Capabilities

Live Events

One tap on a phone. Every screen in the room changes.

Live Events puts your run of show in one person's hand. Plan the segments of your event, send one link, and switch whole groups of screens in about a second. There is no app to install and no login to remember.

See how it works

Try it. Tap a segment on the phone and watch the screens follow. This is a drawn illustration of the control deck, the page that your operator opens.

Product launchLive

All zones

Main hall 4 screens

On air: Doors open
WelcomeDoors open 9:00
KeynoteLive captions
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

WelcomeDoors open 9:00
KeynoteLive captions
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

WelcomeDoors open 9:00
KeynoteLive captions
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

WelcomeDoors open 9:00
KeynoteLive captions
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

Foyer 3 screens

On air: Doors open
WelcomeDoors open 9:00
Keynote on stageMain hall, this way
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

WelcomeDoors open 9:00
Keynote on stageMain hall, this way
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

WelcomeDoors open 9:00
Keynote on stageMain hall, this way
Our sponsors

showing Doors open

Standby

Spare screen

content ready

Recent actions

  1. Doors open, all zones

From plan to on air in four steps

Your team plans the event once, in the CMS. On the day, the operator needs only the link.

  1. Plan the event

    Group your screens into zones and list the segments of your show. Each segment becomes one button.

    Your team, in the CMS
  2. Send one link

    Start the event, then send the operator link or show its QR code. It opens in any phone browser.

    Your team, in the CMS
  3. Tap to switch

    Each tap changes every screen in the zone. The button reads ON AIR, so the operator knows that it landed.

    The operator, on a phone
  4. End the event

    Press End event. Every screen returns to its normal schedule within a few seconds.

    Your team, in the CMS

What happens in the second after a tap

The switch travels out to the screens, and the confirmation travels back. The operator never has to walk the floor to check.

Operator's phoneDisplay ScienceScreens in the zoneabout one second1. The operator taps a segment2. The switch goes to every screen3. Screens change to the segmentThe screen does not reload4. Each screen confirms what it shows5. The button reads ON AIRSolid line: the switchDashed line: the confirmation

Each segment shows one of three things

Ads loopSponsor reel, welcome reel, menu

An ads loop

A set of your videos and images that plays in a loop. Use it for sponsors, welcome messages and anything that you already run on your screens.

Live pageScores, captions, agenda, social wall

A live web page

Any web page that allows embedding. Use it for a scoreboard, live captions, a schedule or a social wall.

A black screen

Every screen goes dark on cue. Use it for a reveal, a minute of silence or the moment that the house lights go down.

One tap, the right content in every room

A zone is a group of screens that always change together. One segment can carry different content for each zone, so a single tap gives every room what it needs.

Keynote one tap, all zones

Main hall zone

KeynoteLive captions

The audience reads live captions beside the stage.

Foyer zone

Keynote on stageMain hall, this way

Late arrivals see where to go.

Expo floor zone

Visit the standsSponsor reel

Sponsors keep their airtime while the keynote runs.

A spare screen takes over in about a second

Standby screens load the content of every zone once the event starts. If a screen fails during the show, the operator moves a spare into its zone from the same phone.

A screen fails

Foyer 1
Foyer 2
Spare

The failed screen turns red in the screen list on the deck.

The operator moves the spare

Foyer 1
To standby
To Foyer

One choice on the deck puts the spare in the Foyer zone.

The zone is whole again

Foyer 1
Spare, on air
Standby

The spare shows the segment of the zone, with no wait for a download.

What keeps the show on air

Every screen answers back

Each screen reports the segment that it shows. The operator sees what is on air, screen by screen.

Trouble turns red

A screen that stops answering, or cannot play the content, turns red on the deck and in the CMS.

Spares are ready

Standby screens carry the content of every zone, so a replacement is a move, not a setup job.

Strict venue networks

If a venue blocks live messaging, screens check in every two seconds instead. A tap still lands in one to three seconds.

You control the link

The link stops at the end time of the event. Extend it, or replace it in one click. Every old copy stops at once.

Every tap on record

The action log keeps each tap, move, start and end, with its time and where it came from.

Your normal schedule stays as it is

A live event changes what the screens play, and only until the event ends. Your advertisements, playlists and schedules stay untouched.

Normal schedule

Screens play their usual loop.

Start eventEnd event

Live event

The operator decides what plays. No timer and no schedule moves the content.

Normal schedule

Screens return within a few seconds.

Questions we hear

Does the operator need an account or an app?

No. The operator link opens the control deck in a phone browser, and it needs no login. The link is the key, so send it to one person and send it privately. If it reaches the wrong person, replace it in one click and every old copy stops.

How fast is a switch?

About one second from tap to screen. At a venue that blocks live messaging, screens check in every two seconds instead, and a tap lands in one to three seconds.

How early do we start the event?

Start it well before doors open. Screens join within about two minutes of the start, and then they download the content of the event. An early start gives every screen time to finish before the first tap.

Can we change the event while it runs?

Yes. Your team can change the content of a segment, remove a screen or move a screen between zones while the event is live. A removed screen returns to its normal schedule within a few seconds.

Which web pages work as a live page?

Any page that allows another site to embed it. Some sites refuse embedding for security reasons, so test each page before the day of the event.

Where this helps

See a live event run on your own screens

Bring your run of show. We build the zones and segments with you and hand you the phone.