OpenTV ION app publication for operators

Overview

There are five phases in the OpenTV ION app publication process:

• Phase 1 – prerequisites: initiating publication with the app store, understanding roles and responsibilities

• Phase 2 – preparation: organising the content and customising the app with operators' branding

• Phase 3 – verification: E2E app testing and verification with the app store guidelines

• Phase 4 – signing: preparing the app for publication using the operators' legal entity

• Phase 5 – submission: publishing the app

Parties involved in publishing the OpenTV ION app:

• Operator – owns the content rights, owns the app store account, and is legally responsible for the OpenTV ION app in the app store.

• NAGRAVISION – the OpenTV ION app developer, provides signed app software.

• App Store – Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung, and LG on each of their respective app stores and have their own submission processes.

Information flow

Phase 1 – enrolling in the app store developer account

• Operators must initiate the submission process to the app store as the legal relationship is between the app store and the operator.

• Operators must enrol with each of the app stores (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) and create a developer account with each store.

• Operators will be legally and financially responsible for the published app.

Phase 2 – preparing the app for submission

Operators to supply:

• Video content for the app

• App icons for the launcher

• Branding and configuration (see the branding and configuration guide)

• Additional content for the app store catalog:

  • Legal entity

  • App name

• Content to merchandise the app for app store catalog:

  • Hero artwork

  • App screenshots

  • App description

Phase 3 – app testing and verification

• The application will be tested with the operators' content and metadata.

• NAGRAVISION has an app submission template that follows each of the store guidelines. 
  Changes that are outside the template risk submission rejection; guidelines can be found here:

  • Amazon (FireTV) guidelines

  • Apple guidelines

  • Google guidelines

Phase 4 – signing the app

• The OpenTV ION app is signed using the operator's app store certificate, provided by the app store.

Phase 5 – submitting the app

• Operators submit the OpenTV ION app and complete the store application process to the app store. The app store submission process can be found here:

  • Amazon (FireTV) submission process

  • Apple submission process

  • Google submission process

Roles and responsibilities

• NAGRAVISION acts as the app developer and provides signed software.

• OPERATORS own the developer account and ongoing relationships with the stores and deployed apps.

• APP STORES, each organization has its own unique submission processes for their app stores

Operators

Are responsible for:

• App store account ownership

• Content/content rights

• Legal and financial (in-app purchases) contact to the app store

• Providing app store metadata: app name, legal entity name

• App store publication

• Testing the app (together with NAGRAVISION)

• Making sure the app follows the app store guidelines and regulations

App stores (Amazon, Apple, Google, etc.)

Are responsible for:

• App store submission guidelines

• Test suite for app submission process

• Final deciding body on whether the app can be published in the app store

NAGRAVISION

Is responsible for:

• Developing, maintaining and delivering signed software (OpenTV ION app) branded and configured for operators.

• App customisation per operator's requirements

• Helping operators submit app metadata: hero artwork, app screenshots, descriptions, etc.

• System integration validation before final publishing of application