Layercake’s media orchestration and automation platform Streamcake can now run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, giving users wider deployment options for their automated operations.
The media orchestration and automation platform Streamcake, developed by Layercake can now run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Streamcake is developed by Layercake, an automation and orchestration specialist for media production and distribution. This new OCI option gives users a wider choice in deployment for their automated operations.
Media companies, broadcasters, sports organisations and other live event producers use Streamcake to set up and maintain automation systems for their broadcast production, digital streaming and operations on a single, scalable cloud platform. This approach makes it easier and more cost-effective for producers and other companies to keep their live production processes up to date, and simplify content management and delivery. It also allows them to improve the quality and reliability of live and on-demand video experiences.
With Streamcake running on OCI, Layercake is able to further expand its multicloud strategy, which includes Google Cloud, Azure, AWS and Akamai. Its users can take advantage of the high performance, scalability and security of OCI for their software-defined video workflows, including livestreams, video-on-demand generation and publishing.
Streamcake’s Cloud Capabilities
Among the capabilities the Streamcake solution now opens up to users is broadcast media production running on Grass Valley’s GV Agile Media Processing Platform (AMPP), integrated into OCI. Digital media production and streaming can be operated through platforms such as the Bitmovin live and onlive video workflow, and Ant Media’s real-time streaming engine software, orchestrated by Streamcake. Smart orchestration and automation is available, delivering compute, storage, networking, software, monitoring, captions, AI/ML overlays and monetisation workflows.
With this approach, broadcasters and content owners are in a position to gain cloud-native agility, predictable cost models and global scalability, while avoiding the complexity associated with multi-vendor broadcast and streaming workflows. More generally, Streamcake’s features support Cloud Broadcast from a studio or a remote location, and Stream Packaging functionality that focusses on packaging using compatible formats deliverable to the required devices and platforms. Streamcake’s Media Service Automation system optimises encoding, transcoding and delivery processes.
Always allowing users to integrate their existing cloud infrastructure, Steamcake includes real-time monitoring and managing of users’ social media presence, and tools for managing multiple CDNs to optimise and secure media delivery to end-users. Content Protection for the security and authenticity of media content includes encryption and management of access and DRM policies
Modernising Production Workflows
“Media organisations are under pressure to deliver broadcast-quality content at digital speed and scale,” said Padraig O’Donovan, CEO of Layercake. “Streamcake not only modernises production workflows but also brings new commercial models for broadcasters, sports leagues and digital platforms worldwide. We are pleased to partner with Oracle to offer our customers new ways to host their media workflows.”
"Content is king and media companies are moving faster than ever to cloud-based production and automation to stay ahead,” Chris Chelliah, senior vice president, Technology, Oracle Japan and Asia-Pacific said. “Through our collaboration with Layercake, our users can take advantage of OCI’s price performance, scalability and security to monetize their live and on-demand media workflows.”
Customers can choose to integrate media workloads on OCI through Streamcake, which is now in use among media companies across Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. As global sports rights holders, broadcasters and digital platforms adopt multi-cloud strategies, the combination of Layercake and OCI creates a pathway to flexible, cloud-native media operations. layercake.cloud
