From Cloud to Air: The NHL’s Live Game Broadcast in the Cloud with AWS (1343)

On March 22, 2024, the NHL became the first professional league to produce a game in the cloud for live television in North America. The live cloud production journey began in March 2023, with a shadow production of a Seattle Kraken game. That proof of concept led the NHL to producing multilingual world feeds of preseason games in Melbourne, Australia. This exploration continued with additional shadow broadcasts for a handful of games in the United States, all produced on AWS. Join this session to hear from NHL executives and AWS about this journey and how the NHL continues to innovate, lean in to cutting-edge technology and look for new ways to bring more content to fans.

Speakers

• Julie Souza, Global Leader, Strategic Business Development, Sports, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• David Lehanski, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Innovation, NHL
• Grant Nodine, SVP Technology, NHL
• Andrew Reich, Senior Industry Specialist, AWS