TikiLIVE’s DVR Functionality Released

It has been a busy summer at TikiLIVE headquarters. One of the many new features we’ve rolled out includes a fully functional DVR for our set top box devices. This allows users to record programming from our HD channels to be viewed later. We’re excited to open up this feature to our growing number of set top box users.

DVR Supported Across a Variety of STB Devices

TikiLIVE’s Android APK is supported across a wide range of STB manufacturers giving them all access to this new DVR functionality. While new manufacturers are added frequently, the current list of supported STB devices with DVR support include:

Geniatech
Jabil
MyGica
Shenzhen Letine Technology Co.
Jiangsu Yinhe Electronics Co., Ltd.
YinHE
Peer TV
Yiyate
PC DVB
Gemcolor
Xinlinuo

DVR Content Stored in The Cloud

Another benefit of our new DVR solution is that users won’t have to worry about running out of space for their DVR content. Users can simply save their content to the cloud and then can control how long the content is kept before being deleted.

Other Features of TikiLIVE’s Android APK

Aside from the newly created DVR functionality, users will also be excited to hear about a number of other features for set top boxes using TikiLIVE’s Android APK STB software.

Updated Programming Guide – TikiLIVE’s Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) has been redesigned from the ground up, giving users a quick and easy way to access all of their content. This guide is much faster than guides that you’ve likely used from cable or satellite providers. One of our secrets is that we actually cache the EPG to avoid the long delays other providers introduce with their slow programming guides.
Large Library of Content – With our new DVR functionality you’ll be excited with all of the content that your users instantly have access to including over 120 channels of HD content as well as 10000 video on demand episodes. There’s no doubt that your users will have plenty of content to record with their set top boxes..
Branding Capabilities – Aside from the many functions of our set top box software, we also offer full branding capabilities to our clients. This allows an organization of any size to instantly have a fully featured IPTV network to stream to their users. While you likely have a web presence that helps to promote your brand, think about the benefits of being able to publicize a fully branded IPTV network for your users.
Faster Channel Changing and Surfing – The newest APK is 25% faster in channel changing and the speed of channel surfing is quite noticeable. Download the latest APK here.
Content Delivered via TikiLIVE’s Robust Network – If you’re looking to grow your user base through IPTV, the reliability and performance of your network is extremely important. With TikiLIVE, you never have to worry about your content quality dropping off as your videos become more popular. We offer a content delivery network with high-powered servers located around the world to help provide you with the most reliable IPTV solution on the market.

Want More Information About Our DVR Functionality?

If you’re interested in learning more about our DVR functionality for set top boxes, give us a call today at 305-743-6722 and we’ll be happy to go through how this new feature works!

Geniatech STB Manufacture adds TikiLIVE APK

We’re proud to announce that another set top box (STB) manufacturer has decided to ship their devices with our streaming software preinstalled. Geniatech is an STB company that manufactures and ships over 1 million Android-powered set top boxes around the world each year. We are thrilled with this new partnership, as we believe it will further cement our technology as a force to be reckoned with in the streaming industry.

Details of This Agreement Between TikiLIVE and Geniatech

The latest TikiLIVE Android APK that comes preloaded on Geniatech STB devices includes the following features:

Fully supported EPG (Electronic Programming Guide).
Over 120 channels of HD TV and 9000 video on demand (VOD) episodes accessible from each Geniatech set top box that is sold.
Each user will be allowed to watch 10 hours of streaming content for free.
Users will access the content through Level3, which offers content in adaptive bitrate streaming.
Users will have the option to upgrade their accounts and have unlimited access to TikiLIVE streaming content from any television in the world.

TikiLIVE Looking to Grow Overseas

One of the key reasons for this partnership between Geniatech and TikiLIVE is that it helps to extend the reach of TikiLIVE’s products and services overseas. “With this key business partnership, TikiLIVE will aggressively expand its content distribution reach to all corners of the world including LATAM, Pacific Rim, Africa, South / Central American and the Caribbean,” stated Tim Green, CIO of TikiLIVE.

The beauty of TikiLIVE’s robust infrastructure is that we can easily serve users around the world because of our rock solid content delivery network. With servers uniquely located around the world, we’re able to serve users content based on their geographical location. In doing so, we’re able to cut down on streaming and delay issues seen with many other streaming providers.

Features of TikiLIVE Android APK

We’re ecstatic about some of the new features in our latest Android APK. This updated software allows STB manufacturers to focus on creating the highest quality hardware, while leaving the difficult task of streaming software to us. A few features that set our Set Top Box APK apart from competitors include:

We cache the electronic programming guide locally to increase speed and performance.
We offer improved navigation for our EPG compared to offerings from cable and satellite providers.
The newest APK is 25% faster in channel changing and the speed of channel surfing is quite noticeable. It’s easy to download the latest APK here.
We offer support for multiple languages including:
- English
- Russian
- French
- Italian
- German
- Japanese
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Dutch
- Bengali
- Arabic
- Romanian
- Vietnamese
- Korean
- Thai
- Traditional Chinese Cantonese
- Urdu

Interested in Learning More About the TikiLIVE APK?

