Sports, media & Entertainment

The Platform for Real-time Social Engagement Experiences

Elevate user experiences by incorporating chat, social interactions, audience engagement features, and in-the-moment monetization opportunities.

Your challenge

Build, manage, and optimize scalable solutions to drive content monetization, audience engagement, and retention and stay ahead of the competition.

Not only do today’s audiences expect more functionality and interactive elements when attending live events, but there’s also the added pressure to ensure seamless scalability and performance, monetize content effectively, ensure data security and privacy, and adapt to rapid technological changes.



While taking steps to overcome these challenges, several questions often arise, such as:

How can we keep our audience engaged throughout the event, and what interactive features can we implement to enhance the viewing experience?

How can we keep our audience engaged throughout the event, and what interactive features can we implement to enhance the viewing experience?

Engage your audience with features like live polls, Q&A sessions, quizzes, and instant chat. PubNub provides low-latency, reliable messaging to ensure seamless interaction. Enhance the viewing experience with live reactions, personalized notifications, and social media integration. PubNub’s scalable, secure API integrations and server-side Functions support these features, keeping your audience connected and engaged throughout the event. Create a dynamic, interactive environment that encourages participation and boosts overall satisfaction

Can our current platform support a massive influx of users during peak times? How do we ensure seamless content delivery across different devices and regions?

Can our current platform support a massive influx of users during peak times? How do we ensure seamless content delivery across different devices and regions?

What are the best strategies for monetizing our live and on-demand content?

What are the best strategies for monetizing our live and on-demand content?

How can we maximize revenue without disrupting the viewer experience?

How can we maximize revenue without disrupting the viewer experience?

Partner with PubNub

A comprehensive real-time communication platform designed for the next generation of social engagement.

Scale Effortlesssly

Scale Effortlesssly

Grow your audience with no concurrency limits and scale seamlessly with no performance degradation or financial penalties.

Real-time Content Moderation

Real-time Content Moderation

Relax knowing your audience is protected & supported by flexible profanity filtering, translation, & more.

Build Camaraderie

Build Camaraderie

Build audience camaraderie & allow hosts to interact with attendees directly through private, group, & broadcaster chat.

Increase Audience Engagement

Increase Audience Engagement

Increase audience participation and engagement with reactions & emojis, overlays, gamification, polls, quizzes, & leaderboards.

Data & Insights

Data & Insights

Monitor important data metrics, trends, usage, requests, & performance with operational dashboards & PubNub Insights.

Accelerate Monetization

Accelerate Monetization

Unlock revenue opportunities with features like in-app purchases, gamification, and real-time ad placement, increasing both engagement and monetization potential.

Demo

Having a large-scale live broadcast comes with its challenges

How you architect your application, your backend infrastructure, and what APIs you use will significantly impact your end users' experience. This demo shows PubNub’s React chat components styled efficiently so users will see the maximum number of messages on the screen simultaneously.

Live events Demo Screen
FEATURES

Why PubNub?

PubNub is the engine for building connected, interactive communities that keep users coming back.

Boost Audience Engagement & Retention

Boost Audience Engagement & Retention

Boosts audience engagement and retention with live chat and Q&A features, allowing attendees to communicate with hosts and other participants in real-time.

Real-time Feedback

Real-time Feedback

Enhances decision-making and engagement by providing instant polls and surveys, enabling event organizers to gather audience feedback and adapt content on the fly.

Low Latency for Uninterrupted Viewing

Low Latency for Uninterrupted Viewing

Ensure synchronized viewing experiences with low-latency video streaming, allowing all attendees to experience the event at the same time without delays.

Push Notifications & Alerts

Push Notifications & Alerts

Increase event participation and retention through personalized push notifications and reminders, informing attendees about session start times, changes, and special announcements.

Facilitate Collaboration

Facilitate Collaboration

Deliver immersive fan experiences with virtual breakout rooms and networking spaces, facilitating smaller group interactions and personalized networking opportunities.

Actionable Insights

Actionable Insights

View actionable insights with real-time analytics and reporting, giving organizers instant visibility into attendee engagement, participation levels, and event performance both live (with PubNub Illuminate) and post-event.

Audience Segmentation

Audience Segmentation

Customize attendee experiences through audience segmentation, allowing for targeted content delivery and personalized communication based on attendee profiles and preferences.

Robust Moderation Tools

Robust Moderation Tools

Maintain high attendee satisfaction and security levels with robust moderation tools, enabling organizers to manage chats, remove disruptive participants, and ensure a positive event atmosphere.

Case Studies

These customers trust PubNub to power their interactive experiences

DAZN
  • Powers chat and Watch Party experiences for 10 million users.
  • Operates with sub-100 ms latency to deliver real-time experiences worldwide.
  • Supported 130 million connected devices in 2022.
Veeps
  • Delivers billions of messages without latency issues. 
  • Builds without currency limits, allowing their dev team to focus on their core product offering.  
  • Has the flexibility to create custom, reliable, and realtime solutions to prevent outages during live events.
17LIVE
  • Decreased development time and costs by switching to a reliable solution. 
  • Powers engaging live streaming experiences with real-time chat and notifications.
  • Can scale effortlessly and work in real time to deliver a great user experience.

What live events use cases can we help you with?