
Phillip Dowden, Assistant Athletic Director at Evangel University, shared his plans for providing their fans with a Front Row experience this upcoming year.
Phillip Dowden, Assistant Athletic Director at Evangel University, shared his plans for providing their fans with a Front Row experience this upcoming year.
Once you’ve invested time and resources in creating a product, you naturally want to know what people think of it. You’d also be smart to gather all the information you can about who’s using it and how they’re using it so you can make the product better. (Will someone please tell HubSpot that users need to be able to associate a contact with multiple companies??)
Beginning with Stretch Internet and now with PrestoSports, I talk to a good number of people daily who have questions about how to broadcast a sports event or what kind of sports broadcasting equipment they should purchase. Some of them have never live streamed before and are looking to learn the basics, while others have gotten their feet wet but would like to know how they can improve. Whether they’re with a sports organization, high school or college program, the first question I always ask is: Where do you stand in terms of budget and resources (i.e. people)?
As we all work to adjust the impacts of COVID-19 on our lives and our sports, we have developed this resource center to help you plan and prepare for your upcoming events.
If you’re involved in live streaming sporting events, you more than likely have the following things in common with the athletes you’re filming:
“It’s challenging to imagine any school district not wanting to have this kind of presence to highlight their student-athletes. We've received nothing but positives about it. I have had complete support and encouragement from my superintendent.”
Using multiple cameras for your live broadcast has its advantages. You can cover more territory and enhance the content with varied angles and interesting shots—all of which have the potential to make your live stream more appealing to viewers.
No doubt about it: Broadcasting anything live has its challenges. There’s no stopping and no do-overs, which makes multitasking mandatory and quick thinking critical. You also never know exactly where your content might take you.