Rate-Card for Add-On Services

This page provides an overview of some of our most frequently requested Add-On Services which can be added to your account. Please inquire with customercare@lightcast.com if you are missing a service.

Channel-related services included with selected Service Packages

  • Multi-Bitrate Live-Stream-Transmuxing: $85
  • Shuffle feature for VOD-to-LIVE & AOD-to-LIVE loop: $250
  • GeoIP Blocking with states, countries and continents include or exclude list (per Channel or per Account): $240
  • GeoIP Blocking with states, countries and continents include or exclude list (per Video) - only available for the web player:
    Please inquire with customercare@lightcast.com

TV, Mobile, WebApp Development

OTT/Connected TV Apps

  • Roku: starting from $5,000
  • FireTV: starting from $5,000
  • AndroidTV: starting from $5,000
  • AppleTV: starting from $5,000
  • Samsung SmartTV: starting from $12,000
  • Other SmartTV Apps: please inquire with customercare@lightcast.com

iOS & Android Mobile Apps:

  • Custom-Branded, Multi-Channel Framework Base Android Mobile Media App*: $2,200
    See featured client apps at: https://www.lightcast.com/apps/featured-mobileapp/
    See mobile app layout at: https://www.lightcast.com/mobile-layouts/
  • Custom-Branded, Multi-Channel Framework Base iOS Mobile Media App*: starting from $5,000
    See featured client apps at: https://www.lightcast.com/apps/featured-mobileapp/

    See mobile app layout at: https://www.lightcast.com/mobile-layouts/
  • Facebook SDK Integration for your Mobile App Ad Campaign on Facebook: $1,890 (for both iOS & Android together)
  • Manual Push Notifications: Through a notifications composer which pushes the text notification to the user's mobile phone: $1,650 (for both iOS & Android together)
  • Auto-Push Notifications for Uploads and Event Starts: Auto-notifications when a new video/audio is uploaded and/or when a live event starts. It pushes a text notifications to a users mobile phone. $2,500 (for both iOS & Android together)
  • Live Chat integration (channel-by-channel) adding a link to your Live Chat on the video details page of a Channel: $450 (for both platforms together; requires you to send us the iFrame embeddable chat code of your Live Chat)
  • Live Chat integration in the mobile app side menu: $139 (for both iOS & Android together)
  • Electronic Program Guide for 24/7 Channels - Premium Version (shows the same-day schedule with details-expand feature + the next 6 days switchable by tabs + a player-overlay slide-in mini schedule, which will be displayed in the right-hand slide-in menu and allows viewers to keep watching while sliding in and browsing the schedule in a smaller version, overlaying 28% width of the player on the right side, so that centered faces / speakers / actors in the video remain uncovered): $250 (for both iOS & Android together)
  • Upwards Compatibility Service Contract: All Mobile Apps developed by Lightcast.com are tested and compatible with the current operating systems at the time of release. In order to keep mobile apps upwards compatible with releases of future versions of operating systems, please order the Upwards Compatibility Service. This ensures that your mobile media app will be compatible with future OS versions released after your mobile app was published. It covers the base template of an app. Custom features, including features which use plugins or third-party software services, are not included. $49/month

* Setup Fee includes Multi-Channel, Multi-Tier Navigation Structure, controlled via Channels & Media Groups/SubChannels, Watchlist feature, Notes Feature, Sharing Tool, Bible feature (optional) etc. See layout options at: https://www.lightcast.com/mobile-layouts/

Web App:

  • Custom-branded, multi-channel WebApp (see https://www.lightcast.com/lightcast-web-app-virtual-experience/ ): $1,800
    Demo WebApp: https://webappdemo.lightcast.com/
  • Electronic Program Guide for 24/7 Channels - Premium Version (shows the same-day schedule with details-expand feature + the next 6 days switchable by tabs + a player-overlay slide-in mini schedule, which will be displayed in the right-hand slide-in menu and allows viewers to keep watching while sliding in and browsing the schedule in a smaller version, overlaying 28% width of the player on the right side, so that centered faces / speakers / actors in the video remain uncovered): $250

App Changes:

