It’s official, Roku Direct Publisher has been deprecated and will sunset on January 12, 2024. No new Roku Direct Publisher channels will be created, and anyone who has a Roku Direct Publisher channel will need to convert the channel to a Roku SDK. With OTTfeed custom Roku SDK lease offer for $99/month and $300 one-time […]

Note: Roku Direct Publisher was discontinued in 2024. Here is a step-by step instructions on how to fix the problem with Roku Direct Publisher categories page not showing the option to set categories “From Feed”. 1. Login to your OTTfeed account 2. Copy your “Feed URL” under your feed settings. 3. Login to your Roku […]

Note: Roku Direct Publisher was discontinued in 2024. If you have a Roku Direct Publisher channel and you leased a custom Roku SDK channel from OTTfeed.com, then you need to convert you existing Roku Direct Publisher channel to Roku SDK and upload the PKG file that was provided by OTTfeed team. Here are a step-by-step […]

Note: Roku Direct Publisher was discontinued in 2024. Roku Direct Publisher (RDP) is a great free product, but it has its limits and drawbacks. One of them being that it takes hours for the new content to update, and it’s very hard to troubleshoot. That is why I always recommend leasing a custom Roku SDK […]

Note: Roku Direct Publisher was discontinued in 2024. There are a multitude of informative articles that describe how to set up your Roku Direct Publisher channel. However, not many of them explain the pros and cons of using Roku Direct Publisher or indicate whether it’s the right choice for you and your business. Many users […]

Vimeo is a great online video platform (OVP) used by many businesses and individuals as video storage for their OTT apps. In this post, I will explain how we use Vimeo to store our video content and connect via API to publish to the Roku Direct Publisher channel. To have Vimeo API access, you will […]

Note: Roku Direct Publisher was discontinued in 2024. To connect your content feed to your Roku Direct Publisher channel, you first need to publish your feed. Here is a quick step-by-step guide on how to publish your feed. Next, copy the Feed URL for Roku Direct Publisher. Go to your Roku developer account and select […]