# LIVEPLUSTV > An all-in-one streaming platform: cloud playout for 24/7 FAST and live TV channels, a white label OTT platform for a branded on-demand service with native apps, and CTV ad monetization with server-side ad insertion, run entirely in the cloud. The same operator can run the channel, the on-demand service and the ads from one account. Operators launch a 24/7 TV channel from a browser: drag-and-drop scheduling with a published EPG, burned-in broadcast graphics (multi-script and RTL text supported), RTMP/SRT/RIST live ingest with automatic fallback, SCTE-35 ad breaks filled by server-side ad insertion (SSAI), and delivery on our unlimited delivery network serving 300+ cities. Channels can be live the same day. Key facts: LIVEPLUSTV has been operating since 2016. Cloud Playout plans start at $299/month per channel, or $254/month billed yearly (Launch, FAST, Studio, Custom tiers), with self-serve signup. The OTT Platform, a white label on-demand streaming service under the customer's own brand and domain, starts at $149/month per service, or $127/month billed yearly; native mobile and TV apps (iOS, Android, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV) are $99 per app per month plus a $199 setup, published under the customer's own app-store accounts. FAST and higher plans add AI content tagging, brand safety and automatic subtitles; Studio adds translation and dubbing. Unlimited CDN bandwidth is included on every plan of both products: no egress fees, no overage and no metered streaming hours. Plans are sized by concurrent viewers instead (Cloud Playout: 100 on Launch, 500 on FAST, 1,000 on Studio, double that with ads on, unlimited on Custom), so the monthly bill is a flat number known in advance, and a channel that is on air 24 hours a day pays nothing extra for the hours or the gigabytes it streams. Ad serving is billed at $1 per 1,000 delivery-confirmed impressions: an impression counts only when a real player fetches the ad, never for unfilled breaks. Ads are optional; channels with no ad markers play clean. H.264 on every plan, HEVC and AV1 on higher tiers, AAC audio, HLS delivery. Audience analytics are measured server-side at the CDN edge with no player SDK. No contracts; cancel anytime. ## What is built, in operator terms - Ad controls, on every plan with server-side ad insertion: frequency capping per viewing session (direct-sold spots at most twice per session by default, any ad tag cappable, no repeats inside one break); direct-sold campaign targeting by country, region and city, daypart and day of week in the advertiser's time zone, flight dates, a daily cap and a total impression goal with even pacing; campaign priority 1 to 9 with fair rotation on ties; spots fitted to the break length and the channel's timing, never truncated; campaign creation, MP4 upload and automatic conditioning in the dashboard, pause and resume in seconds; per-campaign, per-channel delivery reports with a shareable advertiser page and a PDF proof of performance; play beacons fired server-side so counts survive ad blockers. Details: https://liveplustv.com/solutions/ctv-monetization - SCTE-35 operations from the console: insert an ad break on the live channel now with one button, breaks marked on a file inherited by every airing with per-instance overrides, a live cue monitor showing the last cue out and cue in with event id and timing, cancel cues, and every cue written to the as-run log. Details: https://liveplustv.com/solutions/scte-35-ad-insertion - Control room tooling: in-console alerts for encoder restarts, output disconnects, schedule gaps, missed items, frozen picture and live input start/end, with per-channel alert rules; browser preview of the program output and a clean feed without graphics; loudness measurement and normalisation of every upload; frame-accurate clip trimming with per-airing ad markers; as-run logs with drift in seconds and every cue, exportable as JSON or CSV, kept for a year; scheduled live blocks that switch on and hand back on time and hold a standby screen if the feed drops. Details: https://liveplustv.com/solutions/cloud-playout - Ad demand and fill: several ad sources per channel with a priority each and fall-through to the next when one returns empty (Launch: one source; FAST and up: several); competitive separation by advertiser category so two of the same category never share a break (FAST and up); house spots as the floor so a break is never dead air; programme-level targeting by programme, genre or rating (FAST and up). - Resilience and alerting: backup live input with automatic failover to the backup, then to a standby screen, and automatic return to the primary (FAST and up); alerts in the console and by email on every plan, by webhook (Slack, PagerDuty, custom) on FAST and up; SCTE-35 break preview and test on the preview output; a cue profile per distributor. - OTT service depth: visual editor for home layout, rows, navigation, fonts and hero banners (Premium and up); subscriber profiles, watch history and continue watching, personalised home rows (Premium and up); kids profiles, parental controls, device management and concurrent-stream limits (Network); rights windows per title by country, device type