Do I need broadcast hardware or an encoder?

No. Cloud Playout runs entirely in the cloud and is managed from your browser. Your source content is your FastPix library, and live segments come in through standard live inputs. There's nothing to rack, patch, or maintain.

Can I mix pre-recorded video with live events in one channel?

Yes. Schedule a live input into the rundown alongside VOD assets. The channel switches to the live source at its slot and returns to the schedule when it ends.

Which destinations can I simulcast to?

Any destination that accepts an RTMP or RTMPS stream, including YouTube Live, Facebook Live, and Twitch, plus custom endpoints for partner CDNs and internal systems. Connect each once, then toggle per channel.

Is analytics an extra product I have to buy?

Channel analytics come from FastPix Video Data on the same platform, in the same dashboard. You see audience and playback-quality metrics for your channels without stitching in a third-party tool.

How do I get started?

Create a free account at dashboard.fastpix.com, and your first channels are covered by $25 in signup credits, no credit card required. Or schedule a demo and we'll build a rundown with you.

What are 24/7 streaming channels, and why does Cloud Playout matter?

Ad-supported streaming platforms like Pluto, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, and Roku Channel run 24/7 linear channels with SCTE-35 ad markers. Cloud Playout builds those channels via API.

How is this different from a hardware playout system?

No hardware. No physical playout truck. The schedule is built via API; the output is a continuous HLS stream ready for distribution.

Which streaming TV platforms have you tested with?

Pluto TV, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus shown to work via SCTE-35. LG Channels, Roku Channel, FreeVee on the integration roadmap. Talk to us about specific aggregator certification.

Can I mix VOD and live in the same channel?

Yes. Schedule entries can be VOD asset IDs, live stream IDs, slate cards, or ad breaks. The output is a single continuous channel with PTS continuity maintained.

How is Cloud Playout priced?

Per channel-hour plus delivered minutes. See pricing for current rates. Per-minute predictability applies here too.

How do I migrate from AWS MediaLive + MediaTailor?

Move the scheduling logic into Cloud Playout API calls. SCTE-35 markers are emitted automatically. Full AWS migration path.

Can I update the schedule mid-channel?

Yes. Schedule entries are mutable via API. Update, delete, insert, all supported. Changes propagate within seconds.

What happens if the primary playout fails?

Backup channel mirror takes over automatically. Aggregators see one URL throughout; the failover is transparent to viewers.

Do you support server-side ad insertion (SSAI)?

SCTE-35 markers are emitted; downstream SSAI service stitches ads. Partner integrations available; talk to us for specific aggregator setup.

Can I run multiple channels?

Yes. Each channel is a separate Cloud Playout instance, separate schedule, separate analytics.

How is Cloud Playout different from AWS MediaTailor + MediaLive?

AWS requires stitching MediaLive + MediaTailor + MediaPackage + custom orchestration. Cloud Playout is one API for scheduling + linear output + SCTE-35 markers.

Is Cloud Playout production-ready today?

Active rollout with select customers. Talk to us about onboarding; standard linear-channel use cases are supported in production today.

FastPix Cloud Playout

Turn the videos you already have into24/7 live channels

Schedule your library into always-on channels, simulcast to every destination at once, and run the whole control room from a browser tab. No expensive hardware or 24/7 shift.

Start building free Read the docs

Per-minute pricing, no seat count. $25 in signup credits, no credit card for the free tier.

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

Why teams switch

The limits you're planning your channel around shouldn't exist

Your library grows. Your channel shouldn't care.

No storage bands, no tier you outgrow. Most playout tools box you into storage plans, so you spend Fridays deciding which archive to delete. Cloud Playout schedules against your full FastPix library, so the archive is the asset, not the liability.

Simulcast is a switch, not a line item.

Adding a destination shouldn't feel like adding a second subscription. Push one channel to every endpoint you stream to and manage them from a single panel.

A real rundown, with real scheduling.

Looping a playlist isn't a channel. Program by time slot, mix VOD with live inputs, and let gaps fill automatically so the channel never goes dark.

Playlist scheduling

Program a week of television in an afternoon

Drag assets from your library onto a time grid and Cloud Playout handles the rest: transitions, gap filling, and the switch back to schedule after a live event ends.

