Devices: Roku, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, TiVo TV sets: LG, Panasonic, Sony, Samsung, Vizio etc. Tablets: iPad, Kindle, Android Bluray Player: Sony, Samsung, Panasonic etc. With that kind of distribution you know that you can reach the majority of your target market. Another advantage is that your audience does not need to be a prime subscriber. They have the option to rent as well.
Now there are some requirements you need to fill before you get have your content uploaded, below is the summarized version of the requirements: Video. Your video should be in SD and HD format but 4k/UHD is not supported yet. Common aspect ratio supported are, 4:3 and 16:3. Frame rates should be 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, and 30. Also ensure your frame rate is fixed, variable frame rate will not be accepted. No content other than the video will be accepted. Audio. All of your audio should be in the same language and the soundtrack must only contain the program audio. Also, audio and video duration must match and one of the following audio configurations must be there, 1-Channel Mono, 2-Channel Stereo, 6-Channel 5.1 Surround Sound and 8-Channel 5.1 Surround Sound + Stereo. File Format. The following are the most common and recommended file formats supported. Pro-Res 422 in MOV. MPEG-2 in MPG, MPEG, M2P, M2T, M2TS and TS. Lastly, H.264 in MP4, M2T and TS. Closed Captioning. This is a required feature that is actually an investment in your product as 30% viewers prefer captions and 80% of them are not even hearing impaired. For content published in the US, English captions are required. For Spanish content, Spanish captions can be used instead. For content published worldwide, captions are a must, except Japan. Captions are different from subtitles, in that you need to follow FCC guidelines since they are primarily targeted for a hard of hearing audience. You may need a post-production script to be completed first for captions or foreign subtitles.. You can hire a film transcription company to create a CCSL or a Spotting List for closed captions, foreign subtitles or dubbing purposes. Supported closed caption formats are SMPTE-TT (RP-2052), STL (Spruce Subtitle File), EBU-TT, DFXP, SRT, iTT and SCC. Art. There are two types of art images, key art and background image. Key art needs to be in 1200×1600 (3:4) for standalone content and 1600×1200 (4:3) for serialized content. Also, you need to submit both of these in 1920×1080 (16:9). The images should be in .jpg or .png format.