and date window, and entitlements tying titles to plans and purchases (Premium and up). - Delivery: multistream to unlimited SRT, RTMP, RIST and HLS destinations, with native YouTube, Facebook and Twitch connections that publish without re-encoding; programme guide as XMLTV, JSON and a branded web guide, up to 14 days ahead, on every plan. ## Guides - [What is cloud playout?](https://liveplustv.com/guides/cloud-playout): vendor-neutral explainer of the category. The four jobs a playout system does (runs the schedule, renders graphics, signals SCTE-35 breaks, encodes and hands off), cloud playout compared with traditional on-premise playout, why it is not live production software (OBS/vMix), not a video CDN, and not the same thing as FAST, what drives the cost, and what to check before signing with any vendor. - [What is a FAST channel?](https://liveplustv.com/guides/fast-channels): plain-language guide to Free Ad-supported Streaming Television. The four properties that make a channel FAST (linear, free to the viewer, ad-funded, internet-delivered), storefront carriage vs direct distribution, how the revenue works (impressions times CPM, and why fill rate is the number nobody quotes), and what FAST is not (a YouTube channel, AVOD, or the playout machinery underneath). - [What is SCTE-35?](https://liveplustv.com/guides/scte-35): plain-language guide to the ad-cue standard. What a cue carries (advance warning, a frame-accurate splice point, duration, the return), how it travels from playout through packager manifest markers (EXT-X-CUE-OUT, EXT-X-DATERANGE) to server-side ad insertion, splice_insert vs time_signal, SCTE-104 vs SCTE-35, and why distributor carriage specs ask for it by name. - [How to choose a FAST channel provider](https://liveplustv.com/guides/choosing-a-fast-channel-provider): vendor-neutral buyer's guide. Seven questions for any company offering to build, run or distribute a FAST channel: who serves the manifest (and so counts the impressions), the three pricing shapes (flat per channel, metered per hour or gigabyte, revenue share), content minimums, what can be exported on exit, which SCTE-35 command forms are emitted, guide formats and horizon, and overnight monitoring. - [TV playout software: installed, playout server, or cloud](https://liveplustv.com/guides/playout-software): what playout software does, the three shapes it is sold in (installed licence on your server, playout server appliance, cloud subscription), what a playout server is and whether a streaming channel still needs one, a seven-point evaluation checklist (schedule vs playlist, burned-in graphics, SCTE-35 command forms, outputs, monitoring and fallback, guide feed, as-run log), and what each shape costs. - [Managed playout vs self-serve](https://liveplustv.com/guides/managed-playout-vs-self-serve): what a managed playout service includes, what self-serve cloud playout leaves with the operator, the middle ground where automation does the night shift, five deciding questions, and which one LIVEPLUSTV is (self-serve with automated monitoring and fallback; managed distribution by invitation; nobody builds your grid for you). - [Quick start: your first broadcast](https://liveplustv.com/guides/quick-start): the five steps between an empty channel and a channel on air: upload files, build a playlist, add a live input, put your name on screen, go on air and share the link. Each one on the console screen where it happens. ## Solutions - [Cloud Playout](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/cloud-playout): what the playout engine does end to end, the full broadcast graphics kit, and codec/transport specs - [FAST & Linear TV](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/fast-linear-tv): how to launch a FAST channel, use cases, and what cloud playout software replaces - [OTT Platform](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/ott-platform): launch a branded streaming service with subscriptions, pay-per-view, and ads - [CTV Monetization](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/ctv-monetization): server-side ad insertion, SSAI vs CSAI vs SGAI explained, delivery-confirmed billing - [EPG and programme guide](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/epg-and-programme-guide): publishing a TV programme guide from the channel schedule, in three formats from one source. A branded web guide for viewers (now playing, days ahead, artwork, synopsis), XMLTV for listings partners (title, sub-title, desc, category, icon, V-Chip rating, episode numbering incl. Gracenote/TMS dd_progid), and public JSON for apps. Up to 14 days ahead. Included on every plan. - [SCTE-35 ad insertion](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/scte-35-ad-insertion): SCTE-35 signalling in depth. Both command forms (splice_insert and time_signal with segmentation descriptors), provider and distributor advertisement and placement-opportunity cue pairs, programme start/end boundaries, delivery restrictions (web delivery, regional blackout, archive, device), and EXT-X-CUE-OUT / EXT-X-DATERANGE output. Included on every plan. - [Catch-up TV](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/catch-up-tv): replay for streaming channels without