When television brought visual media into our living rooms, the way in which we viewed entertainment was changed forever. Initial programming was a three channel black and white offering that gave way to color, cable and satellite. VCR’s and DVD’s added greater movie variety and the home entertainment center was born in earnest.
Not too far behind television, and with the same all-encompassing fervor, the computer arrived and quickly evolved from a kind of advanced word processor to a dial-up connection and finally to a lightning fast Internet highway where people can access everything from movies to social media from anywhere at any time.
It was only a matter of time before these two technologies combined benefits to create a new hybrid addition to the home entertainment theatre. The set top box was built on the idea of integrating the Internet with television, enabling the individual to view media through an Internet connection. Pioneered by Roku, this movement began with their presentation of the first receiver, which was developed to deploy movies instantly from Netflix directly to television using the internet. Now renown and continuously evolving, Roku players stream hundreds of channels to your TV with over 100,000 movies available, and once you purchase it, you own it.
Roku
As a definition, Roku design offers a digital video player with built-in wireless adapter that supports High Definition (HD up to 720 pixels (p)(HD), and Roku XD and XDS up to 1080p of HD) and connects to your Internet. The Roku box permits over 300 channels to be streamed instantly to your TV. It functions with a simple AV (or HDMI cable) connection to your television and plugs into a standard wall outlet.
Most channels are free, with select services like Netflix and Hulu requiring a nominal fee. One key advantage of Roku is that of ownership. Unlike cable and satellite, with Roku there is no monthly bill, just a single reasonable purchase. Ease of use is another design feature – it’s just a small box with a few plug-ins that delivers a huge variety of channels and movies. It certainly beats going to the video store, renting and setting up a DVD player.
Another current advancement brought about with the latest technical evolution encompassing personal broadcasting and live streaming, Roku has expanded to include those capabilities. Personal broadcasting can now be viewed on your television set in your own living room.
EyePartner and TikiLIVE Love Roku
The cross-pollination of media has brought about interactivity between technologies that are making all kinds of communication possible. In order to broadcast content to Roku, one must first become a broadcaster, and Eyepartner is the recommended way to go.
We are a hosting company built on innovation offering HD streaming media solutions designed for quality delivery and ease of use. We have geared our software to the non-technical broadcaster who wishes to create and produce. We also hold great appeal for the evolving entrepreneur with an eye towards the future. With Eyepartner solutions, you are up and running immediately.
We are designed to enable management of live HD (or SD) streaming, as well as recorded video on demand (VOD). Streaming media and VOD is designed to broadcast to set-top boxes like Roku, mobile devices through our HTML5 technology, as well as web sites and CMS platforms such as WordPress.
We have introduced our key software, TikiLIVE to broaden the social networking platform by enabling customized broadcasts that combine live streaming and video on demand. With TikiLIVE, streamed HD content can be broadcast and viewed from custom branded channels directly from a desk or laptop in a few easy steps. And, as an all-in solution, TikiLIVE is designed to diminish hosting and software complications.
Eyepartner has sought to combine the latest media hardware and administrative interface with a refinement in streaming technology. TikiLIVE is served through our HDWave broadcaster (or a third party broadcaster of your choice) and is kept running with our Content Management System (CMS).
We also have a seasoned team of expert innovators who are always ready to assist you. This 24/7 broadcasting support allows you the peace of mind to concentrate on content refinement, audience building and programming. And since you can monetize your channels with pay per view and pay per broadcast, you’ll definitely want time for that!
How TikiLIVE met Roku
It was Eyepartner’s innovation in 2011, TikiLIVE iPTV for Roku that enabled the integration of Roku with TikiLIVE. With the introduction of a middleware that eliminated previous technical problems and reduced costs, Eyepartner successfully streamlined delivery to the Roku set top box. TikiLIVE iPTV for Roku was created to link HD live streaming, video on demand and broadcaster channels to Roku. It also enables simultaneous broadcasting to your streaming sites, which exponentially increases audience. Currently there are over a million Roku box users, so that a streaming broadcaster can potentially reach and incredible number of people. The current TikiLIVE broadcaster is able to produce content, deliver scheduling, and organize pay per view directly to their audience’s televisions.
Set-up and Go
Simple Set-up
The TikiLIVE to Roku set-up is streamlined simple and easy to manage. All media is streamed from our server farms and Eyepartner does all the technical heavy lifting. We provide an application with a user-friendly dashboard accessible from any browser. All the essential broadcasting tools are built-in including uploading capabilities for video on demand and live streaming as well as capabilities to publish channel lineups.
A distinguishing feature of TikiLIVE is that it’s designed so you can customize your broadcasts with your specific stamp, to suit your specific needs. You can even combine VOD and live streaming programming. Live-streamed content is instantly deployed to a channel on the ROKU set top box for immediate viewing. That’s it. We at Eyepartner want to see you succeed so we offer easy to follow tutorials that guide you through the process step-by-step to ensure the quality of your experience.
The new possibilities created with the combination of TikiLIVE and Roku is yet another good reason to join the trend of independent online broadcasters. Delivering live events and VOD direct to the comfort of your audience’s living room broadens the scope of enterprise and communication in a very modern way. We are here to help.
Contact us today to learn more about our broadcasting solutions. Call us at (305) 289-4557.
