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October 8, 2026article

Why move from Flussonic Media Server to Catena

Your television already works on Flussonic Media Server, and that product stays supported. Catena is where a multi-server TV service gets easier to run: one cluster instead of a server you log into, a pilot beside the current air, your portal and archive left in place.

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October 3, 2026changelog

Version 26.10

Catena distributes VOD viewers across copies and connects to EZDRM. Mcaster adds multicast standby and separate output renditions. Watcher shows real NVR update progress and supports configuration rollback. Media Server fixes playback of long DASH recordings and memory growth.

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September 4, 2026changelog

Version 26.09

One node now holds 18,000 concurrent WebRTC viewers instead of 200–300, and delivers more than 100 Gbit/s of HLS. Catena gained DRM, a viewer storefront with a real programme guide, timeshift channels, VOD transcoding and fMP4 capture over HLS and DASH — the last pieces that kept operators on Flussonic Media Server. Mcaster became a headend you can put in a broadcast chain: SDI from DekTec cards, SMPTE ST 2110, MXL, RIST, full control over the outgoing MPEG-TS, conditional access, and a register of customers and what each of them bought. Watcher's NVR replaces its media server with the new core by the ordinary update button.

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