If you’re interested in learning more about the features of our updated TikiLIVE Android APK, don’t hesitate to contact our team here or call us at 305-743-6722. We’ll be glad to answer any questions that you may have and show you how easy it is to use our new updated APK to power set top boxes from a variety of manufacturers including Geniatech.

Schedule Your Events With TikiLIVE’s Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Software

As a content creator, you’re likely worried most about the quality of your content. While quality is extremely important, ensuring that your content is seen by as many people is equally vital. You may be focused on the art that goes into creating your content, but you also need to be aware of all of the work that is necessary after your video is finished. That is arguably the key to a successful video campaign.

Our entire business has been built on helping content creators easily create content and share it with the world, through a robust distribution network. Over the past decade, we’ve built a content delivery network that rivals any content provider online. This rock solid infrastructure has allowed us to grow our business consistently, and as of late, we’re seeing a surge in our IPTV business.

IPTV Growing – Cable & Satellite Slowing

It’s hard to go more than a day or two without hearing a story about how online providers like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are growing at astronomical rates. If you’re not familiar with these providers, they offer a variety of online content that can be accessible from TVs as well as smartphones and tablets, all for an extremely low monthly rates.

Many consumers are finding that they can get by with subscriptions from the above-mentioned IPTV providers as opposed to a costly cable or satellite subscription. This titanic shift in how users are viewing video content spells potential disaster for large cable and satellite providers.

If you’re a streaming provider looking to promote your own video content, now is a great time to target these viewers that are already accustomed to accessing video content from their TVs through IPTV devices as well as on smartphones and tablets.

Benefits of TikiLIVE’s EPG Features and Functionalities

As we mentioned above, cable and satellite providers are seeing an erosion of their subscribers based on the success of IPTV providers, but also due to inferior technology. One area of frustration for many cable and satellite customers is the programming guide used to navigate through live and recorded content. A number of the interactive programming guides from these companies are extremely cumbersome and slow resulting in added frustration for customers.

When we set out to design our EPG (Electronic Program Guide), we attempted to take what we learned from cable and satellite companies and added a series of new features never before seen in a program guide.

We’re already receiving excellent feedback from our clients about the updated EPG and how easy it is to use. Some of the features that come standard with our EPG software include:

HTML5 Support – If you’re looking to create a variety of scheduled events on your TikiLIVE channel, you should be extremely excited about our new HTML5 support. This will allow you to access your programming schedule right from your mobile phone. Make tweaks to your schedule right from your phone, without having to logon to your computer.
Notify Audience of Programming Updates – With TikiLIVE’s EPG software, you can easily notify your viewers of any programming changes by simply changing your event date or time in the TikiLIVE interface. Once you make this change, it will instantly be accessible across all devices.
EPG Software Syncs Across Devices – One of the main benefits that our users love about the new EPG software is that you can easily make a change to your programming schedule from any device and it will instantly propagate to your users. In the past, you could not use your mobile for to change the schedule. Now, you have full control over your programming schedule from any device – including a mobile phone or tablet.

Other Benefits of Partnering With TikiLIVE

While we’re extremely excited about our updated EPG software, we also offer a whole host of other features that are standard when you choose to stream your video content using TikiLIVE. A few of these features that are most popular among our users include:

Android APK – As IPTV continues to gain in popularity, more and more manufacturers are releasing IPTV devices. Some of these are standard set top boxes while others are dongles or streaming sticks that allow viewers to access streaming content from anywhere with a TV and an Internet connection. At TikiLIVE we’ve recently released an updated Android APK that allows anyone to power their set top box or streaming stick with our high quality IPTV software. A few of the manufacturers that have already started using our Android APK include:
- Dongles/Streaming sticks
  - PC DVB – T2 Dongle
  - Chromecast
  - Roku Streaming Stick
- Set top boxes
  - Peer TV
  - Geniatech
  - Jabil
  - MyGica
  - Shenzhen Letine Technology Co.
  - YinHE
  - Jiangsu Yinhe Electronics Co., Ltd.
  - Yiyate
  - Gemcolor
  - Xinlinuo
- Encoding in the Cloud – Video encoding can be an extremely complicated and tedious process. For this reason, TikiLIVE has a cloud based video encoding solution that allows you to upload your videos in a variety of formats, which are then converted and optimized in the cloud and made available to your viewers. All you have to focus on is generating top-notch content – not the technical glitches that can halt creativity.
- Full Mobile Support – Just like our EPG offers full mobile support, all of your content will easily be accessible across all devices including smartphones and tablets. With more people accessing the Internet from mobile devices than computers, reaching this segment of your viewing audience is critical.

Excited About Getting Your Streaming Content Online?

If you’re ready to get your content online don’t hesitate to contact the streaming pros at TikiLIVE today. We offer a variety of contact options including live chat, email support as well as traditional phone support by calling 305-743-6722.

EPG Software from TikiLIVE: Share Scheduled Events With Your Audience

So you’ve created your streaming content, but you’re not exactly sure how to market it to your target audience? This is a question that we hear far too often. While creating high quality video content is difficult, unfortunately your job isn’t over once you “wrap” your video production.

In fact, this is really just the beginning to getting your content the exposure that it deserves. TikiLIVE has worked extremely hard to develop a variety of tools that allow you to easily get the word out about your content.