  • Initial App Graphic Development: $330/app
  • Re-design/Changing graphics: $330/app
  • Changing graphics and meta data: $350/app
  • Changing App Name: $69/app*
  • Changing Background Color on Roku: $69*
  • On-Demand Fall-Back on LIVE Channels for Roku (giving viewers the option to watch a video whenever no live-stream is broadcasted): $530
  • Creating & submitting a private/beta app for preview purposes: $150/app

*An app store re-submission fee of $350 may apply in addition to the add-on service fee

Add-Ons for Apps

An app store re-submission fee of $350 may apply in addition to the add-on service fee


Additional Metadata for Content Rating and Genres for Apps

  • Your Web Apps, Mobile Apps, and supporting TV Apps will display additional metadata (Content Rating and Genres) for media items within your Apps: $800/app

  • See an example of Content Rating and Genres on a Web App: https://webappdemo.lightcast.com/


Poster Images for Apps

  • Your Web Apps, Mobile Apps, and supporting TV Apps will load the 2:3 Poster Images within a specific 2:3 Channel - a VOD or AOD Channel which you define as a Poster Image Gallery - in a row of 2:3 Poster Thumbnails within your Apps: $850/app

  • See an example of Poster Images on a Web App: https://webappdemo.lightcast.com/


VOD Channel Group Row(s) for Mobile Apps, Apple TV, Android TV, FireTV, Roku, LG TV, SamsungTV, and Web App

  • A VOD (Video On-Demand) Channel Group Row is a horizontally arranged collection of video content, grouped together under a specific category or theme, within your published Mobile, TV and Web Apps: $300 per app

  • See an example of a VOD Channel Row on a Web App: https://webappdemo.lightcast.com/


Animated Splash Screen for Mobile Apps, Apple TV, FireTV, Android TV, LG TV, Samsung TV and Web App

  • An Animated Splash Screen is a short, 2-second animated GIF image file without sound, displayed while an app is loaded. It replaces the default Static Splash Screen, thus it does not delay the loading time of the app: $99/app

Email Capture Feature/Lead Capture Feature for TV Apps, Mobile Apps and WebApp:

  • Email Capture Form including sending an email with the email address of the viewer: $299/app
  • Email Capture Form including automated weekly or monthly CSV export with the email address of viewers: $499/app*
  • Email Capture Form including automated import into MailChimp: $499/app

*The Email Capture Feature requires an email delivery service fee of $39/month for monthly reports or $69/month for weekly reports.

  • Custom Email Capture Form with custom user verification verifying the viewers subscription status in MailChimp or ActiveCampaign and API integration to check viewer's subscription status in MailChimp or Active Campaign: ActiveCampaign or MailChimp will store viewer's email address and usage data, send system emails to the viewer, such as email verification and provide the API to handle the requests between the Apps and MailChimp or ActiveCampaign. Optional: posting of the viewer's video views to API at app launch.
    Please inquire with customercare@lightcast.com


Subscriber Management & Payment Processing Service for TV Apps, Mobile Apps, Web App and Web Player:

More info: https://www.lightcast.com/subscription-revenue/

  • Lightcast EasyPay Subscriber Management Service (including App Extensions, branded Subscriber Registration Site, Subscriber Profiles, Subscriber Database Account): $1,250/app
  • Lightcast EasyPay Subscriber Payment Processing and Software Licensing Fee: 20% per payment of $4.99 or higher

    80/20 revenue split for subscription fee $4.99 and up
    75/25 revenue split for subscription fee from $3.99 to $4.98
    65/35 revenue split for subscription fee from $2.99 to $3.98
    50/50 revenue split for subscription fee from $1.99 to $2.98
    10/90 revenue split for subscription fee below $1.98

  • Promo Code System for Subscriber Management & Payment Processing System: $2,500
  • Setup of multiple Subscription Products in a Multi-Tier System: Two-Tiers (such as "Basic" & "Premium"): $1,650 (add-on to the Subscriber Management & Payment Processing Service)
  • Adding additional Subscription Products: $69/subscription
  • Changing Subscription Amount: free
  • "First Month Free" option (first month is free for subscribers): $250
  • Roku Billing Service & Roku Payment Processing Service (5-10% in addition to any processing fee by Roku): $1,250
  • One-time activation fee for CSV Export (for migration of Subscribers to your Database): $290
  • One-time activation fee for auto-email notification (for your email parsing of data into your Database): $180 + $25/month for unlimited email service.

