Your live streaming event is about to start. How will you manage if the internet connection suddenly drops?
Live streaming relies on a stable connection, but what if it drops? Stay one step ahead with these strategies:
- Have a backup internet source ready, such as a mobile hotspot or a secondary wired connection.
- Prepare pre-recorded content to keep your audience engaged while resolving connectivity issues.
- Communicate proactively with your audience about potential disruptions and have a contingency plan in place.
How do you handle technical difficulties during live events? Share your experience.
Your live streaming event is about to start. How will you manage if the internet connection suddenly drops?
Live streaming relies on a stable connection, but what if it drops? Stay one step ahead with these strategies:
- Have a backup internet source ready, such as a mobile hotspot or a secondary wired connection.
- Prepare pre-recorded content to keep your audience engaged while resolving connectivity issues.
- Communicate proactively with your audience about potential disruptions and have a contingency plan in place.
How do you handle technical difficulties during live events? Share your experience.
-
Think about bonded cellular backup solutions or satellite Internet backup, which would which would give you a fail of option that is not reliant on local venue, infrastructure, although it would still be reliant on regional infrastructure
-
Planning and having redundancy are cruical.Ensure your provider is skilled, and they can bond and aggregate networks. Here's what streemU do: Find out what networks are available, provide additional where needed and utilise the all in congruence to mitigate these concerns. This includes: Ethernet (in house) Cellular (min 2x SIMs, different carriers) WiFi (venue or hot spot) & Satellite (Starlink). We've had remote scenarios where we've used 2x Starlinks, & in mobile situations (tracking vehicles) having different SIM cards & Starlink avoids signal loss and pesky handovers. You don't need network engineers either. We have a status panel with helpful tips such as 'cable unplugged', latency and all connections & fixes are automated.
-
And that is why for every big event we plan with live streaming involving internet to be a part, we always a joyful and interactive anchor to keep the crowd running. If the fund supports, we accommodate people like the famous RJ's to take up the lead. Adding to this, our event focusses more on the on-field visibility and engagement, so electricity just is a catalyst here. If it isn't here, the show still goes on! Regards, +91 87770 45982, Aashirwaad Events
-
In such a case, unless you can find an alternative internet source (such as a mobile hotspot), there is not much that can be done at the time. An alternative strategy would be to record the demo and post it to view later.
-
If the internet connection drops during a live-streaming event, have a contingency plan in place, such as a backup connection or pre-recorded content that can be aired temporarily. Communicate the issue transparently to the audience and work with your tech team to resolve it quickly. Post-event, consider offering a recording of the stream as a follow-up.
Rate this article
More relevant reading
-
Live StreamingHow do you test and monitor your live stream bitrate and resolution?
-
Video ProductionWhat are the most effective ways to distribute a TV production internationally?
-
Media ProductionWhat are the challenges of producing TV genres and formats for streaming platforms?
-
Video ProductionWhat are the best ways to compress 4K video for streaming?