One of these tools is our completely redesigned Electronic Program Guide (EPG). In this article, we’ll discuss this tool in more detail as well as go into some other ways that you can promote your content by partnering with TikiLIVE.

EPG Explained in Detail

While EPG may not be something that you hear about everyday, you likely have plenty of experience with this type of tool.

How many times have you been frustrated with your cable or satellite providers programming guide? Was it too slow or incorrect? Does it take you far too long to find what you’re looking for?

All of these questions were complaints that we heard about other programming guides when we were redesigning our EPG. Our mission was to completely rebuild the traditional programming guide into something that was fast, efficient and gives you exactly what you want.

Our EPG software has a variety of features that make it useful to your growing audience, including:

Alerting your audience of your scheduled events: Easily let your viewing audience know about your scheduled events by simply updating the EPG software. This way your audience will never miss another event.
Full HTML5 support: Not only will your events be updated on your set top box, but thanks to our Native HTML5 support you’ll be able to make edits to your programming schedule right from your mobile phone. This will allow you to constantly tweak your programming schedule even while on the go.
EPG syncs across devices: No matter where you make changes to your programming schedule, it will instantly propagate across all devices. This means that making a simple change to your programming from your mobile phone will automatically change your scheduled events across all of your users devices.

Another Nail in the Coffin of Satellite and Cable Providers

Technology like updated EPG software shows how satellite and cable providers continue to be replaced by less expensive, more feature rich content that is mostly provided online.

While large media conglomerates are scrambling to figure out how to regain market share, streaming providers are growing at an astronomical clip.

Thanks to improved technology like TikiLIVE’s updated EPG software, you are no longer forced to put up with the inferior service and high prices from cable and satellite providers.

5 Additional Ways to Promote Your Content With TikiLIVE

While our updated EPG allows you to easily let your viewing audience know about upcoming schedule events, there are several other tools that make growing your audience within reach.

Free WordPress Site

When you are creating streaming content, the last thing on your mind may be your website. The trouble is that if you don’t have a website dedicated to your brand or organization it can be difficult to grow your audience.

With TikiLIVE, you get a free WordPress website that is tightly integrated within your standard control panel. Feature your videos as well as any other type of content that you see fit. This site can be completely customized with your brand and can even point to your custom domain name.

Social Media Integration

Once you have your content and your website up and running, it’s time to grow your audience. Social media has traditionally been a great way to let your viewing audience know about new content that has recently been published.

The trouble is that remembering to post consistently to your social media networks can be challenging. That’s why we’ve developed tools that allow you to instantly share your streaming content to your social media profiles with the touch of a button.

Cloud Based Encoding

We understand that your love lies in creating high quality content, not dealing with conflicting file types and other technical issues. Our Monster Encoder allows you to upload your content in a variety of formats that are then converted in the cloud to match the device each viewer uses, offering them the very best possible viewing experience.

Content Delivery Network

Something you don’t think about when you are first starting to produce video content is reliability. What you may not realize is that in the online world you only have a few precious seconds to capture the attention of your viewing audience. If your videos have all sorts of buffering issues you’ll quickly cannibalize your audience.

Thanks to our top-notch content delivery network you won’t have to worry about any issues with the delivery of your content. We have a bank of high-powered servers strategically placed around the world, which are used to serve content to your users based on their geographical location.

Mobile Ready:

The single most important aspect of your content strategy has to do with how your content is presented on mobile devices. If your content is not optimized for smartphones or tablets you can go ahead and kiss the success of your content goodbye.

With more than half of all Internet traffic originating from mobile phones, it’s imperative that your content is accessible from these devices.

We offer full mobile support that should give you confidence that your content will easily be accessible across all types of devices.

Interested in More Information About TikiLIVE’s EPG Software?

If you still have questions about setting up an account with TikiLIVE or want more details about our updated EPG software, give us a call today at 305-743-6722. We’ll be happy to answer any questions you have about growing your viewing audience online.

6 Ways to Monetize Your IPTV Channel

If your streaming content is beginning to gain in popularity online, you’re likely looking at ways to begin to cash in on this newfound success. One way to both broaden your viewing audience as well as open up new revenue opportunities is to create your own IPTV channel. In this blog we’ll explain IPTV in detail and also show you how you can use this new technology to further build your brand.

What is IPTV?

IPTV or Internet Protocol Television is a way by which streaming content is delivered to users over the Internet. Users can access IPTV from a variety of devices, but often times it is through what are called set top boxes. These devices connect to a normal TV, which then are used to stream online content.

Streaming providers like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon pioneered this new form of digital media. As these providers have gained in popularity, other providers have also seen large success by creating IPTV channels. These large providers have figured out plenty of ways to generate income from their IPTV efforts – but have you?

Top Ways to Monetize Your IPTV Channel

While IPTV was once reserved for companies with unlimited bank accounts and resources, today almost anyone can create their own streaming content to be streamed to IPTV devices.

With providers like TikiLIVE you can easily create your own IPTV network that can even be labeled and branded to your liking. Aside from being able to stream your content to the world, you can also generate income based on the popularity of your content.

TikiLIVE offers a variety of monetization methods that can help you to generate income every time that someone views your content.