  • "$0 Subscription" (for subscription products without payment transactions): The monthly user-fee for transaction/payment-free accounts is billed as follows:

    1-10,000 Users: $0.90 per user account per month
    10,001-20,000 Users: $0.80 per user account per month
    20,001-50,000 Users: $0.70 per user account per month
    50,001-100,000 Users: $0.60 per user account per month
    100,001-500,000 Users: $0.50 per user account per month
    500,001-1,000,000 Users: $0.40 per user account per month
    1,000,000-10,000,000 Users: $0.30 per user account per month
    Over 10,000,000 Users: inquire

Authentication by Unique Access Code for TV Apps, Web App and Mobile Apps:

  • Code Authentication Feature to allow access to a VOD/LIVE/AOD Channel only by entering an access code*: $250/app
  • Optional: Rendering a lock icon onto each video thumbnail with restricted access: $130/app

*Only one unique access code per App is supported.

Authentication by Unique User Credentials via CSV import to Designated FTP Account

  • Uploading/Updating of CSV file with user credentials to dedicated FTP account. Content access is granted based on one of the following credentials in the CSV file: IP Addresses, Username/Password or a Unique Code or UserID. Setup Fee: $2,800/app

Ad Serving Module for TV Apps, Mobile Apps, Web App and Web Player:

  • Setup: $350/AdModule/Platform (consisting of Ad Source, Ad Feed, Ad Target) + CPM Ad Serving Fee of $1.80 for 1000 ad-impressions (discounts on higher volume)
  • Ad-Server Setup Fee for professional Ad-Serving of multiple campaigns with settings for campaign priority, waterfall setup, multi-source/feed setup: $1,400 (requires the setup of the Ad-Serving Module)
  • $89 per further change to ad feeds or integration of additional ad feeds (additional ad feeds requires Ad-Server setup for multiple campaign delivery)
  • $89 per further change to ad-source Channels for Media Cloud-managed house ads
  • Integration of clickable links to video ads served via Media Cloud-managed house ads: $129 per link

TV App Video Ad Campaigns (Run over network of ConnectedTV Apps as seen on http://connectedtv-advertising.com):

  • starting from $699 for test-campaigns with 10,000 ad-plays/impressions
  • starting from $5,500 for 100,000 ad-plays/impressions
  • starting from $45,000 for 1,000,000 ad-plays/impressions

Requires a Lightcast Advertiser Account for $225/month (incl. Media Management System & Reporting Tools)

Other Publishing Properties

Alexa Skill:

  • Custom-branded Alexa App: $1,100/Skill

Podcast Channels:

  • Apple Video Podcast: $129/Channel
  • Apple Audio Podcast: $129/Channel
  • YouTube Audio Podcast: $129/Channel
  • Spotify Audio Podcast: $129/Channel
  • TuneIn Audio Podcast: $129/Channel
  • iHeart Radio Podcast: $129/Channel
  • Migration of old/existing Podcast to connect to a new Channel: $280
  • Channel-Exchange-Fee (switching out a VOD/LIVE/AUDIO Channel): $79

OVP Service Add-Ons


24/7 Schedule & Playout System:

  • 24/7 Schedule & Playout System*: $230/month
  • 24/7 Scheduler CSV Importer: Bumper-to-Bumper Auto-Placement from CSV File: please inquire with CustomerCare@Lightcast.com
  • Live Streams in 24/7 Scheduler: Schedule and ingest live-streams into your 24/7 stream from your live-encoder: $195

* Available only with Video Power and larger packages

Player Customizations:

  • Remove Channel Playlist: $95
  • Custom Player Landing Subdomain to exchange player.lightcast.com with your subdomain, such as player.mycompany.com: $390

Pay-Per-View (PPV) Live Event Setup:

  • PPV Live Event Setup on a Custom-Branded Event Landing Page with PPV Player, allowing subscribers to register and login on the player directly + Subscriber Database Account + PPV Realtime Manager to manage upcoming PPV products as well as create new PPV products: $1,600
    More info: https://www.lightcast.com/pay-per-view-live-events
    Demo PPV Landing Page: https://ppvdemo.lightcast.com/
  • App integration fee for PPV events: $450/App (once the PPV OTT Authentication is integrated into an App, it can be used for an unlimited number of PPV events moving forward)

Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) Setup:

  • Extension of the WebApp to handle video purchases (without expiration, meaning purchase not rental) + TVOD interface to add a price to individual videos in your Media Cloud account: $14,000
  • App integration fee (conditional on approval by App Store) and development of dedicated API to allow customer authentication and load purchased videos when signed in (not to purchase in the App, but to load purchases from the WebApp): $4,300/App.

