How to build your own multi-channel streaming network as an independent creator
On Plink you can build exactly that, free: your profile is the network, you make as many channels as you want (say a comedy channel with three shows, a horror channel with two and a sci-fi channel with one), every show gets its own poster, seasons and episodes, and you keep every right to all of it. Paid white-label tools such as Viloud, Strimm or Uscreen are the other route: they give you your own domain, branded apps and 24/7 scheduled linear channels, but you bring every viewer yourself. Plink trades the custom domain for a built-in audience and free competitions that put your work in front of new viewers.
Setting it up on Plink
- Name the networkYour profile name and handle are the network. Pick something you would put on a poster.
- Make one channel per laneComedy, horror, sci-fi. Name each for the kind of work, not for a single show, so new shows have a home.
- Add the showsEach show goes on the channel that fits it, with a poster and a one-line logline.
- Upload seasons and episodesNumber them so viewers can watch in order. Older work counts: it makes the network look established from day one.
- Credit everyoneEach credited person gets a page with the film on it and will share it.
- Enter one episode in a competitionOptional, free, and the fastest way for strangers to find the rest of the network.
Plink or a white-label OTT platform?
| Plink | White-label OTT (Viloud, Strimm, Uscreen) | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Usually a paid plan for the hosting and apps |
| Your own domain and apps | No, your network lives on plink.video | Yes, branded site and TV or phone apps |
| 24/7 scheduled linear channels | No, viewers watch on demand | Yes, on some of them |
| Audience | Built in, plus competitions that bring strangers to your work | You bring every viewer yourself |
| Ownership | You keep every right | You keep every right |
Questions people ask
Can I have more than one channel on Plink?
Yes, as many as you want, each with its own shows.
Can I have different genres on different channels?
Yes. That is what channels are for: one per kind of work.
Do I lose ownership by putting my network on Plink?
No. You keep every right; Plink only streams your work on Plink.