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The easiest way to start your own online radio station. Join hundreds of other communities who choose us to broadcast their internet radio stations globally.
- 99.9% Uptime
- Auto DJ
- AzuraCast or CentovaCast
- 24/7 Support
- HTTPS Audio Link
- Relaying
ShoutCast Hosting Plans
Featuring NVMe drives, 10Gbit Upload speeds, 99.9% Uptime, AzuraCast or Centova Cast, Ad-Support to drive revenue and much more!Shoutcast Hosting plans from just R73.81/mo
Servers housed within a tier-3 datacenter allowing you to access extremely quick and resilient bandwidth for your online radio station. Every package we offer comes with a bunch of features that we deem essential to run a successful online community centered around your online radio, including a Centralized control panel, Ad-support to drive revenue for your business, Auto-DJ, Media Libraries and much more!
Choose your Streaming Control Panel
With our ShoutCast Hosting plans, we provide the option to select between either AzuraCast or CentovaCast control panels, empowering you to choose the control panel that best aligns with your specific streaming requirements.
AzuraCast and CentovaCast are both leaders in the space and offer an extensive array of comparable features. AzuraCast stands out for its modern approach, while CentovaCast boasts a decade-long establishment in the industry.
AzuraCast
AzuraCast is a user-friendly, web-based control panel for managing online radio stations. It provides an intuitive interface, allowing users to easily upload and schedule playlists, integrate with social media platforms, handle automated song requests, and access detailed analytics. With its modern design and comprehensive features, AzuraCast offers a powerful solution for broadcasters to effectively manage and engage with their audience.
AzuraCast also places emphasis on engaging with your audience. The control panel provides tools for integrating with popular social media platforms, allowing you to promote your station and interact with listeners.
CentovaCast
CentovaCast has been in the industry for more than a decade and is known for its stability, features and extensive documentation. With a long-standing reputation, it caters to mostly experienced broadcasters, providing a comprehensive solution for effectively managing and broadcasting radio stations online.
CentovaCast mainly also features Playlist Management, Advanced Reports and Auto-DJ, which is all managed through a centralized control panel - similar to AzuraCast.
SSL Encrypted Streams
All our Shoutcast streaming plans include an SSL streaming link completely free of charge. This is especially important if you stream your radio through a website or page. Modern browsers do not accept Non-SSL requests and will produce warning errors if its not secured by an SSL Certificate.
ShoutCast Directory
Easily add your radio to Shoutcasts public directory through our platform to gain exposure to the largest viewed radio directory globally. We fully support Shoutcast based auth-hashes and the ability for your radio to be played directly through their public directory under your given music genre.
Extensive Statistics
Get access to comprehensive listener reports, providing detailed insights into your audience's listening habits and trends. You can access information such as listener locations, listening duration, popular tracks, and peak listening times, helping you understand and cater to your audience better.
With an average response time of just 20 minutes and thousands of tickets solved to date, our 24/7 technical support department is one of the fastest in the SHOUTcast hosting industry.
AutoDJ & Media Library
Easily drag-and-drop music, albums and artists all in one directory allowing you to schedule song rotation from a central media library.
Shoutcast Relay Compatible
Easily re-broadcast another stream for added redundancy to your infrastructure. We do not put any restrictions on our relays either, you are free to relay streams both remotely or locally.
99.9% Uptime
Our servers are optimized with the latest software and are only hosted within the best datacenters, allowing us to achieve our 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Free To use Widgets
Get access to already created HTML widgets that you can use on your websites completely free of charge. Song Requests, Recent Tracks, DJ Information, Web Players, On-Demand content and more!
Easily Make Payment
We support 3 different methods of payment on our platform including Bitcoin, Direct Credit/Debit card payment with Stripe and PayPal.
Jingles and Advertisements
Set regular advertisements or jingles at exact time periods and intervals during your radio broadcast from your sponsors, allowing you to fully monetize your streaming network.
Upgrade at any time
Directly upgrade your ShoutCast Hosting plan at any time within our Client Area. Upgrades are instant and pro-rata priced, so you never lose value on the amount you have already paid.
30-Day Refund Policy
We believe that you should get the service that you pay for or we don't deserve your money. We will refund your payment within the first 30 days if you are not happy with our product or service.
What is Shoutcast?
SHOUTcast is an online radio solution that allows you to easily broadcast your radio through the internet for others to listen too. It is by far the biggest internet radio platform and has thousands of broadcasters that use it across the globe to run their station on the internet. It makes streaming audio an extremely simply process and comes with a bunch of unique features, like their own Public Directory where you can list your own stream completely free.
From full-fledged radio companies to regular hobby radio stations, Shoutcast makes it easy for anyone to get into broadcasting and get their voice or music heard on a global scale.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, the HTTPS link we offer is completely free and will already be configured for your account the moment its setup. There are no hidden costs or licensing required for it to work.
Yes you can, Auto-DJ allows live broadcasting. Once your live stream ends or your source disconnects Auto-DJ will also fallback to your stored playlists within CentovaCast so there is no stream downtime whatsoever and your listeners will stay connected to the broadcast.
We currently have a centralized location within Finland, Europe. We find it an extremely well suited location for both broadcasters and listeners, it offers low-to-decent latency to almost any location on earth.
Our servers network port can burst up to 10 Gbps if necessary. We keep usage at a maximum of 10-20% at all times per server, allowing up to 80% of the network port to be free at all times for any surges in traffic.
Yes you can - All our streaming plans come with the ability to connect with your own encoder, allowing you to broadcast in real-time from your own computer.
A streaming control panel, such as AzuraCast or CentovaCast, is a web-based interface that allows you to manage and control various aspects of your online radio station. It serves as a centralized hub where you can handle key operations related to broadcasting, playlist management, scheduling, and listener analytics.
Yes, Shoutcast premium license keys are usable with our Shoutcast streams. You can easily add your license key within CentovaCast to activate it.
We use the latest version of Shoutcast (V2+) for our streaming accounts by default. You can however request to be put on Shoutcast V1.