All guides
- Bright SDK alternatives after the LG and Samsung ban
What the 2026 residential proxy SDK ban means for TV apps, and compliant ways to replace that income.
- Rewarded ads for Smart TV games
Where to place rewarded video in a TV game, remote and BACK key handling, reward rules and code.
- QR code ads on TV: scan-to-reward
How QR ads work in TV games and apps, QR size and quiet zone at 1080p, and honest scan-rate expectations.
- app-ads.txt for Samsung and LG TV apps
Developer URLs, store ID formats, crawler gaps on LG, sellers.json and how to check it works.
- TIFA, LGUDID and WAID: advertising IDs on Smart TVs
How to read each platform's ID, Limit Ad Tracking, consent in the EU and fallback install IDs.
- TV in-app purchases: Samsung Checkout vs Paymentwall
Selling items and subscriptions on Tizen and webOS, remote-friendly checkout, and mixing IAP with ads.
Platform guides
Start with the Smart TV app monetization overview, or go straight to a platform:
- Tizen monetization
Packaged web apps, Samsung Checkout for IAP, TIFA as advertising ID. Public Sellers can launch only in the US.
- LG webOS monetization
No public LG ads API, LG billing discontinued in favor of Paymentwall, LGUDID needs user agreement.
- Whale TV monetization
Hosted HTML5 apps on 400+ TV brands, an ad program with three revenue models, WAID in ad macros.
- Titan OS monetization
Hosted HTML5 apps on Philips and AOC TVs in Europe, 2 to 4 weeks of QA, an advertising ID in the Titan SDK.