Easily launch your FAST channel on one platform. Schedule 24/7 programming, transcode for every device, insert ads, and deliver smoothly to Roku and Samsung TV Plus with 5centsCDN.
FAST — Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV — is linear television reborn for streaming: a 24/7 scheduled channel that viewers watch for free, funded entirely by ads.
If you have a content library — episodes, films, sports, music, niche programming — you already have the raw material for a FAST channel. What you need is the infrastructure to schedule it, prepare it for every device, monetize it with ads, and deliver it to the platforms. That's exactly what 5centsCDN provides, in one place.
It's a rapidly growing model in streaming, with platforms like:
Build a 24/7 linear schedule from your VOD library. Arrange episodes, films, and segments into a continuous playlist with the scheduler, set it once and your channel runs around the clock, looping or rolling forward as you program it.
5centsCDN transcodes your content into a full adaptive-bitrate ladder, so your channel plays smoothly on every device and connection. Transcoding also matches inserted ads to your stream's encoding profile — which is what keeps ad breaks looking seamless instead of glitchy.
Insert ads server-side at every break using SCTE-35 signaling and SSAI. Because 5centsCDN transcodes the ad to match your channel's ladder, breaks stitch in cleanly — no black frames, no buffering, no seam. Works with any VAST 3.0+ tag.
Don't have an ad server or VAST tag? Use 5centsCDN Ad Manager to traffic your own direct-sold sponsors and generate the VAST tag your FAST channel needs. Optional — bring your own ad server if you have one.
Build a comprehensive 24/7 linear playlist from your extensive VOD library.
Encode into an ABR ladder for every device available in the market.
Insert ads at each break via SSAI; fill with your tag or Ad Manager.
Stream to Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Tubi, Pluto TV, or your own OTT app.
Build a comprehensive 24/7 linear playlist from your extensive VOD library.
Encode into an ABR ladder for every device available in the market.
Insert ads at each break via SSAI; fill with your tag or Ad Manager.
Stream to Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Tubi, Pluto TV, or your own OTT app.
One platform, one pipeline, one invoice. Your schedule defines the channel, transcoding prepares it, ad insertion monetizes it, and delivery puts it on every major FAST platform — without handing off between four different vendors.
Not everyone needs the whole pipeline. Maybe you've already got your content stored and scheduled and just need it transcoded. Maybe you've handled all of that and only need to get the feed onto Roku. Or maybe you want 5centsCDN to do everything, ads included.
The stack is modular — you plug in at whatever stage you haven't already solved, and you go as far down the pipeline as you need.
Store your library with us, and we handle everything from scheduling onward
Join at transcoding — bring your linear content and we prepare it for every device
Join at monetization or delivery — plug straight into ad insertion or distribution
You want your channel on Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Pluto TV, or a similar aggregator — and you're happy to let that platform sell and insert the ads. 5centsCDN prepares and delivers a clean, broadcast-ready linear feed with SCTE-35 ad markers embedded, and the FAST platform handles ad insertion on its end.
Schedule your 24/7 linear channel (or take your already-linear feed)Transcode to the platform's required specs and ABR ladderEmbed SCTE-35 markers so the platform knows where to insert adsDeliver a compliant HLS feed to the platformYou exit before SSAI — no ad stitching on our side, because the destination platform does that. This is the fastest route onto a major FAST platform's lineup.
You want to own the monetization yourself — insert your own ads, run your own inventory, and keep the revenue. 5centsCDN does the entire pipeline and delivers the finished, monetized stream to your own app, player, or chosen destinations.
Everything in Path A, plusServer-side ad insertion — stitch ads into the stream using your VAST tagAd Manager (optional) — manage your own direct + programmatic inventory and generate the VAST tagServer-side ad tracking and delivery of the fully monetized streamYou run the whole channel — and the monetization — on 5centsCDN Maximum control, maximum revenue retention.
Most FAST setups are assembled from separate tools — a playout scheduler from one vendor, an encoder from another, an SSAI provider, and an ad server. Every integration between them is a cost, a latency point, and something that can break at 2 a.m. 5centsCDN replaces that whole chain.
Scheduling, transcoding, ad insertion, and delivery on a single platform — no integration work, no finger-pointing between vendors.
Technology fee only. The ad revenue your channel earns stays entirely yours.
Because the same platform transcodes both content and ads, breaks stitch in frame-accurately — no glitches at the splice.
Deliver standard HLS that Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Tubi, LG Channels and more all accept.
You don't need a playout team or an ad-ops desk. The platform handles the heavy lifting.
Launch a single channel or run a whole bouquet — the infrastructure scales without new tooling.
Upload or connect your VOD library (or bring a feed you've already scheduled or transcoded).
Arrange your programming into a 24/7 linear playlist with the scheduler.
Define where ads run, via SCTE-35 markers or scheduled insertion.
Deliver a marker-embedded feed to a third-party FAST platform (Path A), or insert ads yourself with SSAI and Ad Manager (Path B).
Publish your channel and deliver it to your chosen destinations.
Upload or connect your VOD library (or bring a feed you've already scheduled or transcoded).
Arrange your programming into a 24/7 linear playlist with the scheduler.
Define where ads run, via SCTE-35 markers or scheduled insertion.
Deliver a marker-embedded feed to a third-party FAST platform (Path A), or insert ads yourself with SSAI and Ad Manager (Path B).
Publish your channel and deliver it to your chosen destinations.
With a library ready to become a 24/7 channel.
Extending linear programming into streaming and FAST.
Sports, music, regional, and special-interest channels.
Adding linear/FAST tiers alongside on-demand.
Launching multiple channels across FAST platforms.
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