Layercake, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner
An AWS Service Partner and Software Partner for Modern Media Workflows
Streamcake, Layercake’s orchestration platform, is an AWS-aligned software solution that automates and operationalises AWS Media Services into repeatable, production-ready workflows.
Together, Layercake and Streamcake help broadcasters, media organisations, sporting codes and rights holders, systems integrators, and technology partners design, deploy and operate scalable AWS-based media workflows, faster, more reliably, and at significantly lower cost than traditional hardware-centric approaches.
Our AWS Partnership Model
Layercake provides end-to-end AWS professional services for media and live production environments, including:
- AWS media architecture design aligned to the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Implementation of AWS Media Services for live and on-demand workflows
- Cloud migration and modernisation of broadcast and OTT platforms
- Integration with third-party broadcast and media technologies
- Managed services, monitoring, optimisation, and operational support
- Consulting for live sport, events, pop-up channels, and 24/7 operations
Layercake enables organisations to move from concept to production-ready AWS environments in minutes, not months, with elastic scaling and pay-as-you-go economics.
Streamcake:
- Orchestrates AWS Media Services and cloud infrastructure
- Automates environment creation, configuration, and teardown
- Provides monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards
- Enables repeatable, template-driven live production workflows
- Integrates AWS with leading third-party media tools
Streamcake removes the operational complexity of AWS media environments, allowing teams to focus on content, production, and audience growth not infrastructure management.
- Faster time-to-air for new channels and events
- Reduced operational overhead through automation
- Elastic scaling for peak live events
- Improved reliability and fault tolerance
- Lower total cost of ownership compared to on-premise infrastructure
- Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning for live production
- Dynamic deployment and configuration of production environments
- Pre-configured signal routing, macros, and dashboards
- End-to-end monitoring, alerting, and lifecycle management
- Secure, scalable, global distribution
Layercake and Streamcake leverage AWS Media Services to build scalable, secure and resilient media workflows, including:
- Cloud infrastructure for live and on-demand workloads
- Scalable media processing and distribution
- Secure streaming and contribution
- Integrated, event-driven media workflows
- Streamcake acts as the orchestration layer that connects these services into a single operational system.
What Layercake & Streamcake add
- Automated channel creation and configuration
- Health monitoring and redundancy handling
- Pre-built templates for common broadcast and streaming scenarios
- Rapid spin-up and teardown for events and pop-up channels
AWS MediaConnect enables secure, reliable contribution and distribution of live video feeds.
What Layercake & Streamcake add
- Automated feed management and routing
- Secure contribution workflows for remote and on-site production
- Integration with third-party encoders, decoders, and production tools
- Centralised visibility across all live feeds
AWS MediaTailor enables server-side ad insertion for live and on-demand streams.
What Layercake & Streamcake add
- Automated integration into live and VOD workflows
- Consistent ad insertion across multi-platform delivery
- Operational monitoring of ad workflows
- Simplified monetisation for rights holders and broadcasters
- Live sport and major events
- 24/7 broadcast and FAST channels
- Remote and distributed production
- OTT and direct-to-consumer platforms
- Systems integrators and technology partners
Our AWS-based solutions are designed to scale globally, handle peak demand and support mission-critical live operations.
- Deep expertise in media and live production
- Proven AWS-native architectures
- Automation that reduces risk and operational cost
- Flexible engagement models: project, managed service or co-sell
- A software platform (Streamcake) purpose-built for AWS media workflows
Ready to Grow on AWS?
Whether you’re launching a new channel, scaling live sport, modernising broadcast infrastructure, or looking for an AWS-aligned orchestration platform, Layercake and Streamcake can help.
Engage Layercake for AWS media architecture and delivery
Explore Streamcake as your orchestration layer on AWS
Contact us to discuss AWS co-sell opportunities, partner-led engagements, or production-ready reference architectures.