Advertising

When you think of making money with video content online, advertising is likely one of the first things that comes to mind. We offer a variety of options when it comes to adding advertisements to your content.

Yume pre-roll ads: If you’ve watched any number of videos online you’ve likely seen short video commercials occasionally show up on the screen while a video is playing. You can insert these ads into your videos to generate income from your users.

Video Ads: Much like standard television, IPTV offers you the opportunity to insert video ads within your content. Thanks to TikiLIVE’s redesigned Channel Manager, you can easily insert ads of preset lengths in between video segments just like ads on a normal television network.

Pay Per View Events

Based on the popularity of your content you can schedule a live event to be recorded and charge your viewers to access it through your IPTV channel. Depending on the loyalty of your viewing audience you can generate significant income by streaming your event online. This is on top of any ticket sales that you generate at the actual event itself.

Video On Demand

Now that your event is over and you sold a large number of live event tickets as well as pay per view tickets you may think that your monetization methods have dried up. This is actually not the case thanks to TikiLIVE’s Video On Demand feature.

Instead of no longer being able to generate income after a recorded event has been completed, TikiLIVE allows you to offer your video content on demand for users to watch at anytime.

Many people may prefer to view your event long after it originally took place, which just means more money for you. Imagine being able to generate income today from an event that happened months or even years ago.

Monthly Subscriptions

As of July 2014, Netflix cracked the 50 million subscriber mark. That is quite an accomplishment for a company that was thought to be a dinosaur as people stopped renting DVDs and started to watch more content online.

Netflix and other companies chose to utilize a subscription model to deliver an unlimited amount of fresh and relevant content to users. Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have no doubt proven that a subscription model can work in the IPTV space.

If you are constantly releasing new content to your viewing audience, why not setup your own monthly subscription plans? This way your viewers can access all of your content for one low monthly fee.

Having recurring monthly income also makes it much easier to budget for normal business expenses as your IPTV channel grows.

WordPress Shopping Cart

With each TikiLIVE account, users instantly have access to their own WordPress website. This allows users to create a professional looking website without all the technical know how that was once required to have an online presence of any kind.

With this free website, streaming providers can use the WordPress Shopping Cart system to sell a variety of things including merchandise online. This way you can generate revenue outside of simply streaming content.

Maybe your users are interested in a certain hobby or niche and you can capitalize on this need through your online shopping cart powered by WordPress and TikiLIVE.

Google AdSense

Google AdSense is the largest online advertising platform in the world. This platform allows you to easily insert advertisements into videos and websites.

TikiLIVE now offers full support for Google AdSense so that you can insert advertisements into your website and videos with the click of a button.

TikiLIVE Offers Monetization Methods Across Platforms

Whether your viewers are accessing your content from a set top box, computer, mobile phone or tablet, TikiLIVE allows you to generate income from your viewing audience. As your content becomes more popular, your income potential will only increase. Stop sitting on the sidelines and start turning your popular streaming content into real income. Sign up for a TikiLIVE account and start making money.

Stream Video Across All Android STBs

At TikiLIVE we’re extremely excited about the updated release of our new Android Set Top Box APK, which should pave the way for more people to access live streaming content from the comforts of their homes.

We’re constantly looking at ways to level the playing field in terms of creating technology that is available to a large segment of the population, all at prices that are affordable to the masses.

We long ago created an online platform that made creating online content extremely easy, but it’s only recently with the huge success seen with set top boxes that our content has been easily available across a myriad of set top box manufacturers including big names like the Roku Stick and Google’s Chromecast.

In this article we’ll go into a little bit more detail about our updated APK and how this can benefit TikiLIVE channel owners and their viewers.

What’s the Big Deal About a New Updated Android APK?

If you’re like the majority of people, you may never have heard of an APK. An APK (Android Application Package) is a set of files that, when compiled together, create a program that can be executed on devices that run the Android Operating System.

If you’re not familiar with Android it’s the open source operating system that powers millions of smartphones and tablets around the world. It is also the major competitor to Apple’s iOS operating system.

One of the big benefits of the Android OS compared to Apple’s OS is the fact that it is open source. This has allowed a variety of software and hardware manufacturers to develop products and software to harness the power of Android.

One of these areas that is seeing significant growth is set top boxes. Android offers the perfect operating system for set top boxes because it is not extremely resource intensive, and the best part is that it’s absolutely free to use and modify.

TikiLIVE Releases Updated Set Top Box APK

We saw a huge opportunity to capitalize on the power and functionality of the Android OS to create a set top box APK that is supported across a variety of different devices.

This updated APK is absolutely free for manufacturers looking for an easy and economical way to get their Android set top boxes to market. Our set top box APK can be downloaded for free.

Exciting Features Bundled in the New TikiLIVE Set Top Box APK

We’re always adding new features to our APK, but a few features that seem to have resonated with our users include:

Updated Channel Guide – One of the most common complaints from cable and satellite providers is the slowness related to their set top box programming guide. At TikiLIVE, one of our goals has always been to develop an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) that is both fast and easy to use. With our updated APK, we’ve tweaked our EPG to add even more features that will make your users have to think long and hard about whether they really need a cable or satellite subscription.

