Add a live channel

A live channel is a grouping of live event streaming settings. Each live channel that you create corresponds to a specific encoder. Unless you replace your encoder or increase the number of encoders you use for streaming your events, you only need to create a live channel once for each encoder.

With live channels, you have the ability to broadcast live events to your audience:

Support 12-hour event streams
Enable seamless workflows with hands-off publishing
Provide live event streams that instantly convert to video replay after broadcasting has finished
Stream live events to your web players, mobile apps, apps, and social media platforms
Integrate an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) with your channel

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Depending on the status of the video of your Live Channels event stream, replays of your event stream can be billed at Live Usage minute rates or VOD Streaming rates.

Prerequisites

Item	Description
Live streaming entitlement	Entitlement for live streaming For more information, contact your JWP representative.
App config entitlement	Entitlement to use the app config App config entitlement also enables the content types feature. For more information, contact your JWP representative.
Content types loaded to property	Type of media based on shared custom parameters To access the Live Channel content type, load default content types to your JWP property.

Add a live channel

Follow this step to add a live channel in the JWP dashboard:

Create a live stream.

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Be sure to select Live Channel from the Content Type dropdown menu as part of step 7.

Add live channel metadata

Follow these steps to add metadata to your live channel:

From your Media Library, select a live channel. The media details page appears.
Edit your content metadata.

Under the Content Type section, fill out the related Live Channel fields.

Field	Description
Playlist *	(Required) One or more Playlist IDs to display on the hub page Use the following step to configure this field: Click + Add Playlist. The Add Playlist menu appears. Select one or more playlists from the menu. Click Add to Top or Add to Bottom. The select playlists appear in the Playlist field.
Free	Flag indicating whether content access is free or paid Use the following step to configure this field: Click the Yes or No radio button.
Product IDs	JWP identifiers of subscription assets that allow access to the content Use the following step to configure this field: In the textbox, enter a comma-separated list of all assets with content access.
Schedule Type	URL path to an EPG schedule source for the stream Use the following step to configure this field: Select an EPG schedule type from the dropdown menu. If no type is selected, the Default is automatically applied.
EPG Schedule URL	URL path to an EPG schedule source for the stream Use the following step to configure this field: In the textbox, enter the URL of your EPG.
Demo Mode	JWP’s demo EPG for the stream Use the following step to configure this field: Click the Yes or No radio button. NOTE: Only enable this demo for non-production sites where you want the EPG schedule to loop.

Click Save.