This is your guide on how to broadcast your sport live

Your smartphone or tablet, a stable internet connection and the Solidsport Broadcast app is everything you need to get started with streaming your games or events in a smooth and professional way. Here is our beginners guide on how to take your sport live and make professional sport broadcasts with an easy setup.

Step 1 – Create your channel

If you haven’t already, then you start by creating your unique streaming channel. It’s completely free to start a channel and broadcast on Solidsport. Here you will be able to upload your games or events, monetize all live streams and follow all transactions and revenue that you generate on your channel.

Step 2 – Create a live stream for your event or game

For games

1. Go to your admin dashboard by pressing “Admin” in the left side menu.
2. Then choose “Games” in the menu.
3. Press “Create game” and fill in the necessary information about the game you want to broadcast. Minimum price is 3€.
4. Once the game is created, it’s time to activate the live broadcast. 

Note! If your team logo does not appear when your game has been created then your club needs to be verified. Please contact us at cs@solidsport.com to get help with this!

For events

1. Go to your admin dashboard by pressing “Admin” in the left side menu.
2. Then choose “Live” in the admin menu.
3. Press “create livestream” and fill in the necessary information about your livestream and choose your pay-per-view price under the tab bar “Access”. Minimum price is 3€.

Step 2,5 Create a test stream

So basically the same thing as creating a stream for your game or event, but this step is important because you want to make sure that you know what you are doing before the actual game or event starts. So, to be on the safe side, you can create a test stream and see if everything works just like it should. 

Watch the video guide on how to create the test stream

Step 3 – Secure your internet connection

To be able to make a good and professional broadcast you must ensure that you have a good internet connection in the arena or on the field that you stream from. Wi-Fi or 4G is in most cases good enough but best is always to get access to a wired network.  If you are unsure about your connection, then test it out by using Speedtest.net or similar services. We recommend a speed of at least 10 mbit upload although it sometimes works just fine with 2-3 mbit if the connection is stable.

Step 4 – Check your equipment

Before you start to broadcast it is always important to make sure that your equipment is all set. These are the steps we recommend you go through before starting to broadcast your game or event.

1. Filming with a tripod gives your audience a stable and better picture of the stream.
2. Make sure you have enough battery on your phone or tablet, it’s always a good idea to bring a power bank just in case you start running low on battery.