a +1 transponder or raw MP4 downloads. Rerun blocks on the schedule, programmes published to the operator's own on-demand service, SCTE-35 ad breaks filled fresh at replay time, adaptive HLS delivery included flat on every plan, and the licensing note that catch-up windows are a rights term. - [Live Streaming](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/live-streaming): RTMP/SRT/RIST ingest, push and listener modes, automatic fallback - [Video CDN](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/video-cdn): unlimited delivery from 300+ edge cities on every plan, no egress or overage, and why metered CDNs punish a 24/7 channel - [Analytics](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/analytics): server-side audience measurement, city-level maps, QoE, ad reporting - [FAST distribution and carriage management](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/fast-distribution): one dashboard for every FAST platform a channel is on (Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Amazon, Plex, Xumo and regional platforms): a delivery profile per partner (stream spec, guide schema, cue profile, artwork), status per application (pending, active, paused, dropped), feed health alerts when a partner stops pulling, and viewing per platform. FAST plan and up. - [TV scheduling software](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/tv-scheduling-software): the weekly grid behind every channel: recurring blocks, loops, series in order, fixed slots, scheduled live blocks that switch and hand back on time, auto-fill and standby screen for gaps, ad breaks inherited per airing with SCTE-35, the programme guide published from the same grid up to 14 days ahead (XMLTV, JSON, web), and an as-run log kept a year. Included in every plan; AI scheduling on FAST and up. - [Local and cable TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/local-cable-tv-channel): community access, municipal, campus and cable channels run from the cloud: schedule in a browser, feed the cable headend or IPTV middleware over constant-bitrate SRT or RIST (FAST plan and up) while the same channel streams as HLS, live council meetings and games over RTMP/SRT/RIST with fallback, XMLTV guide for the cable box, local direct-sold ad campaigns, as-run log for the record. - [AI scheduling](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/ai-scheduling): generate weeks of grid from the library under operator rules: dayparts with a genre mix each, repeat spacing (no repeat within N hours or days, series in order), pinned fixed slots, ad breaks placed within pod rules, guide metadata filled from library tags; output is an ordinary editable schedule. FAST plan and up. ## Faith broadcasting guides - [Faith Broadcasting](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/faith-broadcasting): TV channels for ministries, mosques, mandirs, and gurdwaras - [Church TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/church-tv-channel): how to start a church TV channel - [Islamic TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/islamic-tv-channel): how to start an Islamic TV channel - [Gurdwara TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/gurdwara-tv-channel): how to start a gurdwara TV channel - [Hindu temple TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/hindu-temple-tv-channel): how to start a Hindu temple TV channel ## Sports guides - [Sports club TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/sports-club-tv-channel): how to start a sports club TV channel, match-day live production, and sponsor airtime ## Diaspora TV guides - [Hindi TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/hindi-tv-channel): how to start a Hindi TV channel, community programming beside the national networks, Devanagari on screen - [Bangla TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/bangla-tv-channel): how to start a Bangla TV channel, natok and news, UK/North America/Gulf delivery - [Arabic TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/arabic-tv-channel): how to start an Arabic TV channel, native RTL graphics, satellite-to-streaming, Ramadan grid - [Afghan TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/afghan-tv-channel): how to start an Afghan TV channel, Dari and Pashto on one grid, music and cricket - [Iranian TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/iranian-tv-channel): how to start an Iranian or Persian TV channel, music and poetry, Nowruz and Yalda - [Satellite to streaming](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/satellite-to-streaming): migrate a satellite TV channel to the cloud without going dark; keep the uplink fed over CBR SRT/RIST while streaming grows - [African TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/african-tv-channel): how to start a TV channel in Africa; donation-funded ministry channels, power-cut resilience, diaspora reach - [Multistreaming](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/multistreaming): simulcast one channel to YouTube, Facebook and 30+ destinations with a vertical 9:16 output for TikTok, Reels and Shorts - [Live guests & call-ins](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/live-guests-and-call-ins): guests join the