There is no reference to Lightcast within any apps we develop and launch for our clients. All apps are 100% white-label and completely designed in your corporate design and branding. In fact, through the Lightcast Media Cloud, our customers are able to control all logos, graphics, images and content of their apps.
On the websites of the app stores, however, the app stores themselves may want to display the name of the developer in order to disclose to the public who the developer is. This may be important to app stores in order to show the public whom to blame if an app malfunctions. In such cases, the Lightcast.com developer reference is added automatically by the app stores when an app is published and it is outside of our control, as it is up to the app stores to reference the name of the developer somewhere in the fine print of their app store.
As one of our services to our clients we submit apps through Lightcast's developer accounts wherever possible so our clients don't need to setup developer accounts themselves for each app, to help our customers spare themselves of the time-consuming and complicated process involved with setting up new developer accounts for each app store. Some app stores may require it, but on those app stores which allow a syndicated submission of apps through the developer’s own developer account, the many advantages should be utilized.
Advantages:
1. Faster approval time for apps and app updates through Lightcast's developer accounts due to our long-term relationship with app stores.
2. Time efficient communication between the app platform's review team and our developers instead of you having to constantly monitor your email inboxes for correspondence from app stores and forward all email communication in a timely manner between us and the app-stores back and forth.
3. The chances of your apps and app updates being approved are higher.
4. Apps remain in the Lightcast App Framework with all of its benefits, such as Framework-based updates and less-expensive custom app development due to the most efficient development environment.
5. No need for time-consuming verifications of developer accounts on your end, prior to submission of your apps.