Multiple Language Support – Go truly international with the new TikiLIVE APK. We currently fully support the following languages:
- Punjabi
- Russian
- Urdu
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanes
- French
- German
- Bengali
- Dutch
- Arabic
- Romanian
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- Thai
- Traditional Chinese Cantonese

Video On Demand – Using our set top box APK, your users will be able to have access to all of your TikiLIVE streaming channels. This will allow you to quickly grow your user base due to the fact that so many people are using set top boxes to access content from a variety of major IPTV players.

Instant Branding Capabilities – Create fully branded channels that you’re your content a unique look and feel.

Revenue Sharing for Manufacturers – If you’re a set top box manufacturer looking for a way to generate additional revenue, partnering with TikiLIVE may be a safe bet. We want to continue to grow our user base, so we’ll happily work with manufacturers by offering a cut of revenue in exchange for showcasing some of our premium content on their set top boxes.

Set Top Box Manufacturers Currently Using TikiLIVE’s STB Technology

The following manufacturers are already utilizing TikiLIVE’s robust STB technology to power their set top boxes.

Jabil
MyGica
Geniatech
Shenzhen Letine Technology Co.
YinHE
Jiangsu Yinhe Electronics Co., Ltd.
Peer TV
Yiyate
PC DVB
Gemcolor
Xinlinuo

TikiLIVE APK Works on IPTV Dongles Too!

One of the fastest growing segments of the IPTV landscape are dongles. A dongle is a simple computer like device that can fit in the palm of your hand, but is powerful enough to stream HD content to your television through an HDMI port.

The two most popular dongles, or streaming sticks as they are sometimes called, are the Roku Stick and the Chromecast from Google.

When we were developing our APK technology we knew that we had to offer support for these devices to truly capture the market. We’re proud to announce that not only are we supported by a whole host of set top box manufacturers but we also offer full support for the Roku Stick and the Chromecast as well as a variety of other dongle manufacturers.

Contact us today to learn more about how you can stream your content to these devices.

How TikiLIVE’s IPTV Software Can Benefit Manufacturers

Now that IPTV digital set-top boxes (STBs) have become a standard part of home entertainment setups, STB manufacturers find themselves searching for ways to set themselves apart in an increasingly crowded field of competitors.

Today’s consumers demand STBs that are slick, dependable, easy to use, affordable, and packed with options — not some combination of these attributes, but ALL of them.

This means STB manufacturers must partner their hardware with software platforms that deliver top-quality results on all these fronts.

STB manufacturers have two options for their products’ software: go through the time and expense to develop it in house, or integrate an existing third-party solution to their product.

Opting to use third-party IPTV software is a smart decision in terms of reducing costs and time to market, but it can have its own drawbacks.

To get the right combination of features, manufacturers may have to cobble solutions together and hope that they play nicely with one another.

User interfaces can be clunky or unresponsive.

Language support may be minimal, which can curtail your user base around the globe.

Branding can be difficult or come at a premium from third-party IPTV software vendors who may want to give their brand exposure instead of yours.

TikiLIVE anticipates these potential issues and delivers a high-performance solution that gives STB manufacturers assurance that their hardware will deliver a top-quality user experience with minimal software development overhead on their part.

Our IPTV software makes it a snap to start using an STB right out of the box, and we’ve built in benefits for STB manufacturers as well.

TikiLIVE’s Android APK: Free for Manufacturers!

TikiLIVE has just released a new, updated Android APK that is free for set-top box manufacturers. Many manufacturers are already shipping STBs with this APK installed, including:

Gemcolor
Geniatech
Jabil
Jiangsu Yinhe Electronics Co., Ltd.
MyGica
PC DVB
Peer TV
Shenzhen Letine Technology Co.
Xinlinuo
YinHE
Yiyate

The TikiLIVE Android APK packs a host of benefits for STB manufacturers.

Extensive language support. TikiLIVE’s latest APK offers support for the following languages:
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Chinese, Traditional Cantonese
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Thai
- Urdu
- Vietnamese

By supporting such a wide array of languages, TikiLIVE helps to remove geographical and cultural barriers to adopting the product. In this way, TikiLIVE can extend the global reach of a manufacturer’s STB products.

Extensive device support. TikiLIVE’s IPTV software can be deployed on dual core or quad core Android STBs, as well as a variety of HDMI dongles. TikiLIVE’s APK doesn’t require STB manufacturers to limit its offerings to certain device types, but rather it allows manufacturers to offer customers a wider range of options for enjoying all that IPTV has to offer.
Super fast Electronic Programming Guide. When people want to watch TV, they want to get right down to business, not wait for a slow channel guide to keep up with them when they try to see what programming is available. TikiLIVE has addressed this typical source of frustration with an enhanced electronic programming guide (EPG) that has been optimized for fast performance and ease of use. Manufacturers who adopt TikiLIVE’s IPTV software make their devices synonymous with speed and simplicity.
Video On Demand offerings. Another benefit of manufacturers integrating the TikiLIVE set top box APK is that viewers will not only have instant access to all of the TikiLIVE channels, but video on demand functions similar to options provided by cable and satellite providers can also be offered.
Branding capabilities. Manufacturers can design their branding elements into their STBs’ user interface with TikiLIVE’s IPTV software development kit (SDK). This SDK gives manufacturers complete control over the branding that appears when users operate the STB. Logos and other graphical elements can easily be embedded in the UI to strengthen the manufacturer’s company image and create a unified look and feel across products.
Demo content included. Manufacturers can demonstrate the features of their STBs right out of the box with the demo content provided by the TikiLIVE APK. No fussing over setup when you want to show partners or retailers the exciting features of your company’s product. This helps promote your STB’s image as ready to use right after unboxing.
Revenue sharing opportunities. For helping TikiLIVE grow as a brand, we offer profit percentages to STB manufacturers who feature TikiLIVE premium content on their devices. This offers manufacturers a passive revenue stream while building their product’s reputation as a source for top-quality, in-demand content.

