Frequently Asked Questions

Vodlix’s Video CMS allows you to upload, categorize, and manage your on-demand video library. From the CMS, you can control monetization, platform customization, analytics, and security features.

No. In Vodlix live TV the player and channel list stay on the same screen, so switching channels is instant and never means going back to a menu.

The full Vodlix programme guide is one tap away from the live player, with what is on now shown directly above the channel list, so most viewers get what they need without leaving playback.

Yes. Vodlix supports casting and handoff, so a channel found on a phone can be thrown to the television without restarting the stream, which is how live viewing often begins in a household.

Vodlix groups channels into categories such as news, sport, entertainment or local, alongside channel search, so a lineup of hundreds of channels stays as easy to navigate as a dozen.

Yes. Each Vodlix live channel carries its own number, so viewers can tune directly from a remote the way they would on traditional television.

There is a control to refresh the guide directly, so a correction sent by a provider can be pulled in immediately rather than waiting for the next scheduled poll. Schedule errors are visible to every viewer at once, which is why being able to fix one on the spot matters.

Yes. A channel found on a phone can be cast to the big screen without restarting it, which is how a lot of live viewing actually begins. Somebody sees that something is on, and then wants it in the living room rather than in their hand.

They do, in one app and on one platform. A viewer can move from a channel into a boxed set without leaving your service, and both are covered by the same subscription, rental or advertising arrangements rather than needing separate products.

Vodlix has dedicated pages for the iOS app and the Android app, with details specific to each platform, its store and its audience.

Vodlix multicast lets you send a live channel once and have the network replicate it to every receiver, so the cost of delivering a channel is largely independent of how many people are watching.

No. Multicast requires a managed network that you control between the headend and the subscriber. For open internet audiences, Vodlix delivers the same channels via unicast from a global CDN.

No. Multicast suits live channels where every viewer watches the same moment at once. On demand content, where each viewer is at a different point, is delivered by Vodlix using unicast.

Telecoms, cable operators, hotels, campuses and enterprise networks benefit most, because they control the network between the headend and the subscriber and can deliver live channels at broadcast scale.

Open internet services should use unicast delivery from an edge network, which Vodlix provides through its global CDN with adaptive bitrate streaming for every viewer.

No, and most operators run both. Multicast to set top boxes on the managed network, unicast to mobile apps, browsers and anybody outside the footprint, with one platform carrying the catalogue and entitlements behind both.

They should be, and that is the point of running one platform underneath. The catalogue, guide, entitlements and account are shared regardless of how a stream physically reached somebody.

Ask whether you control the network between your headend and your subscriber. If the answer is no, this is not your solution and you should be reading about content delivery networks instead.

Vodlix nDVR, or network DVR, records live channels in the cloud so viewers can watch programmes after they have aired, giving linear channels the flexibility of on demand content.

Viewers find catch up programmes inside the Vodlix electronic programme guide by scrolling back to earlier entries, so there is no separate catch up section to learn.