# OTT Platform for Broadcasters: Live TV Apps | Vodlix **Source:** https://vodlix.com/use-case/broadcasters **Summary:** Take your TV channel live on web, mobile and smart TV apps. EPG, catch-up, time shift, SSAI ads and subscriptions, all under your own brand. **Publisher:** Vodlix --- For Broadcasters ## Take Your TV Channel Live on Every Screen. Launch a branded live TV service on the web, mobile, and smart TV apps. Bring the feed you already broadcast, add a programme guide, catch-up, and time shift, and earn from ads, subscriptions, or pay-per-view. Book a Demo Start Your Free Trial From signal to stream ### Your Channel Is Already On Air. Now Put It Where Viewers Are. Your audience no longer watches only through an aerial, a cable box, or a satellite dish. They watch on phones, laptops, and smart TVs, and they expect your channel to be there. Vodlix takes the feed you already produce, whether an HLS stream, an RTMP push, or a UDP/MPEG-TS source, and turns it into a numbered channel on your own streaming service, with its logo, category, and age rating. ### Everything Viewers Expect From Television. A live stream is only half the job. Viewers expect to browse your lineup, check what's on, and never miss a programme. #### Live Channel Lineup A numbered channel list with categories, so viewers flick through your lineup the way they do on a TV. #### Programme Guide (EPG) Turn your XMLTV feed into a week of listings with now and next, on web, mobile, and TV apps. #### Time Shift Let viewers pause live TV, rewind, or restart the current programme, then jump back to live. #### Catch-Up & nDVR Record channels in the network so viewers can watch what already aired, straight from the guide. #### On-Demand Library Put shows, films, and series next to your channels, so there is always something to watch between broadcasts. #### Premieres Schedule a special or a series launch to the minute, and count down to it on every screen. Built for how people watch now ### Nobody Misses the Start Anymore. Viewers tune in late, get interrupted, and watch on their own schedule. With time shift they pause a live channel and pick it up where they left off, or restart the programme from the beginning. With catch-up, last night's show is waiting in the guide. You set the recording window per channel, to match your rights. ### One Channel. Every Screen. Publish once and your channels play in the browser, in iOS and Android apps, and on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung, and LG smart TVs, with the guide on all of them. ### Earn From Every Viewer. Run channels free with ads, behind a subscription, or as pay-per-view events, and mix models across your lineup. #### Ads in the Live Stream Stitch ads into live channels server-side with Publica or Aniview, and target them with 39 built-in macros. #### Subscriptions Put premium channels and your on-demand library behind a monthly or yearly plan. #### Pay-Per-View Events Sell one-off access to a match, a concert, or a special broadcast. #### Channel Bouquets Group channels into packs and sell them as one, the way pay-TV tiers work. #### Video Ads On Demand Run pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll campaigns across your free on-demand library. #### Free + Premium Keep news and flagship channels free to grow reach, and charge for premium channels and events. Your rights, enforced ### Broadcast Only Where You Hold the Rights. Sport, films, and acquired series come with territorial rights, and your streaming service has to respect them. Allow or block countries per channel or per title with geo-fencing, protect streams with DRM, set age ratings and parental controls, and limit how many screens each account can watch on. ### Built for Every Kind of Broadcaster. #### TV Networks Take your full channel lineup to streaming, with the guide your viewers already know. #### News Channels Stream news live around the clock and keep every bulletin on demand. #### Sports Broadcasters Stream live matches and sell events pay-per-view, only in the territories you hold. #### Regional & Local TV Reach your community on phones and smart TVs, and viewers who have moved abroad. #### International Channels Serve viewers in many countries with multiple audio tracks and subtitles. #### Kids & Family Channels Combine live and on-demand shows with age ratings and parental controls. #### Faith & Community Channels Carry services and programmes live, and keep sermons and talks on demand. #### IPTV & Telecom Operators Package channels into bouquets