Add a live event

Add a live event stream for your live channel

After creating a live channel and configuring your encoder settings, you can create and broadcast a live event stream to your audience:

  • Support 12-hour event streams
  • Enable seamless workflows with hands-off publishing
  • Provide live event streams that instantly convert to video replay after broadcasting has finished
  • Stream live events to your web players, mobile apps, apps, and social media platforms


Prerequisites

ItemDescription
Live streaming entitlementEntitlement for live streaming

For more information, contact your JWP representative.
Live channelGrouping of live event streaming settings

Live events must be tied to a live channel.
App config entitlementEntitlement to use the app config

App config entitlement also enables the content types feature.

For more information, contact your JWP representative.
Content types loaded to propertyType of media based on shared custom parameters

To access the Live Event content type, load default content types to your JWP property.


Add a live event

You can create individual live events to be part of your live channel.

Follow this step to create and register a live event in the JWP dashboard:

  1. Create a live stream.

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    Be sure to select Live Event from the Content Type dropdown menu as part of step 7.



Add live event metadata

Follow these steps to add metadata to your live event:

  1. From your Media Library, select a live event. The media details page appears.

  2. Edit your content metadata.

  3. Under the Content Type section, fill out the related Live Event fields.


    Field Description
    Free Flag indicating whether content access is free or paid

    Use the following step to configure this field:
    1. Click the Yes or No radio button.
    Product IDs JWP identifiers of subscription assets that allow access to the content

    Use the following step to configure this field:
    1. In the textbox, enter a comma-separated list of all assets with content access.

  4. Click Save.