Time-slot programming. Build daily and weekly grids the way a programmer thinks, not the way a playlist loops.
VOD and live in one rundown. Schedule a live input into the grid and the channel cuts to it and back automatically.
Never go to black. Set fallback content and the channel fills unplanned gaps on its own.

Start scheduling live

A weekly schedule grid with VOD and live blocks dragged onto time slots

Automatic simulcasting

One channel out. Every destination on.

Your audience doesn't live in one place. Connect each destination once, and every scheduled channel goes out to all of them simultaneously, with status you can see at a glance.

Set it once. Add YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitch, or any custom RTMP(S) endpoint, then toggle destinations per channel.
Always in sync. The same rundown, the same moment, everywhere. No re-streaming stack to babysit.
Health at a glance. Per-destination status in the dashboard, so a dropped endpoint never goes unnoticed.

One channel simulcasting to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and custom RTMP destinations with per-destination status

Browser-based control room

Your master control is a URL

Preview what's on air, see what's next, and make changes from any browser. The producer at home, the editor in another city, and the channel manager on a laptop all see the same rundown.

Monitor from anywhere. Live channel preview in the dashboard, no dedicated monitoring stack.
Change the rundown mid-air. Swap what's next, extend a block, or drop in breaking content without touching what's playing.
Whole team, one view. Everyone works from the same schedule, so handoffs between shifts are just a login.

Browser-based control room previewing the on-air channel with the next-up rundown

Analytics built in

Know what your channel is doing while it's doing it

Cloud Playout runs on the same platform as FastPix Video Data, so channel analytics aren't an add-on you buy later. See concurrent viewers, watch time, and playback quality per channel, in real time, from the same dashboard you schedule in.

Program to the data. See which blocks hold viewers and which lose them, then reshape next week's grid accordingly.
Quality, not just counts. Startup time, rebuffering, and error rates alongside audience numbers.

Real-time channel analytics showing concurrent viewers and playback quality across the day

Who runs channels on Cloud Playout

Sized for a team of two. Ready for a network.

The same channel engine works whether you're launching your first FAST-style channel or consolidating a fleet of them.

For lean teams

Launch a channel without hiring for one

Creators, education platforms, faith and community broadcasters, local media: if you have a library and a schedule idea, you have a channel.

Go from library to live channel in a working session
No hardware, encoders, or streaming stack to maintain
Usage-based platform pricing that starts small
Simulcast to the platforms your audience already uses

For enterprise

Consolidate playout onto one platform

Broadcasters, sports rights holders, and media networks running multiple channels get one API-first platform for VOD, live, playout, and data.

Programmatic channel management through the FastPix API
Mix scheduled VOD with live inputs across channels
Per-channel analytics through FastPix Video Data
One vendor for ingest, playback, playout, and AI tooling

How it works

Library to linear in three steps

Your library

Videos you already have

Video library

Upload or pull from any URL

Live inputs

RTMPS & SRT feeds, scheduled takeovers

A scheduled yoga programme playing on the channel

09:00

A live sports broadcast scheduled into the channel

ON AIR

24/7

Schedule & play out

Time slots, live takeovers, ad breaks and fallback slates, as one always-on channel.

VOD

LIVE

AD BREAK

SLATE

Simulcast

YouTube, Facebook, Twitch & any RTMP

FAST channels

Pluto TV, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus

Your own app

Web, iOS, Android & smart TV

Live analytics

Viewers, watch time & QoE

BRING YOUR LIBRARY

VOD + live inputs

BUILD THE RUNDOWN

Slots, ads & fallback

GO LIVE EVERYWHERE

Simulcast, FAST & your apps

See your library as a channel

Bring a real use case to a 30-minute walkthrough. We'll build a rundown from content like yours, wire up a simulcast destination, and show you the analytics behind it.

· 30 minutes· Your use case, live· Engineers welcome

Schedule a demoPrefer to try it yourself? Start free with $25 in credits

Security, compliance, and partnerships

PartnerNVIDIA Inception

PartnerGoogle Cloud Partner

Customers

“Building 24/7 linear channels used to mean either a hardware playout truck or stitching three vendors. With Cloud Playout, we schedule channels via API and ship to aggregators with SCTE-35 markers built in.”