and deliver them to subscribers on any screen. ### From Feed to Live in Six Steps. Most of the work is done in your dashboard, not in a new build. #### 1. Connect Your Feed Add the channel and its stream: an HLS URL, an RTMP push, or a UDP/MPEG-TS source. #### 2. Add the Guide Point the channel at your XMLTV feed and match its channel ID, and the listings fill in. #### 3. Turn On Catch-Up Set the time shift and catch-up window for each channel to match your rights. #### 4. Set Access and Pricing Choose free, ad-supported, subscription, or pay-per-view, and the countries each channel plays in. #### 5. Publish Everywhere Your lineup appears on your website, mobile apps, and TV apps at the same time. #### 6. Measure and Grow See which channels and programmes people watch, and where they watch from. **Q: What is an OTT platform for broadcasters?** An OTT platform for broadcasters is a streaming service that carries a TV channel over the internet instead of, or as well as, aerial, cable, or satellite. With Vodlix, a broadcaster runs its [live channels](/features/live-tv), a [programme guide](/features/epg), catch-up, and an on-demand library on its own website and in branded mobile and TV apps, and sells access directly to viewers. **Q: Can I stream my existing TV channel 24/7?** Yes. A live channel on Vodlix plays from the stream you already produce: an HLS URL, an RTMP push received through the Flussonic integration, or a UDP/MPEG-TS source. The channel runs continuously, gets a channel number, and sits in your catalogue next to your on-demand titles. **Q: Does Vodlix include an electronic programme guide (EPG)?** Yes. Add an XMLTV feed for the whole platform or for each channel, match each channel to its ID in the feed, and Vodlix shows now, next, and the week ahead on the web and, with a switch each, in the mobile and TV apps. See [EPG](/features/epg). **Q: Can viewers pause live TV or watch programmes they missed?** Yes. [Time shift](/features/time-shift) lets viewers pause, rewind, or restart the current programme and then return to live, and [nDVR catch-up](/features/ndvr) lets them play programmes that already aired from the guide. You set the window for each channel, and your stream origin needs to support DVR and catch-up playback. **Q: Which devices can viewers watch my channels on?** Your website, [iOS and Android apps](/features/mobile-apps), and [TV apps](/features/tv-apps) for Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung, and LG smart TVs. Viewers can also cast from their phone with [Chromecast and AirPlay](/features/chromecast-airplay). **Q: How can broadcasters make money with Vodlix?** Run free channels with [server-side ad insertion](/features/ssai) through Publica or Aniview, sell [subscriptions](/features/subscriptions-system), charge [pay-per-view](/features/ppv-tvod) for events, and package channels into [bouquets](/features/content-bundles-bouquets). Each channel has its own model, so free and premium channels can share one lineup. **Q: Can I restrict channels to the countries where I hold the rights?** Yes. [Geo-fencing](/features/geo-fencing) allows or blocks countries per channel and per title, and the [CAS and user control manager](/features/cas-user-control-manager) enforces territory, age, and screen limits at the stream, not only in the interface. Premium streams can also be protected with [DRM](/features/drm). **Q: Can I offer on-demand programmes alongside my live channels?** Yes. Live channels and [on-demand video](/features/vod) are managed in the same content manager and shown in the same apps, so you can publish episodes, films, and highlights next to the channels they came from. **Q: Will the service carry my brand or Vodlix?** Your brand. Vodlix is [white label](/features/white-label): your logo, colours, and channel artwork, on your own domain and in apps published under your name. **Q: Can I deliver channels over my own managed network?** Yes. For operators running IPTV on a network they control, [multicast support](/features/multicast-support) sends one copy of a channel to every receiver tuned to it, so the cost of a popular channel does not grow with its audience. See also [IPTV](/features/iptv). **Q: Which Vodlix plans include live TV, and can I try it first?** Live streaming is included on the Professional, Business, and Enterprise plans; current prices and what each plan includes are on the [pricing page](/pricing). To see your channels running before you commit, [book a demo](/demo) or start a [14-day free trial](/register).