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What does Vodlix Apps Management cover?
Vodlix Apps Management covers the configuration, build history and current version of every app platform on one screen, so you manage the whole app estate without separate developer consoles.
OTT Apps, Content Management
Which app platforms does Vodlix support?
Vodlix builds and manages apps for Android, Android TV, iOS, tvOS and Fire TV, alongside Roku, Samsung Tizen and LG webOS TV apps, all from one management screen.
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Do I need an engineering team for each app?
No. Vodlix treats apps as configuration rather than code, so branding and behaviour are settings and builds are produced from them. Adding a device platform is an operational step, not a hiring decision.
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How are Vodlix app builds produced?
Vodlix app builds are generated from your branding and behaviour settings in the admin area, rather than hand assembled code, so every platform stays consistent with one configuration.
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How is Apps Management different from Automated App Deployment?
Vodlix Apps Management is the ongoing manager for configurations, builds and versions. Automated App Deployment is the pipeline that generates each build from that configuration.
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How do we handle an issue on an older build?
The build list records what was produced and when, so a report from a viewer on an older version can be matched to a specific build rather than guessed at, which makes both support and rollback straightforward.
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What does the Vodlix Artists Manager do?
The Vodlix Artists Manager turns cast and crew into structured records, each with a photo, an identifier and links to every title the person appears in, so viewers can follow a name across your catalogue.
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Why not store cast names as plain text?
Plain text in a synopsis is not searchable or followable. A Vodlix artist record lets viewers explore everything a person appears in and lets search and recommendations use the connection.
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What does a Vodlix artist record contain?
A Vodlix artist record contains a photograph, a unique identifier, a biography if supplied and a count of appearances, and it can be populated from TMDB or entered manually.
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How does the Artists Manager help content discovery?
Viewers often search by actor or director rather than genre. A followable artist page on Vodlix opens a route through the rest of your library that genre browsing cannot provide.
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Does the Artists Manager avoid duplicate entries?
Yes. In Vodlix each person is one canonical record across the catalogue, rather than several spellings scattered through title descriptions, which keeps people based navigation reliable.
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Can we manage a large cast database?
Yes. Artists are searchable, indexed alphabetically and paged, so a library holding thousands of people stays workable rather than becoming a list nobody opens.
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How does Vodlix automated app deployment work?
You set icons, splash screens, colours and app names once in the Vodlix admin area, and builds for each platform are generated from that single configuration rather than assembled by hand.
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Which platforms does automated app deployment cover?
Vodlix produces app builds for phones, tablets, televisions and streaming sticks, including Android, iOS, Android TV, tvOS and Fire TV, all from the same configuration.
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Why not build each app by hand?
Hand built apps drift out of sync quietly, such as a store listing carrying last year's logo for months. Vodlix builds from one configuration, so every app reflects the same branding.
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What happens when my branding changes?
Update the branding once in Vodlix and every subsequent app build for every platform reflects the change, so a rebrand or seasonal update is a settings change rather than a coordinated release.
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How is automated app deployment different from Vodlix Apps Management?
Automated App Deployment is the build pipeline that generates apps from your configuration. Vodlix Apps Management is the ongoing screen where you manage configurations, builds and versions over time.
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Can I tell which version is live?
Yes, builds and their versions are visible rather than being something somebody remembers. That is the difference between knowing your Fire TV app is two releases behind and finding out from a customer.
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Do all the apps look the same?
They share your branding and differ where the platform demands it, because a remote control and a touchscreen are not the same instrument. What building from one configuration prevents is unintended difference, which viewers read as carelessness.
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How often should I ship an update?
Often enough that a fix is never waiting on a release, which in practice means having the process be cheap rather than having a schedule. Teams that find shipping painful ship rarely, and their apps drift furthest from the web experience.
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