What is a Live Event?

A live event is a scheduled broadcast that allows you to stream content in real-time to your audience. You can create a live event in two ways:

1. Create a live event directly from the Schedule events page.

2. Use an event template for repeating events. It is covered in this guide.

Why do I need a Live Event?

The channel requires you to provide the broadcast time and, if using the RMS type of source, update the ingest setup. By creating a live event, you can advertise the start time to your viewers, ensuring they know when to tune in.

How to create a Live Event from a template?

1. Navigate to Live Streaming > Event Templates. This opens the list view displaying all scheduled, running, or expired events.

2. Click Create live event. This will open the Create live event form. 

3. Your fields will be automatically filled with the template values. If not, set them up or edit them on this stage.

Create Live Event additional fields

• Start date: This is the day based on your local machine’s clock.

• Start time: This is the event start time that you will advertise to your viewers. On the channel’s live event page, your stream will display this time and date.

• Time zone: This will default to your local machine’s time zone. You can change it if necessary.

  Duration: This is the expected duration of your live stream. It is used for scheduling and reserves the channel and live source for this amount of time beginning at the start time of your event.

  Duration does not automatically stop your event.

• Restricted access: If you require viewers to enter an access code, you can enable the "Require an access code to view the stream" option.. Learn more.

Once you finish up your settings and select Create live Event, you’ll be redirected to the created Event in the Schedule events section.

Check and edit your settings, get the embedding code, or add attachments from this page.

Ready to Go Live?

Learn more about how to preview and go live.