When Manufacturers Benefit from TikiLIVE, So Do Users

When manufacturers elect to integrate TikiLIVE’s IPTV software on their STBs, they are enhancing their product’s profile as a top-quality product that offers a first-rate user experience. Customers who use STBs powered by TikiLIVE’s APK enjoy numerous advantages, including:

Lightning-fast navigation through hundreds of channel listings in TikiLIVE’s enhanced Electronic Programming Guide.
High-definition, hiccup-free playback over an extremely robust content delivery platform with servers worldwide.
An intuitive user interface that has been tested and proven to provide a user-friendly experience for viewers of all ages.
The ability to offer uninterrupted, commercial-free programming.

Convinced? Get the TikiLIVE Set Top Box APK for Android Today!

If you are a STB manufacturer and would like to see for yourself the impressive capabilities built into TikiLIVE’s IPTV software, download the free APK for Android instantly. We think you’ll find that the benefits that TikiLIVE delivers to manufacturers and end users alike are without equal in the IPTV space today.

If we can answer any questions about the TikiLIVE Set Top Box APK for Android, or if you have any other inquiries about how to make TikiLIVE your partner in IPTV greatness, by all means give us a call at 305-743-6722 or fill out our online contact form. Whether you’re an STB manufacturer, broadcaster, or a viewer, we’ll be happy to share our expertise with you and listen to your ideas. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Difference Between Streaming in HD With IPTV and Radio Broadcasting

With all of the advances in technology over the past decade, it really is amazing that traditional radio still exists.

While the market shifted a bit with the introduction of satellite radio, this new method of radio never really took off like some would have thought.

Now as it becomes easier to broadcast HD video and audio online are we finally ready to say goodbye to traditional radio?

Radio Will Have to Adapt to Survive

With the introduction of podcasts, Pandora, Spotify and all sorts of other digital mediums able to deliver music, radio executives should definitely be fearful of the future.

While it’s hard to know whether radio will completely die anytime soon there is no doubt that its listeners will likely drop due to other technologies vying for their attention.

Radio is an extremely basic technology and with all of the other media formats constantly improving, it’s hard to imagine a world where traditional radio will be a power player in the media landscape of tomorrow.

For radio to survive it is going to have to adapt to the constantly changing technological paradigm.

Radio stations will need to do away with endless advertisements and boring DJs and replace them with high quality content that listeners will actually want to hear.

When radio stations are competing against hundreds if not thousands of other formats they are going to have to do a better job of catering to the needs of their listeners.

Live Streaming Offers Unlimited Choices

When you’re scrolling through the radio dial as you barrel down the freeway you likely only have a small subset of AM & FM stations to choose from in your local area.

What if you want to listen to that great station in NY or LA that you heard while traveling a few months ago? Is this possible with traditional radio?

Nope!

Radio stations at their core are relegated to small geographical areas based on the range of antiquated radio towers.

With the rise of the Internet and our move towards a more “wireless” society, the thought that you could be limited by something as archaic as a radio antenna is foreign to many, especially those in their late teens and 20’s.

While radio broadcasting is severely limited by location, live streaming in HD with IPTV is not.

With live streaming all your viewers or listeners will need is an Internet connection, which will allow them to easily stream all types of high quality content.

The beauty of streaming in HD is that viewers can find content for all types of interests compared to a small set of radio stations.

Interested in basket weaving? There is likely a live streaming channel dedicated to that!

Interested in stand up paddle boarding? There’s likely a channel for that too!

You get the point. With HD streaming content almost anyone can become a video producer and easily stream their content to the world.

Live Streaming in HD is Affordable

Another huge drawback to radio broadcasting is the huge expenses that are required to get started.

You first have to buy airtime and then hire an expensive team of producers as well as on air talent to manage the music that is played.

All of this is incredibly expensive and has made it impossible for some small markets to even have a viable radio station.

Live streaming, on the other hand, is extremely affordable. All that is necessary to get off the ground a simple video recorder and an account with a streaming provider. In fact, users can even shoot video in HD from their smartphone and have it instantly streamed online if necessary.

Partnering with a streaming provider like TikiLIVE offers a wide range of affordable options for individuals or organizations looking to harness the power of technology to generate content for their users.

Benefits of a Streaming Platform like TikiLIVE

Partnering with a streaming provider like TikiLIVE offers a whole host of advantages compared to attempting to reach your audience through radio. Below are a just a few of the benefits that you’ll experience by choosing to work with TikiLIVE to stream high quality HD content.

