Frequently Asked Questions

No. A parental gate helps stop children reaching functions such as purchases or external links without an adult. It does not satisfy COPPA's separate requirements for parental notice and consent, privacy, data security, and deletion.

The FTC's amended COPPA Rule was published on April 22, 2025 and took effect on June 23, 2025. Most operators had until April 22, 2026 to comply with the new requirements, which include separate parental consent for certain third-party disclosures, a written data retention policy and a written information security program.

Potentially, but the advertising model must be reviewed against COPPA, consent requirements, app store policies, and other relevant laws. Behavioral advertising and third-party data disclosures need particular scrutiny, and some children's app categories, such as Apple's Kids Category, impose stricter limits on third-party advertising.

Apple's Kids Category uses three age bands, selected in App Store Connect: 5 and under, 6 to 8, and 9 to 11. Kids Category apps must also follow Apple's App Review Guidelines on privacy, advertising, parental gates and links out of the app.

Yes. A white-label OTT platform can provide the streaming infrastructure and app capabilities. You must still verify that your configuration supports your requirements for privacy, parental controls, content restrictions, data handling, and app store approval.

Core features include child-friendly navigation, age-appropriate content categories, reliable video playback, parent-managed settings and profiles, secure account management, and appropriate privacy controls. Additional features may include watchlists, offline viewing, subscriptions, and smart TV apps.

COPPA is a US law, but businesses outside the United States may still need to consider it when their services fall within its scope, for example when they are directed to children in the US. Other jurisdictions, such as the EU and UK, have separate children's privacy requirements, so determine the rules that apply to your users and target markets.

The cost depends on the technology approach, content rights, supported devices, video delivery, privacy safeguards, and ongoing operations. A white-label platform can reduce custom development work, while a highly customized service needs a larger engineering and maintenance budget.

With TVOD (transactional video on demand) viewers pay per title, to rent or to buy. With SVOD they pay a recurring fee for the whole library. Vodlix supports both, separately or together.

Yes. Each title has a price and rental hours. Setting the rental hours to zero turns the sale into permanent ownership.

Yes. Mark a pay-per-title release as available for pre-order with a page, a trailer and a date. The media can arrive later, and you can see how many viewers pre-ordered and when.

Yes. The Partner Manager gives content partners their own login to upload titles and view analytics, with a revenue model, payouts, invoices and a ledger for each partner.

Transactional sales are available on fixed-price plans. Pay as You Grow plans are subscription-only. See the pricing page for the full comparison.

They describe different things. VOD is about timing: content available whenever the viewer wants. OTT is about delivery: video sent over the open internet instead of through a cable or satellite operator. Most streaming services are both at once, but a live-streamed event is OTT without being VOD, and a cable box's on-demand menu is VOD without being OTT.

As listed on Uscreen's pricing page on October 27, 2026, Starter is $49 a month with a 100-subscriber limit. Growth is $149 a month plus $1.99 per subscriber, and App Essentials is $449 a month plus $0.99 per subscriber. Custom is quoted by Uscreen. Payment processing and fees on one-time sales come on top of these prices.

Both, depending on the plan. Growth charges $1.99 and App Essentials $0.99 per subscriber each month, while Starter has no subscriber fee. On one-time sales and rentals, Uscreen takes 10% on Starter and 5% on Growth, App Essentials and Custom, per its plans-comparison page read on October 27, 2026.

The right alternative depends on your size and what you sell. Channels with thousands of subscribers often compare flat-fee white-label platforms, which include their own apps without a per-subscriber charge. Vodlix offers flat plans and Pay as You Grow plans billed per active subscriber. Compare each option by its total monthly cost at your expected subscriber count.

Uscreen is a video membership platform. It lets creators and media businesses sell subscriptions, rentals and bundles of video, run native live streams, and add community and marketing tools. Its App Essentials plan adds iOS and Android apps, and TV apps are offered as an add-on or on its Custom plan.

Uscreen's pricing page offers a free trial on Starter and Growth, while App Essentials and Custom start with a conversation with its team. Vodlix offers a 14 Day Free Trial: self-serve sign-up asks for a payment card, and the card is not charged during the 14 days. A trial without a card is available by booking a call.

App Essentials costs $449 a month plus $0.99 per subscriber. Against a flat $1,550 plan with mobile apps, such as Vodlix Professional, the two meet at about 1,112 subscribers. Above that, the per-subscriber fee makes App Essentials the larger bill. Check bandwidth allowances on the flat plan before you decide.