Planetcast, also known as Planetcast Media Services, is a privately owned company headquartered in India. Founded in 1996, with approximately 1,160 employees, the company reported $61.6M in revenue as of 2024 and functions as a tier 2 media tech buyer. The company specializes in media managed services, offering uplinking and downlinking services for the broadcasting and satellite communication industries. It provides teleporting, content management, pre and postproduction, and distribution for multi-platform/multi-devices, alongside satellite-based telecom services and mobile connectivity via DSNG vans.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1996

Headcount

1,160

Headquarters

India

Primary Segment

Media managed services

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

24

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Planetcast rolled out enhancements to its hybrid broadcast portfolio at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, emphasizing greater flexibility, tighter integration, and more efficient workflows across playout, IP distribution, content management, OTT delivery, and monetization. Earlier on April 22, 2026, Planetcast unveiled new hybrid broadcast solutions, including an enhanced CloudX ReCaster and advanced scheduling tools, to power end-to-end operations for broadcasters and content owners. These solutions support over 450 channels and 1.3 billion viewers worldwide, evolving Planetcast's integrated portfolio—comprising MediaHQ, Contido, CloudX ReCaster, and BATS—into a unified operating framework for content management, playout, distribution, and monetization. On April 21, Planetcast showcased integrated media workflow updates at the NAB Show, focusing on IP-based live sports workflows, expanded channel operations, and hybrid cloud automation. This followed the company's debut on April 20 of advancements in its integrated technology portfolio for large-scale media operations, which included expanded IP-based live sports workflows, increased operational scale across global channel deployments, and efficiencies enabled through hybrid cloud and automation. Previously, on March 27, Planetcast announced it would present its latest hybrid IP and AI-powered innovations at NAB 2026, aiming to help content owners drive new revenue opportunities and streamline operations.

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Planetcast offers 9 products in the media tech industry. Planetcast's product portfolio comprises of connectivity and distribution services, content supply chain, broadcast professional services, video business systems, media managed services and video processing and playout.
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Planetcast's revenues were less than $100M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Planetcast's revenue into 8 different product categories, the largest of which is playout and channel origination services. For full access to Planetcast's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Planetcast's customers primarily consist of media and TV services, entertainment Providers and technology, Information and Internet companies. Examples of Planetcast's customers include Prasar Bharati, Times Internet and Warner Bros. Discovery. Planetcast has commercial and technical partners like BeIN Media Group, Wurl and Appear. Planetcast has suppliers like Venera Technologies.

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