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI certified

NOW AVAILABLE

Video Indexer has received new certifications to fit with enterprise certification requirements.

  • Video Indexer
  • Compliance
Apr 2

Video Indexer has been enhanced with new features

NOW AVAILABLE

Significant updates have been made to Video Indexer, including enhanced language customization experiences, new scene segmentation, and ending rolling credits detection models.

  • Video Indexer
  • Features

March 2019

Mar 26

Video Indexer is now ISO, SOC, HiTRUST, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI certified

NOW AVAILABLE

Video Indexer has received new certifications to fit with enterprise certification requirements.

  • Video Indexer
  • Compliance

September 2018

Sep 25

Now available: Azure Media Services' Video Indexer

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Media Services’ AI-based media metadata extraction service is now generally available.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services

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