Ferncast GmbH
Booth number: 5B1-4
www.ferncast.com
About us
Ferncast develops software and hardware solutions for audio workflows in radio broadcasting, and offers services and consulting connected to their extensive encoding expertise. The core product is aixtream, a 24/7 software solution for web streaming, de/muxing, SIP/WebRTC communication, podcasting, STL, loudness normalization, transcoding, event recording and logging, and more, which Ferncast continuously develops and improves. It runs as server appliance, in virtual machine, and in Docker containers for AWS and other cloud services, as well on hardware.
The newest product is CaptionCast, an AI platform which transforms radio or text content into new forms to reach new target audiences and make this new content available for broadcast or on-demand platforms.
Address
Gallierstr. 41a
52074 Aachen
Germany
E-mail: info@ferncast.de
Phone: +49 241 99034567
Internet: www.ferncast.com
7030 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, #06-06
569880 Singapore
Singapore
E-mail: contact.us@bci.com.sg
Phone: +65 6255 1808
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Products & Services
We OPTIMIZE and REVOLUTIONIZE your audio logistics
Ferncast offers products, subscription services and consulting all around the field of audio logistics. We help you get your audio where it needs to be!
The heart of our product offers is the software solution aixtream, which can be used in combination with a huge variety of hardware platforms to handle an even wider variety of audio applications. Unlike conventional audio input/output solutions, mixers, en/decoders and similar hardware, an aixtream installation can be customized from the ground up for a variety of applications, easily combining multiple uses on the same hardware platform.
Here we want to focus on the following variants:
aixtream Streaming
Everything you need to get your internet radio program in all desired formats to all kinds of end points, whether smartphones, kitchen radios or browsers. We guarantee that our radio streaming fulfills all possible requirements and is utterly reliable.
aixtream Communication
The ideal audio call solution for SIP answering machines, remote communication hubs or integration into PBX systems. You get full control over your communication network — managing multiple SIP connections and account has never been so easy.
aixtream Podcasting
The solution for satisfying the ever-more-demanding on-demand audio market. It includes full automization mechanisms, interfaces for third-party solutions on either end of the process chain and active load balancing and backup handling.
CAPTIONCAST
Also, the first time at a major broadcasting exhibition, we present CaptionCast, our newest product: An AI platform which transforms radio or text content into new forms to reach new target audiences and make this new content available for broadcast or on-demand platforms.
CaptionCast for Radio
CaptionCast's features for radio aims at transformation of audio content for new target audiences, for example delivering weather reports in your program's distinct voice, or providing program in other languages.
CaptionCast for Media Publishers
CaptionCast offers automated style transformation, article-to-podcast transformation and on-the-fly commercial creation to elevate the content production of media publishers.
aixtream STREAMING
24/7 Radio Streaming Software
Everything you need to get your internet radio program in all desired formats to all kinds of end points, whether smartphones, kitchen radios or browsers. We guarantee that our radio streaming fulfills all possible requirements and is utterly reliable.
Make Premium Radio Simple!
Your web radio content in ANY FORMAT? HLS, Icecast, DASH, CMAF, RTMP and proprietary formats
Time-shifting playback, adapative bitrates, chapter select and playlist delta updates for the best radio streaming experience.
Metadata insertion: Define static / dynamic metadata and update dynamically via HTTP(S), API or even FTP, or reuse metadata from an existing audio stream.
Our HLS Segment Transfer Catchup makes listeners enjoy full time-shifting length even after system failures.
Special Features
xHE-AAC: Fraunhofer’s awesomely efficient development of highefficiency AAC and xHE-AAC. Bandwidth savings without sacrificing quality
Smart Control Applets: Applets are a trigger-effect system: Automatize your system behavior, set up backup audio signals, e-mail alerts and more with just a few clicks
Multi Output: No matter where your audio needs to go, no matter in what format, we help you get it there — in the highest quality and with the most modern processes.
Recording/Upload: Need to record the audio for QA or legal copies, maybe even storing it externally? It’s all there while streaming your radio.
aixtream COMMUNICATION
24/7 Audio Call Software
The ideal audio call solution for SIP answering machines, remote communication hubs or integration into PBX systems. You get full control over your communication network — managing multiple SIP connections and account has never been so easy.