Aadhan platform team

Vertical news + 24/7 linear channels

“We needed scheduled premieres that look like linear TV but run on cloud infra. Same API as our VOD library, same billing.”

AAO NXT product team

Premium microdrama

24/7

Linear channels via API

Aadhan

SCTE-35

Native ad insertion

Aadhan linear channels

Playout hardware required

Aadhan + AAO NXT

Same

Billing as VOD + Live

All customers

Capabilities that ship

Six key capabilities

24/7 linear scheduling

POST a schedule, get a continuous channel. Update programmatically.

Channel scheduling guide

SCTE-35 ad markers

Embedded in HLS / DASH output. Pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll all supported.

SCTE-35 setup

Mix VOD + live + slate

Schedule entries can be VOD asset IDs, live stream IDs, slate cards, or ad breaks.

Mixed-source channels

Backup channel mirror

Automatic failover to backup channel on primary failure. Aggregators see one URL.

Channel redundancy

Streaming TV distribution

Pluto, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, Roku Channel tested. Continuous HLS URL per channel.

Channel distribution guide

Per-channel analytics

Video Data tracks the channel output. Concurrent viewers, completion rate, per-aggregator breakdown.

Channel analytics

Verified capability, Cloud Playout

24/7

Channel uptime via API

Backup mirror available

SCTE-35

Native ad markers

All major streaming platforms

Playout hardware

Cloud-only

Same

API + billing as VOD + Live

Consolidated

Tech specs

What Cloud Playout handles.

Scheduling, ad markers, distribution, redundancy.

Schedule entry types

VOD asset

Live stream

Slate card

Ad break

Idle filler

Output formats

HLS (CMAF)

HLS (TS)

DASH

Ad insertion

SCTE-35 in HLS

SCTE-35 in DASH

Pre-roll

Mid-roll

Post-roll

SSAI ready

Channel redundancy

Backup channel mirror

Automatic failover

Webhook on switch

Single playback URL

Aggregators tested

Pluto TV

Tubi

Samsung TV Plus

LG Channels (roadmap)

Roku Channel (roadmap)

FreeVee (roadmap)

Schedule API

Hourly patterns

Daily patterns

Weekly patterns

One-time entries

Recurring rules

Analytics

Concurrent viewer counts

Completion per segment

Per-aggregator breakdown

Ad fill rate

Compliance

SOC 2

GDPR

Region-pinned origin available

Questions developers ask

Cloud Playout questions, answered.

Do I need broadcast hardware or an encoder?
No. Cloud Playout runs entirely in the cloud and is managed from your browser. Your source content is your FastPix library, and live segments come in through standard live inputs. There's nothing to rack, patch, or maintain.
Can I mix pre-recorded video with live events in one channel?
Yes. Schedule a live input into the rundown alongside VOD assets. The channel switches to the live source at its slot and returns to the schedule when it ends.
Which destinations can I simulcast to?
Any destination that accepts an RTMP or RTMPS stream, including YouTube Live, Facebook Live, and Twitch, plus custom endpoints for partner CDNs and internal systems. Connect each once, then toggle per channel.
Is analytics an extra product I have to buy?
Channel analytics come from FastPix Video Data on the same platform, in the same dashboard. You see audience and playback-quality metrics for your channels without stitching in a third-party tool.
How do I get started?
Create a free account at dashboard.fastpix.com, and your first channels are covered by $25 in signup credits, no credit card required. Or schedule a demo and we'll build a rundown with you.
What are 24/7 streaming channels, and why does Cloud Playout matter?
Ad-supported streaming platforms like Pluto, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, and Roku Channel run 24/7 linear channels with SCTE-35 ad markers. Cloud Playout builds those channels via API.
How is this different from a hardware playout system?
No hardware. No physical playout truck. The schedule is built via API; the output is a continuous HLS stream ready for distribution.
Which streaming TV platforms have you tested with?
Pluto TV, Tubi, Samsung TV Plus shown to work via SCTE-35. LG Channels, Roku Channel, FreeVee on the integration roadmap. Talk to us about specific aggregator certification.
Can I mix VOD and live in the same channel?
Yes. Schedule entries can be VOD asset IDs, live stream IDs, slate cards, or ad breaks. The output is a single continuous channel with PTS continuity maintained.
How is Cloud Playout priced?
Per channel-hour plus delivered minutes. See pricing for current rates. Per-minute predictability applies here too.
How do I migrate from AWS MediaLive + MediaTailor?
Move the scheduling logic into Cloud Playout API calls. SCTE-35 markers are emitted automatically. Full AWS migration path.
Can I update the schedule mid-channel?
Yes. Schedule entries are mutable via API. Update, delete, insert, all supported. Changes propagate within seconds.
What happens if the primary playout fails?
Backup channel mirror takes over automatically. Aggregators see one URL throughout; the failover is transparent to viewers.
How do I monitor a linear channel?
Video Data tracks the channel output: concurrent viewers, completion rate, per-aggregator breakdown, ad fill rate.
Do you support server-side ad insertion (SSAI)?
SCTE-35 markers are emitted; downstream SSAI service stitches ads. Partner integrations available; talk to us for specific aggregator setup.
Can I run multiple channels?
Yes. Each channel is a separate Cloud Playout instance, separate schedule, separate analytics.
How is Cloud Playout different from AWS MediaTailor + MediaLive?
AWS requires stitching MediaLive + MediaTailor + MediaPackage + custom orchestration. Cloud Playout is one API for scheduling + linear output + SCTE-35 markers.
Is Cloud Playout production-ready today?
Active rollout with select customers. Talk to us about onboarding; standard linear-channel use cases are supported in production today.

