<h1>Global tech firms form cloud media platform partnership, raising data transfer, IP ownership, SLA, liability and export-control issues</h1> Two global technology firms announced a strategic commercial partnership to offer an integrated cloud-based media production platform combining cloud infrastructure, microservice architectures, AI features and enterprise security. The arrangement creates contractual and regulatory considerations including service-level commitments, data protection and cross-border data transfer compliance, intellectual property allocation for jointly developed software and protocols, liability for outages or content breaches, and export/control restrictions on encryption or AI tools. Customers transitioning from hardware to cloud will face procurement, termination and IP-licensing issues, while regulators may scrutinize national security, competition and broadcast licensing implications.