I use "Debian 8.1 stable (Jessie)" and "Centova 3.2.2"...
But there are all scripts (from centova) missing in /etc/init.d ...
Don't blame us, blame systemd.
CentOS 7 and Debian 8 do not use sysv init, so /etc/init.d is no longer relevant for ANY application (including but not limited to Centova Cast). sysvinit emulation may be present for some applications, but it's deprecated.
Read up on systemd's "systemctl" utility for more information. Briefly though, you want "systemctl start xxx" where you used to use "/etc/init.d/xxx start".