Do you want to publish your own channel on TikiLIVE’s EPG? Are you updating content for your channel on a weekly basis? Then we can promote your channel on TikiLIVE! Just see the steps below,
Before being able to display your channel on the EPG, some requirements apply while setting up a channel with TikiLIVE, its White Label Operators, and Pre-load Manufacturers.
1. There must be a minimum of 72 hours of programming to begin with.
2. The channel’s EPG should be updated daily and will have programs scheduled for the next 72 hours.
3. Content must be a minimum of 720p or higher.
4. A minimum of 20% of content must be refreshed each month. For 72 hours of content, this is 14 hours of new content that must be added or swapped out each month.
5. Once the episodes are loaded on your channel, you may add and replace the episodes as you wish. Most companies leave the timeless episodes on the channel and just add more every week. Make sure that you maintain a minimum of 72 hours of content on your channel.
6. [ Optionally ] you may qualify radio channels too with your live radio stream or MP3s.
Once we have tested the channels, our team will send you the Distribution Agreements and get you into our catalog of network channels. Once you are in the catalog, our operators will be pitched your channel by our sales representatives at TikiLIVE.
Below are the options for providing TikiLIVE the content for your channel:
Option 1: Upload the content on your TikiLIVE.com account. Manual page with details is here: https://www.tikilive.com/manual/dashboard/published-videos/add-video/
Option 2: You send us a hard drive with the content.
Instructions for sending a hard drive with content to our Data center:
1. Ship Hard drive to address:
HURRICANE ELECTRIC CE2692
48233 WARM SPRINGS BLVD
FREMONT, CA 94539
5105804195
2. Provide tracking number.
3. When the content is successfully uploaded, we will ship the hard drive back to you.
4. Provide return shipping address and contact phone number for return shipment.
Option 3: You upload the Video content to an FTP we create with the complete metadata.
Note: Please let us know if this is your preferred method and we will create an FTP directory for you.
Metadata Information
For Options 2 and 3, we will also need all the metadata for the files to be included in the upload file or on the hard drive files. Option 1 includes these fields for you to fill out during the upload process.
Metadata Examples:
a. Video Sample (For movies, or stand-alone concerts): http://tikilive.com/videosample/sample.xml
b. Episode Sample (TV Series, Mini-Series, etc): http://tikilive.com/episodesample/sample.xml
Artwork:
i. 16:9 Thumbnail:
Sample: https://www.tikilive.com/videosample/tikilive-thumb-1920-1080.jpg
a. 1920 x 1080 px preferred
b. 1066×600 px also accepted
ii. Movie Poster:
Sample: https://www.tikilive.com/videosample/tikilive-thumb-1500-2000.jpg
a. 1500 x 2000 px preferred
b. 600×912 px also accepted
iii. [Optional] We can also support an alternative “Featured Banner” image for the home screen recommendation:
Sample can be viewed here
a. 1920 x 1080 px preferred
b. 1066×600 px also accepted
Please see below the requirements for having your channel published if you are providing a Live Stream:
1. We need a valid HLS stream at least 720p.
2. Stream to be CDN compatible:
- Have the same path for the master playlist, media playlist and the ts segments.
- Contain relative URLs to media playlists and ts segments.
- To not contain user specific data in the file names such as wowza session id.
3. For the stream to play on all devices, the audio should have AAC audio format.
4. We will need access to the programming information. We suggest making this available in XMLTV format?
We have an example of our accepted format here:
http://tv.tikilive.com/epg_api.php?api_app_id=14&app_code=27821b8d5ba5bb7a32fd00cbf69e95fe&channels=147&type=xmltv
Live channels will also need the channel artwork as well, same requirements as the VOD library:
i. 16:9 Thumbnail:
Sample: https://www.tikilive.com/videosample/tikilive-thumb-1920-1080.jpg
a. 1920 x 1080 px preferred
b. 1066×600 px also accepted
ii. Movie Poster:
Sample: https://www.tikilive.com/videosample/tikilive-thumb-1500-2000.jpg
a. 1500 x 2000 px preferred
b. 600×912 px also accepted
iii. [Optional] We can also support an alternative “Featured Banner” image for the home screen recommendation:
Sample: Recommended Cover
a. 1920 x 1080 px preferred
b. 1066×600 px also accepted