Certification Test fails for AVOD channel with Rendezvous Screen
Hi,
We have a free AVOD channel which we have been publishing for a couple years now.
With the changes earlier this month to pass automated Certification Testing before publishing we can no longer publish updates to our channel.
We are a free video streaming channel but do require the user to activate using a rendezvous screen. Because of this we fail the Deep Linking and Play Performance tests.
How can we work around this and publish out latest version? We are not SVOD so those rules don't apply.
Thank you for your help!
Claire
Hi eclaires,
To be clear, the deep linking and performance requirements do apply to free and AVOD channels. However, you are correct that our automated Certification Testing tool is not yet equipped to run these tests properly on a channel that has an intermediary login screen such as the one you're describing here.
With that in mind, our Partner Success team is aware of this shortcoming and is available to grant exemptions to these testing requirements on a case-by-case basis. Please go ahead and contact them via our web contact form, and they'll help launch your channel — https://developer.roku.com/contact
Note that we are constantly improving our certification automation tooling, and may introduce updates in the future that enable testing on a channel like yours from within the Developer Dashboard in the future. So do be sure you're still meeting our deep linking and performance requirements!