Live TV Channels
Getting your live TV channel up and running requires careful planning and execution of playout and scheduling. You need to ensure that your linear channel runs continuously without gaps, which involves managing a constant stream of content. Your job involves organizing and scheduling programs to maintain a consistent broadcast.
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What is RTMP and Why is it Important?
RTMP, or Real-Time Messaging Protocol, is the technology that carries your live video from a camera or encoder up to a streaming server. If you have ever wondered how a feed from OBS reaches an audience, RTMP is almost always the first step. We work with broadcasters and content owners every day, and this is…
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Live-to-VOD: Automatically Turning Live Streams Into On-Demand Video
Effortlessly convert live streams into on-demand videos with Flicknexs. Launch branded VOD/live apps on web, mobile & TV.
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How to Start an IPTV Business in 2026: Middleware, Licensing & Monetization
A practical 2026 guide to launching a legitimate IPTV business: licensing, middleware, EPG, delivery, apps and monetization — with an honest build-vs-buy comparison.
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News & Broadcast OTT Platform: 24/7 Linear Channels with Cloud Playout
Launch a news streaming platform with 24/7 linear channels and cloud playout. Honest build-vs-buy comparison, monetization options, and who should choose what.
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Fitness Streaming App: Launch an On-Demand & Live Workout OTT Platform
Launch a branded fitness streaming platform with on-demand and live workouts, subscriptions, and TV apps. Compare DIY vs white-label OTT and choose the right path.
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How to Launch a FAST Channel in 2026: Step-by-Step Setup & Distribution
Launch a FAST channel in 2026: a step-by-step guide to niche, content rights, 24/7 playout, SSAI ad insertion, monetization, and getting carried by platforms.
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Can Flicknexs Playout Integrate With Existing Websites?
Yes, Flicknexs playout integration allows you to integrate live television, linear channel, EPG and live events into your existing website. You do not need to start from scratch as you only have to add them on top of your already running website. We integrate the television player, connect programme guide, and stream clean HLS video…
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How GPU & Transcoding Improve Live Streaming
Through GPU transcoding, live streaming live events is made more efficient with multiple resolution and bitrate outputs for each incoming stream; this allows for improved playback for the user with significantly less buffering, quicker start up times and overall better performance across any device. It is important to note that live events have strict timelines…
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Why Modern Channels No Longer Need Traditional Broadcast Setups
With the advent of the Internet, the need to use satellite transponders, playout trucks and headend hardware has disappeared for digital-first television channels. When digital-first TV distribution began using encoders, cloud-based playout and content delivery networks to distribute programming (instead of leased uplinks and large racks of physical equipment), the cost of launching a channel…
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How FAST Channels Make Money Through Ads
Advertisers use FAST Channel Advertising (Advertising on Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) to reach consumers on free to air channels (linear) by using their ads as a source of revenue. If you have or plan to have a FAST Service, knowing how the ad sales, ad insertion, and ad pricing work will determine whether you have…