Online radio, web TV, IPTV services and news broadcasters need something a normal business site can't do: a player that keeps playing while people browse, a schedule that's readable at a glance, and an archive nobody has to dig for. That's what we build.
Each one puts a different thing first. Pick the closest and we'll shape the rest around how you actually operate.
Listeners arrive to press play and stay for hours. Everything else on the site has to work without interrupting the audio.
A live channel plus a growing library. The site's job is to make both easy to reach on a phone and on a TV browser.
A licensed service selling access needs a front door: what's in the package, what it costs, and how to sign up without phoning anyone.
A newsroom publishes several times a day. The front page has to stay fast while stories, video and bulletins pile up behind it.
Not every station needs all of these. We'll tell you which ones earn their place on your site and which ones are just clutter.
Docked at the bottom of the screen and still playing when a listener taps through to the schedule. The single biggest difference between a station site and an ordinary one.
A weekly grid on desktop, a scrollable day list on mobile, with what's on right now marked clearly. Times shown in the viewer's own timezone if your audience is spread out.
Past shows and bulletins organised by programme and date, so someone who missed the interview can find it in two taps instead of scrolling a wall of files.
A proper RSS feed so your recorded shows land in Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Free reach for episodes you've already produced.
Set up so listeners can add the station to their phone's home screen and open it like an app, without you paying for two native app builds and store review.
Defined sponsor slots and a rate-card page, so advertisers can see the audience and the placements without a meeting first.
Tamil, Chinese, Urdu, Punjabi, Farsi and other non-Latin scripts render properly, with fonts that stay readable at small sizes. We've done this for a Tamil-language newspaper.
Analytics wired up so you can report site visits and player starts. Actual listener hours come from your streaming provider's stats, and we'll show you where to find them.
Layouts checked at TV screen sizes and distances, plus Chromecast and AirPlay from the browser so viewers can throw the stream up on the big screen.
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Streaming projects go wrong when nobody says this out loud at the start. So here it is, before you pay anything.
The website and everything a visitor touches.
The broadcast side, and it should stay there.
We connect to whatever your provider gives you — an Icecast or Shoutcast URL, an HLS link, or a hosted embed. If you haven't picked a provider yet we'll walk you through the options and roughly what each costs, then set it up.
On rights and licensing: we build websites for stations that hold the rights to what they broadcast. Music streaming in Canada generally involves licences through organisations like SOCAN and Re:Sound, and carrying television channels requires agreements with the broadcasters who own them. That side is yours to arrange, and we'll ask about it before quoting. We don't build sites for redistributing channels without the rights holders' permission.
Most stations land on Business or Business Pro, because a schedule and an archive need the page count. Scope and the final number are confirmed in writing first.
A landing page with the player, your schedule and a way to reach you. Enough to be findable while you build the audience.
One-time project fee
Room for the schedule grid, your presenters and an archive, with analytics so you can show sponsors real numbers.
One-time project fee
A full broadcast site with an archive, articles and content you publish yourself without calling us each time.
One-time project fee
Quoted separately from the packages: subscriber logins and paid access, recurring billing, native iOS and Android apps, live chat during broadcasts, custom electronic programme guides, and second-language versions of the site. Your stream hosting is billed by your streaming provider; the website's domain and hosting are billed by yours, so both stay in your name.
If yours isn't here, message us. You'll get a straight answer, not a sales call.
That plus your logo is enough for us to come back with a price and a timeline, usually the same day.
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