Facebook Streaming

  • Changes to Facebook Archiving (disabling auto-archiving of live-events on Facebook): $125

Upload Service

  • Unlimited Content Transfer & Upload from CROSS.TV: $129
  • Content Transfer & Upload from YouTube or vimeo: $5/file
  • Upload Service with Metadata Ingestion: starting from $20/file
  • Upload Service without Metadata Ingestion: starting from $10/file
  • Large File Upload Service (above 10GB) with Metadata Ingestion: starting from $50/file
  • Large File Upload Service (above 10GB) without Metadata Ingestion: starting from $40/file
  • 4k Upload Service with Metadata Ingestion: starting from $70/file
  • 4k Upload Service without Metadata Ingestion: starting from $60/file

CDN Service Add-Ons

  • Bitrate-Adaptive Cloud Transcoding for LIVE Event Channels (transcodes your live-streams into multiple bitrates on the CDN): $299/month or $2,990/year
  • Bitrate-Adaptive Cloud Transcoding for Linear Stream Channels (transcodes your live-streams into multiple bitrates on the CDN): $799/month or $7,990/year
  • Additional Storage Space: starting at $50/month for 100GB, $100/month for 250GB, $150/month for 500GB, $200/month for 1TB, $500/month for 3TB, $700/month for 5TB, $1,100/month for 10TB and $1,800/month for 20TB
  • Transcoding Subscription (requires a 12-month subscription): starting at $150/month for 50GB/month, $250/month for 100GB/month, $500/month for 250GB/month, $900/month for 500GB/month, $1,200/month for 750GB/month, $1,400/month for 1TB/month, $1,800/month for 1,5TB/month and $2,200/month for 2TB/month.
  • Pulling feeds from third party source for ingestion of live streams (such as pulling & transcoding m3u8 feeds for CDN and multi-platform delivery): $225 Setup fee & $95/live stream/month

Web Development Services

  • “Playing Now / Up Next” feature for 24/7 Streams (for website integration): $850
  • Discounted Pre-Paid WebDev Hours for your Web Development Project: please inquire with customercare@lightcast.com

Custom Feed Development

  • Without LightcastAPI included in package: Feed in standard format for 24/7 streams, VOD-to-LIVE streams or a 24/7 Scheduler Channel (except for scheduled live streams which require the LightcastAPI): $200/Channel
  • With LightcastAPI included in package: All feeds (VOD, 24/7 and/or LIVE): starting from $200/Channel, depending on requirements.
  • Setup fee waived for up to three feeds for Video Power XL and Signature Service Level

API Feed Generator

  • Activation of feed generator in your LightcastAPI for self-configuration of media feeds: $250

Media File Recovery Service

  • Single file download: $85 per file (includes FTP Account Setup). Lower bulk prices are available for 5 or more files.
  • 50 media files: $650. Each additional file $1 per media (e.g. 57 media files = $657)

Website Hosting Packages

  • Basic Hosting: 20GB Storage*, 20GB Bandwidth/month, 5 weekly backups: $82/month
  • Basic+ Hosting: 40GB Storage*, 40GB Bandwidth/month, 5 weekly backups: $128/month
  • Pro Hosting: 100GB Storage*, 100GB Bandwidth/month, 5 weekly backups: $245/month
  • Pro+ Hosting: 200GB Storage*, 200GB Bandwidth/month, 5 weekly backups: $390/month
  • Dedicated Server or Custom Server Environment available upon request.

*Includes images from weekly backups.

Please note that website hosting is only offered for websites built by Lightcast.

Website Support Packages

  • Basic: 24/7 email & ticket support, 1hr update service/month, 72hr update response, ongoing SysAdmin & Server Updates, urgent technical issues resolved within 48hrs: $79/month
  • Pro: 24/7 email & ticket support, 2hr update service/month, 48hr update response, ongoing SysAdmin & Server Updates, urgent technical issues resolved within 24hrs: $99/month