Kids VOD platform with kids mode on every profile

A subscriber account can hold several viewer profiles, each with a name and an avatar chosen from the picker. Any profile can be switched into kids mode. When the family opens the app, the profile chooser shows the profiles and the child taps theirs. From then on the catalog they browse is the catalog with age-restricted titles withheld. The parent’s own profile on the same account is unaffected, so the account serves the whole household.

Every video, episode and audio item in the admin has an age-restriction flag. It is a single yes or no, not a graded rating, and it is your editorial call. A mixed catalog flags the titles meant for older viewers; a service that is entirely for children may never set the flag at all and still use kids mode for the interface and the profile separation. Flags can be changed at any time and take effect on the next browse.

Children’s catalogs are episodic. A series in Flicknexs has seasons and episodes, each episode with its own artwork, description, subtitles, publish time and access rule. A child who finishes one episode is on a series page that leads to the next. The age flag can be set on the series and on individual episodes, which matters for a show that shifts tone in a later season aimed at older viewers.

Each video or episode accepts subtitle file uploads in multiple languages from the admin language catalog, and the player offers the caption track selection. For a kids service this doubles as a reading aid and a way to serve a bilingual household from one title. Upload WebVTT files; the upload does not validate the format, so check a track in the player before publishing an episode.

Each title is free, inside one or more subscription plans, or sold per view, with free preview minutes available on any of them. A common kids pattern is a permanently free set of episodes that a parent can trust before subscribing, a subscription library, and occasional paid specials. The purchase step runs on the account, not the child’s profile, through the gateways you connect on the website or store billing in the phone apps.

Accounts keep a continue-watching row with resume positions and a watch-later list, and viewers can like, comment and wishlist where you allow it. Continue watching is kept per account rather than per profile, which is described honestly in the limits below. For a family with one child it works as expected; for a household with several children sharing one account the row mixes their progress.

Switching between profiles on the account, including from a kids-mode profile to an adult profile, is not protected by a code. A child who taps the parent’s avatar reaches the parent’s catalog. Flicknexs does not offer a PIN on profiles. Say this plainly in your help pages and, if your catalog contains adult material, consider whether a separate account for children is the safer structure for your service.

The age-restriction flag is a single yes or no per title. There are no graded age bands enforced by the platform, so you cannot set a profile to allow titles up to a certain age. If your catalog needs graded bands, use categories to label them for parents and use the single flag to separate the titles that must never appear in kids mode. The editorial rule is yours to write down.

Resume positions and the continue-watching row belong to the subscriber account. Two children on one account with separate kids profiles will see each other’s progress in that row. Watch-later and wishlist are account-level too. Kids mode and the avatar are per profile, which is what separates what each child can browse; progress is what they share.

The platform does not offer screen-time limits per profile, parent-facing viewing reports by profile, or a queue where a parent approves titles before a child sees them. Analytics gives you, the operator, watch time and completion per account and title. Parents get the profile separation and your editorial flagging, and anything beyond that is a rule you describe in your own terms of use.

Viewers can comment, like and dislike where you leave those features on. There are no moderation tools for comments in the platform code. For a kids service the safe setting is to keep comments off on titles children reach, so you never run a public comment thread under a preschool episode. Likes are harmless and can stay on.