Hey everyone! 🎉 I am incredibly excited to announce that our brand-new MediaBlaster Training Course is officially live in the Classroom tab right now! If you’ve ever wanted to transform a standard WordPress website into a premium, Netflix-style video-on-demand (VOD) platform, this is your step-by-step blueprint. 📚 What You'll Learn: We have broken this entire course down into short, actionable, fluff-free video lessons so you can follow along easily. Here is exactly what we cover: - Plugin Setup & Interface: How to seamlessly install MediaBlaster and clean up your dashboard for a streamlined workspace. - Hosting Standalone Movies: How to publish single pieces of content and manage your video metadata (quality profiles, genres, and parental ratings). - Building Episodic Series: How to bundle individual episodes into dynamic, multi-season show playlists just like a major streaming network. - Vertical Short Form Feeds: How to enable 9:16 mobile-first portrait video configurations (similar to TikTok or Instagram Reels). - Vimeo API Integration & Uploads: How to securely authenticate your hosting account, utilize one-click mass imports, and upload files to Vimeo directly from your WordPress editor. - Front-End Deployment: How to display your video players to the public using Gutenberg Blocks, Dynamic Shortcodes, or Elementor Pro templates. 🛑 Best of All? It is 100% FREE. There is absolutely no purchase necessary to take this course, and you do not need to buy any premium upgrades to implement what we teach. We wanted to give our community the ultimate value-first toolkit to get your streaming platforms off the ground. 🛠️ What You Need to Get Started: You don't need any prior development experience. Just bring: 1. An active WordPress website. 2. Administrator login access. 👉 Head over to the "Classroom" tab and jump into Module 1 right now! 💬 Quick question for the group: What type of streaming platform are you most excited to build first? (Are you focusing on full-length Movies, episodic TV Series, or quick vertical Short Clips?) Drop a comment below and let us know!

I read through the documentation and didn't realize that we had to install two plugins at first! This should be included in the Documentation begining to save time and misunderstadings! 1)You must install WP Smart TV Plugin version 3.1.0 first then install 2)Install Media Blaster Roku Auth zip which is the License files. Now you can move on to the next steps!

The goal is simple: create a useful place for creators, developers, agencies, churches, educators, filmmakers, podcasters, and media brands who are trying to build apps for Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, OTT, VOD, and big-screen media platforms. A lot of people are still trying to figure out things like: - What replaced Roku Direct Publisher? - Do you need to learn BrightScript to launch a Roku app? - Can WordPress be used as the backend for a Smart TV app? - Should you use an OTT platform, custom SDK app, or launch kit? - What do you need before submitting a Roku channel? - How can agencies sell Smart TV app development to clients? That’s exactly the kind of stuff we’ll be discussing there. This is not meant to replace this Skool community. Skool will still be where we go deeper with MediaBlaster, training, launch kit updates, support, and behind-the-scenes build notes. The Reddit board is more of a public resource for the wider indie Smart TV dev space. If you’re interested in Roku apps, OTT, VOD, WordPress-powered media platforms, or building TV apps for yourself or clients, jump in and help us get the conversation started. Join here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieSmartTVDevs/ And if you’re working on something, make your first post and tell us what you’re building.

Even the big companies are using AI to code their apps. In what seems to be a trend, Netflix accidentally shipped their Claude.md file with their latest iOS app update. Interesting to see such a big OTT company using Claude. Now what's stopping you? Comment below!

I’m planning upcoming MediaBlaster tutorials/courses and want to prioritize what would be most useful. Vote below 👇