Live Events
Broadcast and present a Live event.
Ways to broadcast a Live event
We offer multiple ways to broadcast no matter the scale of your event, the venue, or the location...
Join the Live Studio
To moderate or present at a live event, enter the Live Studio and connect your audio or video. Th...
Add a virtual background to your webcam or video stream
The Webcast service does not currently offer virtual backgrounds; however, if you're broadcasting...
Add live captioning to an event
For Live events with StreamText captions only. The Webcast service does not have a built-in live ...
Change the event window layout during a live event
During a Live event, you can change the layout of the event window that the audience sees to feat...
Encoder stream bit rates (ABR and CBR)
Constant Bit Rate (CBR) Encoder Events (Recommended) You are only required to send one stream (p...
How do I broadcast using an encoder?
To access the information needed to connect your encoder for the event, click the Media Encoder S...
Live stream bit rates
Presenter Video, Screen Share (video bridge), and Inline Videos If you're broadcasting telephone...
Presenter Best Practices
Below are a list of best practices for presenters: What should a presenter have available for th...
Share a video during a Live event
In the Live Studio, the Overlay Videos tab shows all uploaded videos. From here, you and other pr...
Stream optimization
It is important for any webcasting professional to understand if their network is ready to suppor...
Video Bridge
Video Bridge Guide for Presenters and Guest Admins
A video bridge allows presenters to connect to an event and broadcast from different camera sourc...
About the video bridge (moderators)
As a moderator, you have full control of presenters and video bridge functions. You can share you...
About presenter webcam layouts
On the video bridge, you can choose how you want to arrange presenter webcams and which presenter...
Change the presenter webcam layout on the video bridge
Change the webcam layout to display more presenters during the Live event. By default, the Single...
Pin presenter webcams on the video bridge
By default, voice-activated camera switching is turned on and controls who is on stage. If you'd...
Video Bridge Events - Speaker Can't Connect
Connecting Using a Webcam If a presenter can connect to the Video Bridge but cannot be seen/he...