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Media Live Streaming

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Definition

A managed service that ingests, processes, and delivers live video content to viewers in real time. Like a professional TV broadcast studio in the cloud — it handles encoding your video into multiple quality levels and formats so viewers can watch smoothly regardless of their device or internet speed.

Real-World Example

A sports streaming startup uses AWS Elemental MediaLive to broadcast 50 concurrent live games, automatically encoding each feed into 6 different quality levels (from 360p mobile to 4K) and packaging them for delivery to web browsers, smart TVs, and mobile apps — handling millions of concurrent viewers.

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Compare Across Cloud Providers

Media Live Streaming is available across all major cloud platforms. Compare equivalent services:

AWS
AWS Elemental MediaLive
Azure
Azure Media Services Live
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Live Stream API
Oracle Cloud
OCI Media Streams

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