Wasabi Technologies joins forces with Grass Valley

Grass Valley, a leading media technology provider for the media and entertainment industry, will offer Wasabi’s low-cost, high-performance cloud storage within AMPP. Grass Valley customers can now purchase and easily use Wasabi cloud storage within AMPP to enable efficient and flexible media production workflows for live event content creation, management, and distribution.

Media and entertainment organisations everywhere are looking for solutions that can streamline content creation and distribution while reducing cost. AMPP addresses this need head on by delivering agile, software-defined workflows and enabling customers to select best of breed solutions on a single common platform and realise ultimate control and flexibility. Pairing these capabilities with Wasabi’s trusted cloud storage that does not charge for egress, AMPP users can freely move assets in and out of Wasabi storage without incurring unpredictable expense. The integration of Wasabi storage can now support AMPP applications for active archiving, live playout and edit workflows.

“AMPP has revolutionised the broadcast industry by delivering the most flexible, scalable, and efficient platform for media production and distribution,” said Whit Jackson, vice president of media & entertainment at Wasabi. “The addition of Wasabi hot cloud storage to the AMPP platform further delivers on the goals of driving down operational costs, enabling AMPP users to easily scale storage up and down as needed, and allowing media companies to deliver more content to more channels.”

“The addition of Wasabi hot cloud storage to AMPP is a testament to Grass Valley’s commitment to providing our customers with the most innovative, agile and efficient tools they need to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape,” said Adam Marshall, chief product officer at Grass Valley. “The scalability and flexibility that Wasabi’s cloud storage offers makes it a natural fit for the AMPP ecosystem.”

Together, Grass Valley and Wasabi empower media professionals to innovate with confidence, ensuring their content is always accessible, protected, and ready for the next big live event. Grass Valley will be showcasing Wasabi amongst its AMPP ecosystem Alliance partners from 13th – 16th September at IBC 2024 at the Amsterdam RAI centre. Visit stand 9.A01 to meet with Wasabi and the Grass Valley team.