Device Independence: Whether your users are accessing your content from a TV through our IPTV technology or through their smartphone, tablet or PC, TikiLIVE offers a tailored experience regardless of device. With our HTML5 technology powering our suite of services, your users will receive a fully catered experience based on their device.

Robust Backend Built for Growth: We understand that viral growth can cripple a business or organization that’s not prepared. This is why we have invested in a robust infrastructure of servers positioned across the world. As your content becomes more popular we’ll be ready to handle the sharp increases in traffic.

Jump on the IPTV Revolution: These days it’s difficult to go more than a day or so without hearing about the streaming capabilities and offerings of Netflix, Hulu or Amazon. These providers are quickly gaining subscribers while other traditional TV providers are losing market share. What better way to gain your own set of followers than by creating your own IPTV channel with TikiLIVE that will put your content alongside the big players? All it takes is a few simple clicks of a button in our easy to use web based interface.

Be on the Cutting Edge of Technology: Let’s face it, traditional radio broadcasting is not the way of the future, but IPTV and HD streaming most definitely are. Make sure that you are putting your best efforts towards a technology that will be around for years to come.

Ready to Get Started Broadcasting in HD With TikiLIVE?

If you’re ready to get started on your quest to deliver high quality HD content to your viewers, contact TikiLIVE today. We’ll be happy to show you how easy it is to setup an account and to begin streaming your content to the masses.

July’s Best Up and Coming Broadcast Channels on TikiLIVE

Summer is nearly upon us, and that usually means all of your favorite shows are on hiatus, or will be soon. Traditionally, summer television programming has been a bit of a broadcasting desert, with networks holding back their best programming for the seasons when viewers are more likely to be home. What better time to explore the wide world of Internet television broadcasting on your mobile device or digital set-top box?

Whether you’re looking for sports, travel, entertainment, lifestyle shows, or inspiration, IPTV has channels to suit just about every taste. And many of those channels are hosted by and delivered to you with TikiLIVE.

We make it easy for anyone to create channels that deliver high-definition, no-hiccup video to any Internet-enabled mobile device or TV set-top box such as Roku and AppleTV. Many of these channels stream programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the help of our automated playlist features. Many channels also broadcast live events, and we use banners to notify viewers of upcoming events, as well as ticketing features for pay-per-view events or subscriptions.

Here is a sampling of channels hosted by TikiLIVE that are growing in popularity with IPTV audiences and that make for perfect summertime viewing.

The Outdoor Cooking Channel

With grilling season well underway, are you looking for ways to expand your flame-cooking repertoire beyond hot dogs and chicken breasts? Look no further than this 24/7 channel, which broadcasts live-streaming scheduled shows as well as on-demand videos on a host of outdoor cooking topics for backyard grillers and pit masters alike. With personalities ranging from foodies to hardcore competitive grillers, this channel makes no bones about the irresistible allure of cooking over fire. You can almost smell the smoke!

Universe Miami

Hear the rhythms and feel the heat of Miami’s music and club scene! This channel captures the color and energy of the Magic City’s artists of today and talent of tomorrow. With its talent showcases, talk shows with local personalities about music, sports, and gossip, and video and radio shows highlighting local talent, Universe Miami celebrates the soul and vibrancy of one of America’s most sultry and singular cities.

Kick Flicks TV

At the end of a long, hot day, what could be better than settling in on your sofa with the cold beverage of your choice, and filling your eyes and ears with thrilling, high-flying martial arts action? If your answer is “nothing” (and it should be), Kick Flicks TV is for you! The channel description says it all: “If you love Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and Jackie Chan, you are going to love Kick Flicks TV.” With this nonstop stream of choice chopsocky, you’re practically guaranteed to find yourself embroiled in action from the moment you flip on this channel. As the channel description also says, “It’s 24/7 kick butt time!”

RushTV

For those who like their sports on the adrenaline-fueled side, RushTV takes you to the brink with some of the world’s most adventurous athletes. Mountainside skiers placing themselves in the paths of potential avalanches; bike jumpers who spend almost as much time in the air as on the ground; off-road auto racers tearing down the course, primed to be ready for whatever lies ahead. If watching golf on TV is your idea of a nightmare, the eye-popping feats on display on RushTV are for you.

Sobe the Beach Channel

The pleasures of the seaside lifestyle: the history, the sights, the cuisine, and the nightlife of paradise destinations around the globe await you on this channel. Taking you inside such sun-splashed locales as south Florida and the French Riviera, this channel gives you the must-do, must-see, and must-taste tips to make the most of your beach getaway. Get ideas for your next adventure, or simply let this channel’s stunning views and festive sounds transport you for a while from the comfort of your home.

TEDBroadcasting

Crave ideas and inspiration from the top thought leaders of our time? This channel offers a wealth of talks by influential experts offering their informed perspectives on the urgent issues of our day: climate change, the growing role of technology, and applications of the law, to name just a few. From the channel description:

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

This channel is perfect for the viewer who doesn’t equate turning on video with turning off the brain.

Not Seeing The Channel You Want? Why Not Create It?

