Live Event States

In this topic, you will learn about different states a live event reports.

Introduction

When setting up a live event a process is created that sends information to your OTT apps about the state of the live event. The events are:

Reminder of coming live event
Details screen with Subscribe button
Live event delayed
Event is live
Replay available soon (VOD being created from live event)
Live event ended (with VOD recording available)
Live event ended (no VOD recording available)
Live event cancelled

The following section of this document shows example app pages from a Beacon web app. In the last section are app pages from a purchase process, which makes use of some of the previously mentioned live event state app pages.

Event example app pages

The following images show example app pages for each live event state.

Reminder of coming live event

Details screen with Subscribe button

Live event is delayed

Event is live

Replay available soon (VOD being created from live event)

Live event ended (with VOD recording available)

Note a Play button is available.

Live event ended (no VOD recording available)

Note no Play button is available.

Live event cancelled

Subscription process

The following three app pages show an example purchase process. When the viewer sees the details screen for the live event, a Subscribe button displays. Then a purchase screen displays. After a purchase is made, the reminder screen displays.