Pricing

Per channel-hour plus delivered minutes.

Cloud Playout has a per-channel-hour rate plus standard FastPix delivered minutes for viewer traffic. See full pricing.

PROFESSIONAL CHANNEL

Per channel scheduled.

$99/ channel / month

24/7 linear scheduling, RTMPS / SRT inputs, HLS output, and SCTE-35 ad markers. Add channels at $99/month each.

24/7 linear scheduling
SCTE-35 ad markers
Backup mirror included

DELIVERED MINUTES

Per minute viewer-delivered.

$0.001/ viewer-min

Standard FastPix multi-CDN delivery for the channel output. Same flat rate as live streaming.

Multi-CDN delivery
Per-aggregator analytics
Continuous HLS output

TRIAL + ENTERPRISE

14-day trial or custom volume.

$0/ 14-day trial

Full dashboard access on 1 channel for 14 days. Enterprise gets volume discounts on channel count + named-account support.

Full dashboard on 1 channel
Streaming platform integration
Enterprise volume discounts

Three ways to get unstuck

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Engineering support

Talk to a video engineer.

Stuck on an API call, a webhook signature, or a player integration? Reach the engineering team directly. Response within hours, not days.

Contact engineering

Integration help

Docs, code samples, video tutorials.

Self-serve resources for the most common integrations. Quickstart guides, SDK examples, and detailed playback logs in your dashboard.

Browse the docs

Solution architect

Plan the rollout with a human.

New integration, migration off another platform, or a complex multi-tenant build. Book a session with a FastPix solution architect.

Join the Slack community

Developer resources

The limits you're planning your channel around shouldn't exist

Program a week of television in an afternoon

One channel out. Every destination on.

Your master control is a URL

Know what your channel is doing while it's doing it

Sized for a team of two. Ready for a network.

Launch a channel without hiring for one

Consolidate playout onto one platform

Library to linear in three steps

See your library as a channel

Six key capabilities

24/7 linear scheduling

SCTE-35 ad markers

Mix VOD + live + slate

Backup channel mirror

Streaming TV distribution

Per-channel analytics

What Cloud Playout handles.

Schedule entry types

Output formats

Ad insertion

Channel redundancy

Aggregators tested

Schedule API

Analytics

Compliance

Cloud Playout questions, answered.

Do I need broadcast hardware or an encoder?

Can I mix pre-recorded video with live events in one channel?

Which destinations can I simulcast to?

Is analytics an extra product I have to buy?

Per channel-hour plus delivered minutes.

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Everything you need to start building.

Five-minute quick-start

Full API reference

Webhook reference

Code samples

Slack community

Service status