Enjoy Maximum Flexibility in Communication
Use established SIP infrastructure, ad-hoc WebRTC conferences or direct RTP and SRT streaming.
Aixtream supports an amazing range of audio I/O, including MADI, AES67/Ravenna, Livewire and Dante. Stay flexible, no matter from where or how you call.
Call profiles ensure your call won't be rejected due to incompatibility, no matter what system lies on the remote end.
Keep your audio safe! Redundant streaming ensures maximal audio quality even under difficult circumstances.
Special Features
WebRTC: Deliver and receive audiofrom and to anywhere in the world with nothing but a phone or PC.
Virtual Audio Ports: aixtream's virtual audio router makes complex input/output routing and audio reuse possible.
Recording: Need to record the call? All possible while the call is live.
Smooth Delay: Maximize the security andsafety of your call by encapsulating it in a Virtual Private Network.
aixtream PODCASTING
24/7 Audio-On-Demand Encoder/Processor
The solution for satisfying the ever-more-demanding on-demand audio market. It includes full automization mechanisms, interfaces for third-party solutions on either end of the process chain and active load balancing and backup handling.
Podcasting Perfected — Fully Automatized Audio-on-Demand
A fully automatized audio-on-demand processing workflow. Set it up once and then just let it do its magic.
Time-shifting playback, adaptive bitrates, chapter select and playlist delta updates for the best podcasting experience.
The aixtream OD Wizard guides you every step of the way and makes sure you get your processing workflow set up in no time.
Maximize automization with the Metadata Mapper — use different workflows for different content based on their metadata tags.
Special Features
xHE-AAC: Fraunhofer's awesomely efficient development of high-efficiency AAC. Save bandwidth withoutsacrificing quality.
Dolby Atmos: Turn any audio content in to an amazing 3D immersive experience even without a full-scale Atmos production studio.
Smart Control Applets: Applets are a trigger-effect system. Automatize your system behavior, set up backup audio signals, e-mailalerts and more with just a few clicks.
Upload: Need to make external archives of your on-demand productions? Then automatically upload finished podcasts with this module.
CaptionCast for Radio
CaptionCast is a curated audio production system for content companies. It transforms existing content into high-quality, scalable audio formats – automated, yet professionally curated. With sound engineer presets, quality filters and integrated format logic, we create studio-quality audio content. CaptionCast's features for radio aims at transformation of audio content for new target audiences, for example delivering weather reports in your program's distinct voice, or providing program in other languages.
Radio Station Branding
Take the same content but create versions that fits the branding of your radio station or even individual programs. Ensure even a traffic or weather report is delivered with exactly the voice and feeling you want. All automated, all at once.
Automated Daily News Updates
Automatize quick news summaries while maintaining your identity. Automated audio allows radio teams to keep audiences informed without adding production pressure.
Improve Accessibility
Take difficult articles and transform them into content that engages with your audience on their level. The same content could be adapted into a conversational dialogue or into a child-friendly explanation — without changing the facts.
Full Linear-to-On-Demand Adaption
Original content is often recorded for later use. However, the delivery of the orignal version may not be perfect for all the target audiences who later listen to the on-demand version. Adapt your content for these wider target audiences, for example by having content originally spoken by a male moderator transformed with a female presenter's delivery.
CaptionCast for Media Publishers
CaptionCast is a curated audio production system for content companies. We transform existing content into high-quality, scalable audio formats – automated, yet professionally curated. With sound engineer presets, quality filters and integrated format logic, we create studio-quality audio content – without the need for an in-house audio department. For media companies CaptionCast offers automated style transformation, article-to-podcast transformation and on-the-fly commercial creation.
Article-to-Podcast Transformation
Select an article to transform, optionally automatically adapt the script, premium voice and sound design is applied — and your premium podcast is ready for publishing on every platform!
On-the-Fly Commercial Creation
CaptionCast includes everything you need to create an audio commercial in minutes: script adaption, audio & voice production, indexing and adding sound effects and ambience, as well as final cutting and editing. Whether you want to adapt an existing commercial or create a whole new one, it has never been easier!