April Release Notes - Livestreaming & Video (SportsEngine Play)

[Marie Fitzgerald]

SportsEngine Play - Viewing Enhancements (sportsengineplay.com) 

• Tournament Channel Improvements 
  • We create all participating teams on Tournament schedule imports
  • We display these participating teams on Tournament channel
  • We allow for filtering Teams & Videos by Level/Division to help fans find their team!
  • We allow viewers to sort videos based on date & time
• Banner & Mid-Roll Ads 
  • Development is complete for Banner ads & video ads delivered in a play-through style experience.
    • This is only on FREE content for users without Subscription
    • We have an Upgrade path to subscribe & remove ads
• Picture-in-Picture Highlights 
  • When a user clips a Highlight, it displays on their page while processing (a couple of seconds)
    • We display the thumbnail & video player while the user continues watching their video.
    • Users can update the name of their highlight, along with sharing and watching this highlight without leaving the page.

 

Creator Studio Mobile App - download for free!

• Dynamic Text Overlay 
  • This feature allows Mobile streamers to customize typed text that will be on live streams
  • This text can be customized by - size, color, location, duration & even can include emojis 
  • To use this, simply start streaming, click the Pencil icon, and you can type a message & select customization options!
    • See screenshots below!

 

Studio Web (studio.sportsengineplay.com) 

• SportsEngine Schedule integration 
  • Once your teams are synched, we will pull over the scheduled games as suggested events to start streaming, eliminating the need to duplicate work.
• Event Upload Improvements 
  • We’ve added additional fields for Event uploads to allow for proper display on channels to give members more information.
• Livestream Widget Updates 
  • We have updated the embedded Livestream widget to direct users straight to SportsEngine Play to view videos.
  • This provides users an improved experience for viewing, highlight clipping & more!

 

Coming Soon 

• SportsEngine HQ Roster Integration 
• Free streaming paths for SportsEngine teams 
• Viewing Reels (Highlight Tapes) on SportsEngine Play