Roku Direct Publisher was retired in January 2024, and Roku reaches more than 60 million monthly active users in the U.S. Tappla turns your existing video source into a real native Roku SDK channel — published through your own Roku Developer account, in under an hour, without coding.
Since Roku retired Direct Publisher in January 2024, every new channel is a native SDK channel. That means a content feed, the Roku SDK, channel assets and Channel Store submission. Here's what Tappla carries for you.
Tappla reads your Vimeo, HLS, StreamSpot or JSON feed and keeps the channel updated as you add content — no manual JSON editing.
A native SceneGraph channel — not Direct Publisher, not a wrapper — with proper rows, search and live support.
Channel assets, metadata and a signed package — all prepared, then sent to you to submit through your own free Roku account. The final step is a quick one you own.
Point Tappla at the video you already run — Vimeo, an HLS live stream, a Roku JSON feed or your own CDN. No re-uploads.
Add your logo, colors and channel layout. Tappla generates a real native Roku SDK channel from your feed — no BrightScript, no SceneGraph.
We build, sign and send you the finished SDK channel package. You submit it to the Roku Channel Store through your own free Roku account — the quick final step that keeps the listing yours.
We build it; you publish through your own Roku Developer account, so your organization owns the Channel Store listing. Migrating from a Direct Publisher channel? Your existing feed URL still works, so your subscribers come with you. Want the detail? Read how to create a Roku channel in under an hour.
The feed that powers your Roku channel also generates a native Apple TV app and a Fire TV app — one library to maintain, three stores covered.
That's what hiring a Roku developer or agency costs. With Tappla you connect a source and publish in under an hour — and you own the channel.
See what Tappla costs insteadWe carry the Roku SDK so you don't hire or learn it.
Add content to your source and the channel updates — no manual JSON, no re-submission.
Published under your free Roku account. The Channel Store listing stays yours.
You connect your existing video source to a builder like Tappla and brand the channel. Tappla builds the native Roku SDK channel and sends you the finished package; you submit it to the Channel Store through your own free Roku account. With a builder you can do it in under an hour, without coding.
No. Roku retired Direct Publisher in January 2024. New channels must be native SDK channels. Tappla takes the same JSON feed Direct Publisher used and generates an SDK channel from it — so you keep your feed and your audience without rebuilding.
Yes. Tappla generates a native Roku SDK channel from your video feed — no BrightScript, no SceneGraph, no developer. We handle the build, signing and channel assets, then send you the finished package ready to submit.
Yes, but it is free. We send you the finished channel and you submit it through your own free Roku account, so the Channel Store listing is permanently in your organization's name.
The Roku Developer account is free and Roku does not charge to publish. The build tool is the cost: a single Roku app is $49/month, and all three native platforms (Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV) are $149/month. Custom Roku development from an agency typically runs into the thousands.
Yes. Tappla reads from Vimeo, an HLS live stream, a Roku JSON feed, StreamSpot, Boxcast, Resi or manual URLs, and keeps your channel in sync as you add content.
Connecting a source and branding takes well under an hour. Roku's developer account is free and approval is typically fast, so most organizations are live in days, not months.
From $24/month. All three native platforms are $149/month. Connect your source, and your name goes on the Channel Store.