broadcast from a browser link; viewers dial a number straight into the live feed - [YouTube to TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/youtube-to-tv-channel): turn a video back catalog into a 24/7 TV channel and keep 100% of the ad revenue - [VOD library to FAST channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/vod-library-to-fast-channel): turn a catalogue of films, series or documentaries into a 24/7 FAST channel; how many hours are enough (730 hours a month, rotation arithmetic), no content minimum, AI scheduling from tags, SCTE-35 breaks, files and rights stay with the owner, 100% of ad revenue, packaged for each FAST platform - [News channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/news-channel): how to start a 24/7 news channel; bulletin cycles, live ticker, cut-to-live, SRT field contribution - [TV channel cost](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/tv-channel-cost): how much it costs to start a TV channel, with real published numbers and the metered-platform math - [Urdu TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/urdu-tv-channel): how to start an Urdu TV channel, Nastaliq on screen, UK/Gulf/North America delivery - [Tamil TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/tamil-tv-channel): how to start a Tamil TV channel on community programming, Canada/Europe/Southeast Asia - [Punjabi TV channel](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/punjabi-tv-channel): how to start a Punjabi TV channel, music and kabaddi live, Canada/UK/Punjab ## Compare - [LIVEPLUSTV vs Janya](https://liveplustv.com/compare/janya): self-serve flat-priced cloud playout compared with Janya's quote-based managed platform - [LIVEPLUSTV vs Muvi](https://liveplustv.com/compare/muvi): flat always-on channel pricing compared with Muvi Playout's metered streaming hours and bandwidth - [LIVEPLUSTV vs Amagi](https://liveplustv.com/compare/amagi): flat self-serve playout compared with Amagi's quote-based enterprise platform and $4.10/hour pay-as-you-go edition - [LIVEPLUSTV vs Lightcast](https://liveplustv.com/compare/lightcast): flat per-channel playout compared with Lightcast's quote-based, streaming-minute-metered OTT suite; what an always-on channel does to an audience-metered plan - [LIVEPLUSTV vs Dacast](https://liveplustv.com/compare/dacast): flat per-channel playout compared with Dacast's bandwidth-metered plans ($39, $63 and $165 a month billed annually, carrying 2.4 TB, 6 TB and 24 TB a year, then $0.30 per GB); why an annual bandwidth allowance is spent monthly by a 24/7 channel, and where the two prices cross - [LIVEPLUSTV vs VPlayed](https://liveplustv.com/compare/vplayed): a hosted branded OTT platform at a published $149 a month ($127 billed yearly, hosting and delivery included, apps $99 per app) compared with VPlayed's unpublished one-time self-hosted licence; the only figure in their own material is a FAQ answer of $10,000 to $50,000, with customization billed separately per their terms ## Pricing - [Machine-readable pricing](https://liveplustv.com/pricing.md): full tier and add-on pricing as plain markdown for agents - [Pricing overview](https://liveplustv.com/pricing): the two products and how they are priced - [TV channel cost guide](https://liveplustv.com/solutions/tv-channel-cost): the plain-numbers answer to what a channel costs, here and elsewhere - [Cloud Playout pricing](https://liveplustv.com/pricing/playout): per-channel plans from $254 a month billed yearly ($299 monthly), CDN included, with a full feature comparison table - [OTT Platform pricing](https://liveplustv.com/pricing/ott): per-service plans from $127 a month billed yearly ($149 monthly), CDN included, app add-ons, and the tier matrix ## Company - [About](https://liveplustv.com/about): who LIVEPLUSTV is: Canadian broadcast technology company, operating since 2016 - [Contact](https://liveplustv.com/contact): write to the team; replies within one business day - [Request a demo](https://liveplustv.com/demo): request a 30-minute live walkthrough; we reply with times that suit - [Sign up](https://dash.liveplustv.com/signup): self-serve signup with a card; a channel can be on air the same day - [Legal](https://liveplustv.com/legal/terms): terms, privacy, DMCA, and acceptable use ## Legal - [Terms of Service](https://liveplustv.com/legal/terms): the agreement covering use of the platform - [Privacy Policy](https://liveplustv.com/legal/privacy): what we collect, why, and the rights you have over it - [Data Processing Addendum](https://liveplustv.com/legal/dpa): GDPR processor terms and the subprocessor list - [Acceptable Use & Content Policy](https://liveplustv.com/legal/acceptable-use): what may and may not be broadcast - [DMCA Copyright Policy](https://liveplustv.com/legal/dmca): takedown and counter-notification process, and our registered agent - [Cookie Policy](https://liveplustv.com/legal/cookies): the cookies the site sets and how consent is recorded ## Markdown versions Every page above is also available as Markdown at the same URL with `.md` in place of the trailing slash (for example https://liveplustv.com/guides/cloud-playout.md), each under 4,000 tokens. 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