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Codeeo offers video streaming app development Los Angeles producers, creators and niche networks can launch under their own name. From production offices in Burbank and Culver City to creator teams in Santa Monica and Playa Vista, the brief is usually the same: put a catalog or a live show on phones, web and connected TVs, protect it the way the rights contracts demand, and make subscriptions or ads pay for it, all while meeting California's demanding privacy and auto renewal rules.
We are a team of 80+ in Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi with 200+ projects delivered across the UAE and the US. There is no Codeeo office in California. We work with Los Angeles clients remotely, holding discovery, design critiques and build demos by video call.
200+ companies across the US and the UAEFrom a first store to a listed developer
What goes into the build
Los Angeles clients tend to arrive with content already made and contracts already signed. A distributor has license agreements that specify DRM levels and territories. A creator has a following on social video and wants a paid tier that does not depend on an algorithm. A studio has festival titles that need watermarked screeners before any public release.
So the build starts from rights and revenue rather than screens. California law then shapes the data layer: the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA, the state's wiretap based lawsuits over tracking tools, and the Automatic Renewal Law for subscriptions. The capabilities below reflect that order of priority, and each one can be scoped in or deferred to a later release.
Every title carries its license start and end dates, permitted territories, platforms and ad rules as metadata. The app enforces them automatically, so a series licensed only for US viewers on subscription tiers never appears to a free tier viewer or a traveler abroad. Editors can see at a glance which titles expire this month.
Contract terms enforced by software, not by memory.
Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady through a single multi-DRM service, with hardware backed security levels for HD and 4K where licensors require them, plus session based forensic watermarking that traces a leaked copy back to the account that played it.
Licensors see protection that matches their delivery specs.
Private, invitation only rooms for festival programmers, sales agents, awards voters and press, with per viewer watermarks, view limits, expiry dates and viewing logs. Screeners sit on the same platform as the public release, so nothing is uploaded twice.
Controlled previews without emailing download links.
Tiered memberships, early access windows, pay per view premieres, bundles with merchandise and fan messaging for creators who want their audience on a list they own. Web checkout with Apple Pay and Google Pay sits beside App Store and Google Play billing. Comments and live chat include moderation queues so a premiere stays on topic.
Revenue that does not hinge on a social platform's feed.
Server side ad insertion with VAST and VMAP, frequency caps, SCTE-35 markers for linear feeds and a scheduled FAST channel built from your library. Ad requests carry only the data your consent records allow, which matters under California law.
Library titles earning from viewers who will not subscribe.
Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Google TV, Samsung Tizen and LG webOS apps with fast rails, autoplay previews that respect user settings, and code based sign in from a phone. Picture quality settings and HDR support are tested on real hardware rather than emulators.
Your work looks the way it was graded.
Los Angeles households watch in Spanish, Korean, Armenian, Tagalog and many other languages. We support alternate audio tracks, subtitle files in several languages, and an interface that can switch language, alongside closed captions that meet FCC rules for anything previously broadcast on US television.
One release reaching audiences across the county's languages.
Access, deletion, correction and opt out requests handled under the CCPA as amended by the CPRA, a clear Do Not Sell or Share choice, recognition of Global Privacy Control signals, and limits on sensitive data. Tracking scripts load only after the right consent, which lowers exposure to CIPA style pixel claims.
Privacy requests from Californians handled from one place.
Sign up screens that state renewal terms clearly and capture express consent, stored proof of that consent, annual reminders, and online cancellation as simple as the original sign up, built to the amended California Automatic Renewal Law that took effect in July 2025.
Subscriptions that renew lawfully and cancel cleanly.
Dashboards for plays, minutes watched, completion and revenue by title, territory and tier, with exports formatted for licensor statements and for the participation or residual calculations your contracts and talent agreements may require. Figures reconcile against store payouts and processor reports.
Statements to partners built from the same data viewers create.
Who this is for
The Los Angeles market is crowded with people who know video production well and app delivery less well. That is a useful starting point: the content, color grading and sound are already right, and the job is to protect and present them on every screen. The four profiles below are the ones that come to us most often, and each one shapes the first release differently, from rights tooling for distributors to community features for ministries and studios. Many Los Angeles projects mix two profiles, such as a creator who also licenses a documentary, and the same platform can carry both.
You hold a library of features, documentaries or series and want a direct subscription or ad supported service beside your existing licensing deals. We ingest from your mezzanine files and delivery specs, map rights metadata, add multi-DRM and watermarking, and produce statements your licensors and partners can reconcile. A FAST channel can follow once the on demand service is stable.
Rights mapping usually decides the launch date, not code.
Hosts, filmmakers, comedians and educators with a large social following want a home where fans pay them directly. We keep the first release tight: membership tiers, a premiere schedule, live streams with chat, and community posts, with your email and payment relationships held in your own accounts rather than a platform's. Clip tools let your editors cut short highlights from a live show and post them back to social channels, pulling new fans toward the paid tier.
Early access drops are often the first paid feature.
Studios on the Westside and in West Hollywood and Silver Lake carry a loyal in person following that travels or moves away. We build on demand class libraries, live classes with instructor cameras, program calendars and memberships that combine studio visits with streaming, with any health or wearable data collected only on consent. Instructors can teach from a home setup when they are away, and the archive grows with every class.
California treats health related data as sensitive.
Churches across the county, film programs and arts nonprofits want a place for services, student showcases or lectures with donations or tuition attached. We add giving flows, gated course content, student uploads with review queues, and captions on everything so learners and members with hearing loss are included. Showcase nights can stream live to families who cannot attend in person.
Student work and minors' data get their own access rules.
How we work together
Independent studios and creators usually start with a fixed scope release, then move onto a monthly retainer that covers new TV platforms, premiere events and store policy changes. Distributors with continuous catalog deliveries often prefer a dedicated team that joins their release planning and handles ingest alongside new features. All three models are remote, run on shared project boards, and keep every decision written down so producers, lawyers and finance teams see the same record. Production calendars here move fast, so retainers include a small reserve of capacity for unplanned premieres, trailer drops and partner launches.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We favor proven media components: industry standard players, cloud encoding or open source packagers, a multi-DRM provider and mainstream ad servers. Native code is used where TV platforms demand it, and shared code where it saves effort without hurting playback quality. Mezzanine files are processed in your own cloud storage, and encoding profiles are tuned to your content, since animation, dark drama and fast sports each need different ladders.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
Rights mapping and platform count set the pace more than code.
A creator app on phones and web with a modest library moves quickly. A distributor launch with multi-DRM, territorial rights, ad insertion and five TV platforms takes considerably longer, and Apple, Google and TV platform reviews add their own time. If you are aiming at a festival, premiere or awards window, tell us early and we plan the scope backwards from that date. Delivery of final artwork, trailers and caption files from your side also affects the date, so we list those inputs in the plan.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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