City council meetings, planning hearings, public-access programming, emergency briefings — native Apple TV, Roku, and Fire TV apps for your municipality. No developer, no agency, no six-figure RFP.
Used by city TV stations across the US · Multi-app accounts supported
How city TV stations use Tappla
Most cities start with one app for their primary Government Access channel, then add a second for Educational or Public Access programming. Tappla supports as many apps as your municipality runs.
Stream council meetings, planning hearings, and budget discussions live. Archive the recordings so residents can watch on their schedule, on the big screen.
Replace your aging cable PEG channel with native apps on every streaming stick your residents own — Apple TV, Roku, and Fire TV.
School board meetings, public-access community programs, civic education content — separate Showcases per channel, all under one branded city app.
Press conferences, severe-weather updates, public safety briefings — live HLS stream URL takes home-screen prominence during a declared emergency.
Use what your city already has
Your city probably already pays for video hosting (Vimeo, a CDN, or an internal server) and a streaming encoder for live meetings. Tappla plugs into whatever you have — no IT-system overhaul, no procurement detour.
One-click connection. Council meeting recordings auto-sync to your TV apps every 36-48 hours. Add Showcase per topic (council, planning, school board) — Tappla merges them with proper categorization.
The same feed URL works. Tappla's Roku SDK builder generates a new native PKG under your existing Channel Store listing — your subscribers stay, your bookmarks stay.
Paste the public HLS stream URL. Live council meetings appear prominently on the app home screen during meeting hours; drop off when you stop streaming.
Copy your video URLs into Tappla. We don't move your videos — they stay on your infrastructure, under your control.
Native, not a wrapper
Tappla generates real Roku SDK packages, real tvOS apps, and real Fire TV (Android) APKs — submitted through your city's Apple Developer and Roku Developer accounts. The App Store listing carries your municipality's legal name. You own the listings. If you ever switch providers, the apps stay yours.
What you don't need
Custom municipal-TV-app projects from agencies start at $20K-$100K and stretch over 6+ months. Tappla replaces the agency, the developer, and the per-platform vendor — for $99/month per app.
Recommended plan for cities
Apple TV, native Roku SDK channel, live HLS stream support, and ongoing Apple/Roku compliance updates — all included. No setup fees, no contract length, no per-platform pricing tricks.
Premium
One app, all three platforms. Multi-app cities (Government + Educational + Public Access) get billed per app under one login.
Start free trialNeed a Master Services Agreement, W-9, or vendor onboarding form? Email us — we know the city procurement drill.
Used by city TV stations across the US
From single-channel municipal TV to multi-app cities running Government Access, Educational, and Public Access programming — local government communications teams ship native TV apps with Tappla.
FAQ for local government
It usually does, yes. Local-government Apple Developer Account enrollment typically takes 4-8 weeks because of procurement coordination (DUNS verification, City Attorney sign-off, IT approval). The good news: many cities discover their IT department already has an existing Apple Developer organization account from a previous app — that one can usually be reused for your TV apps. Tappla submits through whichever account you have. We can start the Roku build in parallel while your Apple Developer enrollment goes through.
Every monthly charge generates a PDF invoice with your municipality's legal name, address, and tax-ID, emailed automatically to your billing contact. You can also download any past invoice from the dashboard. We're used to the multi-app, multi-department invoicing pattern — separate invoices per app are available if your finance team needs them by department.
Yes. Many cities run a Government Access channel, an Educational/School Board channel, and sometimes a Public Access channel all under one Tappla login. Each app has its own branding, its own video sources, its own Apple App Store + Roku Channel Store listing — but billing and account management stay in one place.
Yes. By default Tappla submits through your Roku Developer Account, but if your IT department prefers to handle the upload to the Roku Channel Store, we hand you the signed PKG file and you upload it through the Roku Developer Dashboard. Your call.
No. Roku Direct Publisher was discontinued in January 2024, but the migration path keeps your existing channel ID and subscribers intact. Tappla generates a new SDK PKG that replaces your DP build under the same channel listing — viewers don't notice the migration, and you don't lose audience or App Store reviews.
No. Tappla connects to wherever your videos already live — Vimeo, your city's CDN, JSON / MRSS feed, or HLS stream URLs. We don't host video, we just package the apps and pull from your existing source.
You point Tappla at your existing live HLS stream URL — whether that's from your existing PEG-channel encoder, a streaming provider like Boxcast or BoxCast, or a CDN. The live stream appears prominently on the app home screen during meeting hours, then drops down once you stop streaming. The archived recording (uploaded to Vimeo or your CDN) appears in the on-demand list.
Tappla passes through whatever captions your video source provides. If you're on Vimeo, captions you've uploaded there appear automatically in the TV apps. For HLS streams, Tappla supports CEA-608/708 captions baked into the stream. We can't generate captions for you — that's on your video pipeline — but we won't strip them out either.
Tappla's build is typically under a week. Roku Channel Store approval is usually 1-2 weeks. Apple App Store review is 1-2 weeks. The Apple Developer Account procurement (City Attorney + DUNS) is the long pole — budget 4-8 weeks for that if you don't already have one. Most cities go live on Roku and Fire TV in 3-4 weeks; Apple TV follows 2-6 weeks later.
City TV deployments typically use the Premium plan ($99/month per app) — covers Apple TV, native Roku SDK channel, and live HLS stream support. Multi-app cities (Government + Educational + Public Access) get billed per app. No setup fees, no annual contract. Apple charges $99/year for the Developer Program; Roku Developer is free.