This is what you get with the Roku Channel Package
First off understand that a Roku channel burns through bandwidth as viewers watch your videos. Many use Vimeo Pro to store their videos for streaming on Roku and many others devices, but as soon as a channel gets popular they jack up the prices. Well, we alleviate that issue by supplying a hosting system that replaces Vimeo or others that could also hold the website too.
What you need to provide
- We need to create a Roku account for you or if you have one already the login information. You can change the password after we are done creating the Roku Channel, customizing, and adding all the necessary technical connections for you.
- Customize your Roku Channel we need a few images for Branding and you can see that chart below.
- Set up your Roku customer, developer, and billing accounts:
a. Go to https://my.roku.com/signup to create a Roku customer account.
b. Go to https://developer.roku.com/enrollment/standard to enroll in the Roku Developer Program.
c. Go to https://developer.roku.com/developer/billing to enroll in the Roku Partner Payouts Program, if you are monetizing your channel.
- Verify that the original/licensed content to be included in your Roku channel is in a Roku-supported file format (DASH, HLS, SMOOTH, or M4V, MOV, or MP4). If your content is in an unsupported file format, use a video converter to convert your media files to a supported format. Videos must be unencrypted.
Videos may not be downloaded from YouTube, Vimeo, and other video-sharing platforms, converted, and then uploaded to a web host. You must have the original video files for content.
To brand your Direct Publisher channel, prepare the following images:
| Asset | Size | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channel logo | 400 x 90 | JPEG or PNG | The logo is to be displayed inside the channel. |
| Splash screen | 1920 x 1080 | JPEG or PNG | The screen is to be displayed while the channel is loading. |
| Background image Optional |
1920X1080 | JPEG or PNG | The image is to be displayed in the background of the channel’s home page. Alternatively, you can use a background color instead of this image. |
| Small search logo | 165 x 60 | JPEG or PNG | The logo is to be displayed within Roku Search as a button for playing the channel’s content. |
| Poster | 540×405 | JPEG or PNG | The thumbnail is to be displayed in the Roku Channel Store search and details pages. This image should make it easy for customers to identify your channel.
These images should be key art graphics with the full title of the asset visible. Use an aspect ratio of 16:9. |
| Screenshots Optional |
1920×1080 | JPEG or PNG | Screenshots to be used for marketing the channel in the Roku Channel Store. Select screenshots that best depict your channel’s user experience and catalog. You can provide up to six screenshots.
Alternatively, you can use the Direct Publisher tool to generate the screenshots. |
- We need the Domain name you want your new website to use. Remember that’s included in the package, but if you already own one we can use that too. If you are using a domain you already own we need you to change the DNS to point to your new server in this package and we will email you that information after hosting is set up.
- We will need at least a few pages of content to add to your new website like contact, home page information and etc. up to 8 pages. You can add as many as you like after we turn the site over to you.
Here’s all that you get in the package
Hosting:
First, you get world-class affordable semi-dedicated web hosting which will meet the always-growing server feature requirements of your traffic-consuming sites like corporate portals, online stores, forums, company blogs, etc. No need to worry about pages loading slowly and numerous website downtimes due to server overload issues.
If your Roku Channel becomes popular and you need more bandwidth you can easily upgrade from within your hosting account without interfering with your website.
Custom Website:
Your semi-dedicated web hosting server is equipped with all the features typical of a shared web hosting package, such as an easy-to-use Web Hosting Control Panel, a Web Apps Installer, a Website Installer, and free website templates, just to mention some.
Next, you get a domain name and custom-built website on the world’s number one platform WordPress. This means that you will have full control over pages, posts, and all content. There’s 1000’s free Themes to choose from and even more plugins to make the website the best possible partner to your Roku channel.
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- Video Submission
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- Category Creator
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- Advertising Control
This new website is also where you control all your videos that stream on the Roku and optional Fire Stick streaming platforms. All the functions you need from creating the Roku Categories to adding the videos and cover art can be controlled from the website. When you update your website’s regular Videos, Short-form Videos, Series, or TV Specials they also update directly into the Roku channel too. Your Roku’s JSON LINK is created automatically for Roku to read.