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Apple TV App

Your Streaming Service on Apple TV

Apple TV households spend more on subscriptions than any other living room platform. Vodlix gives you a native tvOS app to reach them, carrying your brand and your catalogue, built around the Siri Remote rather than adapted from a browser.

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A Smaller Audience That Spends More

Apple TV will never have the install base of the cheap sticks, and that is rather the point. The households that own one already pay for several subscriptions, expect a polished app, and churn less once they commit. For a service selling a premium tier, that is the most valuable room in the house to be in. What those viewers will not forgive is an app that feels ported. Vodlix ships a native tvOS build that behaves the way Apple TV owners expect, sitting alongside the rest of your TV apps on one platform.

Made for the Siri Remote

Focus moves the way an Apple TV owner already expects, rows respond to a swipe rather than fighting it, and nothing depends on a pointer. The layout is designed for the platform instead of stretched to fit it.

Entirely your brand

Your name on the home screen, your colours inside the app, your catalogue throughout. Nothing tells a viewer which platform you built on, which is what separates a white label service from a reseller.

Built for long sittings

Seasons, episode lists and next episode handling are treated as first class rather than bolted on, because the Apple TV audience is the one most likely to watch four in a row.

Seasons Without the Hunting

Series are where a television app either earns its keep or quietly loses people. Vodlix puts the season list on the left and the episodes beside it, each with its own still, synopsis and running time, so a viewer can see where they are in eight seasons without leaving the page. Pick an episode and the player takes over, offering the next one as the credits arrive. Progress is held against the account, so an episode started on a phone at lunchtime is waiting on the television by the evening.

Something to Watch Next

The moment after something finishes is the one that decides whether a session continues or ends. Related titles arrive as a readable list rather than a wall of posters, with enough synopsis and running time for somebody to judge whether they have another hour in them. The rows behind it come from the same content lists that drive your web storefront, so what you promote in the living room is whatever you decided to promote everywhere.

Configured Alongside Everything Else

Apple TV is set up in the same place as the rest of your apps rather than in a separate console. Branding and behaviour are configured there and published from there, which is why adding the platform does not add a workflow for your team to learn.

One Back End, Every Living Room

Apple TV is one member of a family that shares everything behind it. The same catalogue, the same subscriber accounts and the same content lists drive your Android TV app, your Roku channel and your Samsung Tizen app, so adding a platform adds reach rather than another codebase. Your subscriptions are recognised on the television without being set up a second time, live channels arrive with their programme guide, and Vodlix builds, publishes and maintains the app so nothing lands on your engineering team.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about taking advantage of this limited-time offer? Check out the FAQ for answers.

Which Apple devices does the app run on?

Apple TV boxes running tvOS. It is a native tvOS app rather than an iPhone or iPad app stretched onto a television, which is what makes it feel right under the Siri Remote.

Is the app fully branded as ours?

Yes. Your name, your logo, your colours and your catalogue, with nothing identifying Vodlix anywhere a viewer can see. That holds on Apple TV exactly as it does on the web and in your mobile apps.

Do we need an in house tvOS team?

No. Vodlix builds the app, publishes it and keeps it current as tvOS changes. There is no Swift codebase for your team to own and no release cycle for them to run.

How do viewers sign in on a television?

Typing a password with a remote is nobody's idea of a good time, so viewers can activate the television from a phone or computer instead and be signed in within seconds. Entering an email and password directly stays available for anyone who prefers it.

Does watch progress carry over from other devices?

It does. Playback position belongs to the account rather than the device, so something started on a phone or a laptop is waiting at the right second when the viewer opens Apple TV.

Do subscriptions and entitlements work on Apple TV?

Yes. The television checks the same subscriber accounts as everything else, so whatever a viewer is entitled to on the web they are entitled to in the living room, with no second configuration.

Can we ship Apple TV alongside our other TV apps?

That is the usual approach. Apple TV, Android TV, Roku and Samsung Tizen all read one catalogue and one subscriber base, so each platform you add is extra reach rather than extra maintenance.