Roku Direct Publisher

[webconsultant]

Hi there, 

We're new to Roku. It's kinda urgent. We're trying to rent/sell a video on Roku in Channel. What is the best solution to do this without a lot of programming? We have an account on Vimeo. What would you recommend to do that? 

Thank you

[webconsultant]

We're happy to hear about recommendation on which platform is best to host the movies. If there's a way to plug & play the process, that works too! 

[webconsultant]

Hi @AaronMSpelling, thank you for response! 

Yes, that's something that we have been wondering if there's a way or services that offer this part of the process? 

[webconsultant]

If this is the case, would you recommend anyone? 

We'd like to launch this as soon as possible and not deal with a lot of coding.

Thank you again!

[webconsultant]

@AaronMSpelling I guess anything that we can sell and rent our full movies.

[37mediagroup]

Cheap. Fast. Good.

Pick two!

Truth is you're looking at A LOT in coding and development costs, unless you're pretty built in and niche following It'll take a while and many, many rentals to recoup the costs. I'd ballpark it all at $5k-$10k.

[stubbstarbuck]

Vimeo OTT will build your SDK package once you set everything up.

https://vimeo.com/ott/home

Another option in the same vein is Zype

https://zype.com

Both are content record management solutions and cost about $1-$2k / mo for streaming channel deployments.

Fastest and cheapest way to deploy a Roku Channel is using Vimeo Pro and a json feed file, and then giving the unique code of the channel as part of the receipt of payment. That doesn't scale, but it gets you started for about $200/yr.

Serve your videos from Vimeo Pro as HLS links, and serve the thumbnails and feed file from any website.

[sattun]

The only solution for TVOD is custom Roku app.

Roku Direct Publisher is AVOD only (free to consumers), no SVOD or TVOD.