Ferncast is now offering its aixtream platform as a cloud-based service available on a monthly subscription.
In recent years Aixtream software has expanded to approximately 30 feature modules, including encoding algorithms (xHE AAC, Dolby AC-3 and others), web radio, DVB de/muxing, podcast encoding, DAB/FM monitoring and SIP/WebRTC.
“Aixtream installations exist around the globe for various applications,” the company said in a release.
“It runs as server appliance on bare metal, as virtual machine, or containerized on AWS and other cloud computing services.”
The cloud service will be available as a monthly subscription starting in the second quarter of this year, providing access to aixtream’s capabilities with minimal overhead.
“Customers do not need to rent server access or handle installation and setup,” it said. “Everything needed to get started is provided by Ferncast. If desired, Ferncast even handles everything for the customer, including operation and monitoring of the installation.”
The company will exhibit at the Hamburg Open 2024 in Germany this week, Jan. 17–18. At the event Ferncast will also show its new fernReport reporter codec for field reporting and live sports commentary. The compact codec combines aixtream software and a RasPad 3 portable Raspberry Pi Tablet.