This sampling gives you an idea of the breadth of programming put out into the world by TikiLIVE subscribers. As you peruse the listings, you will probably start getting ideas about what you would like to see on IPTV. You may think: I don’t see a channel about a sport that I like, or about a gamer’s group I’m a part of, or about local music I’d like to hear more of, or about political beliefs that I hold. The possibilities are endless.

So what can you do if you don’t find the channel you want? Make your own! With TikiLIVE, it’s never been easier. We give subscribers all the tools to get their video content online quickly and easily, without specialized equipment or large upfront costs. Once you go live, your channel is viewable around the world, on any internet-enabled device, in superior high-definition quality.

Learn more about what TikiLIVE has on the air and how we can help you get there. Call us at 305-743-6722 now.

How to Customize Your TikiLIVE Stream Channel Theme

When you broadcast an IPTV channel, your content represents your personality, your pastimes and your passions. It reflects what is essential to you that you want to share with the world. You carefully pick the videos, music or audio programming that best represents your vision. This being the case, why would you want your channel to look like some generic, out-of-the-box media player or like someone else’s idea of what your IPTV channel should look like?

Enter Theme Designer, a component of TikiLIVE’s Dashboard that lets you design the look and feel of your channel pages. With Theme Designer, you can customize the color scheme, background image, positioning, and banner of your channel pages to achieve the appearance that suits the image you want your channel pages to project. The best part is that you don’t need to be a web developer or graphic designer to do it. Thanks to the Theme Designer’s easy-to-use controls, you can design and publish themes for your TikiLIVE channels in four easy steps.

Step 1: Access the Theme Designer

TikiLIVE’s Theme Designer isn’t buried in some corner of the application that only power users would ever find. It’s available right from the TikiLIVE Dashboard, under the My Account menu. Once there, you can create new themes for your channels, or manage any themes you’ve already created.

The Theme Designer contains these controls:

New Theme: Click this button to design a new theme for your channels
Theme Name: See the names of the themes that you’ve already created
Assigned To: See how many channels this theme has been assigned to
Actions: Click and select one of the following options for a theme
o Assign: Choose one or more channels to assign the theme
o Edit: Modify the theme
o Preview: In a pop-up window, see how the theme looks on the channel page
o Delete: Remove the theme from the Theme Designer

Appearing below each Theme Name are the channel names to which the theme has been assigned. To unassign a theme from a channel, simply click Remove.

Step 2: Design the New Theme

When you click New Theme, the Add/Edit Theme window presents you with tools for assembling the design elements of your theme.

Theme Name: Give your theme a descriptive name to assist you when you go to assign the theme to a channel.
Background Color: Click to open the color picker and choose a background color for your channel page.
Upload Background Image: Click to navigate to the image on your hard drive that you want to use as the background for your channel page. This can be a photo, artwork, a logo if you have one for your channel, whatever — just make sure that you can legally use it or have permission. Note that the image will cover any background color you may have selected. Larger images will be resized to fit in your channel page.
Picture positioning: Use these controls to
○ Repeat the background image horizontally, vertically, both or neither
○ Set the image to scroll or remain fixed
○ Choose a position for the image: left, right, top, center, bottom or some combination thereof
Theme Banner: Click to navigate to the image you will use as your channel banner. Width must be exactly 1210 pixels. Enter a link URL for the banner if you like.
Apply this theme to network pages: Check to use this theme across all your channels.

Click Save, and your theme is ready for…

Step 3: Assign the Theme to a Channel

Now that your theme has been put together to provide the look and feel you want for your channel page, it is time to assign the theme to the channel. To do this, you simply return to the Theme Designer, where you will see the name of the theme you just created. Click Assign next to the theme name.

Choose the channel you want to apply the theme to from the drop-down list, and click Assign Theme. Just like that, the theme you designed now appears on your channel.

Step 4: Preview the Theme

To make sure everything on your channel page looks the way you want it to, click Preview in the drop-down. A new window appears that shows you your channel with the custom theme applied. If you need to do any tweaking to the design of your theme, just click Edit in the same drop-down list and make any adjustments to the design you created in Step 2.

That’s it! Simple, fast, easy.

With TikiLIVE, making your personal stamp on your channels doesn’t mean you need to allocate extra time, energy, money, or expertise to getting the look you want. Our Theme Designer simplifies the channel design task so you can devote more time and energy to your primary objective: creating and curating audio and video content.

A Well-Designed Channel Theme Inspires Confidence

Let’s face it, you can have the most amazing content on your channel, but if you don’t have a lively and compelling design theme to attract people browsing channels on their mobile devices or set-top boxes, many potential viewers or listeners would never know it.

A good channel theme should give people a sense of what they can expect to experience while on your channel: bright, sunny colors for travel or leisure channels; dark, foreboding imagery for horror-movie channels; designs conveying motion and triumph for sports channels, and so on.

When people who come across your channel page see an eye-catching, well-designed theme that conveys what your channel delivers, they will deduce that you put the same kind of care into broadcasting quality content that you put into designing your channel’s theme.

So don’t hide your high-quality content behind a slapdash channel theme! Sign up for a TikiLIVE account now and design your own channel themes.