Live sports

Ship live sports streaming on one API

Ingest at the venue, transcode in the cloud, deliver at sub-3-second latency, instant replay. Multi-CDN by default.

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curl -X POST https://api.fastpix.com/v1/live \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTPIX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "latencyMode": "low",
    "autoArchive": true,
    "maxResolution": "1080p"
  }'

latency LL-HLS  Live-to-VOD automatic  Multi-CDN edge-routed

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

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Why live sports breaks most video stacks

Three things this stack has to solve.

end-to-end latency

01

LL-HLS with multi-CDN routing.

Live sports needs sub-3-second latency from ingest to viewer; anything slower and the audience hears the goal before they see it. Multi-CDN routing chooses the best edge per session.

Live-to-VOD instant replay

02

Clip-ready before the half-time whistle.

Live streams auto-write to a clip-ready VOD asset in real time. Your clipping logic produces highlight reels in seconds, not after the broadcast wraps.

Concurrent peak handling

03

Edge routing scales horizontally.

Regional sports broadcasts hit concurrency spikes that flatten generic CDNs. FastPix routes around bottlenecks during the spike and measures delivery quality continuously.

Build the next

Build the next FuboTV, DAZN, Fanduel TV regional sports

Live + on-demand sports apps with low-latency playback and instant replay.

Live match streaming

latency with multi-CDN routing across regions.

Instant replay

Live-to-VOD writes the stream to a clip-ready asset in real time.

Multi-angle

Ingest 2-8 camera feeds, switch at play time on the player.

Stats overlay

Sync stat events to playhead timestamps via webhooks.

What you build

Capabilities mapped to the 9 live sports jobs-to-be-done.

These capabilities tie to latency + instant-replay + concurrent-peak jobs live-sports teams ship.

Low-latency live sports streaming

For low-latency live sports streaming on a FastPix-powered app, this maps to the core encode + deliver + player + analytics surface. Specific patterns live in the docs.

FastPix docs

FCC live caption sports

Auto-captions on every asset via In-Video AI. WebVTT output, multi-language, with editable cue points. Searchable transcripts.

Captions

Live sports ad insertion

VAST/VMAP ad-tag passthrough plus SSAI hooks for server-side ad insertion. Ad serving runs via partners like SpotX or FreeWheel.

Ad insertion

Live sports VOD recording

Live streams auto-write to VOD assets on the same playback ID. Same player, same analytics, same URL before and after the event.

Live-to-VOD

CTV apps for sports streaming

FastPix Player runs on web, iOS, Android, plus Samsung Tizen and LG webOS via the web SDK. Native Roku, Apple TV, FireTV adapters are on the roadmap.

Player surfaces

Multi-camera live sports

Ingest 2-8 camera feeds for the same event. Player exposes the angle list; switching at play time lives in your app code.

Multi-camera

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FastPix products that build this solution

Live Streaming

Live Streaming

LL-HLS

Video on Demand

Video on Demand

Live-to-VOD auto-write

Video Player

Video Player

Multi-angle + DVR

Video Data

Video Data

Concurrent + QoE analytics

Security, compliance, and partnerships

PartnerNVIDIA Inception
PartnerGoogle Cloud Partner

Customer

30M+ viewers on regional live sports

“Live news + sports streaming serving 30M+ Telugu-speaking viewers with sub-2-second start.”

Aadhan team

Regional live news + sports

Questions this team asks

Live Sports platform questions, answered.

  • How do I watch sports live with no delay?

    For live sports apps on FastPix, this maps to: LL-HLS, multi-CDN routing, live-to-VOD auto-write, instant replay support, per-session QoE across 16 player surfaces. Wire it together using Live Streaming and Video on Demand. Caveat: stat-overlay rendering, multi-angle camera switching UI, and rights-management geofencing live in your app or via partners.

  • What streaming service has no delay?

    This is a category-level question rather than something FastPix takes a position on. What FastPix gives you: LL-HLS, multi-CDN routing, per-session QoE measurements so you can verify the actual delay your viewers see. Relevant primitives: Live Streaming, Video Player.

  • What is low latency in live streaming?

    Glass-to-glass latency under ~3 seconds. LL-HLS (Low-Latency HLS) is the standard FastPix uses; sub-1s WebRTC is a different category we do not currently ship. For most live-sports apps, is the right target.

  • Do live streams get ads?

    Yes. FastPix passes VAST/VMAP ad-tags and exposes SSAI hooks for server-side ad insertion. Ad serving itself runs via partners like SpotX or FreeWheel. Cloud Playout covers the FAST + linear ad scenarios.

Pricing

Per-minute pricing under a cent.

Encoded, delivered, stored. Free trial pathway covers 10 videos + 100K streaming min + AI samples. See full pricing.

ENCODING

Pay per minute encoded

$0.0267/min 1080p Pro

Per-title ABR encoding across H.264.

Up to 720p Pro$0.0213 / min
Up to 1080p Pro$0.0267 / min
1440p (2k) Pro$0.0427 / min
2160p (4k) Pro$0.0855 / min

STREAMING

Pay per minute streamed

$0.00067/min 1080p Pro

Multi-CDN delivery from 300+ POPs.

Up to 720p Pro$0.00054 / min
Up to 1080p Pro$0.00067 / min
1440p (2k) Pro$0.00108 / min
2160p (4k) Pro$0.00217 / min

STORAGE

Pay per minute stored

$0.00268/min 1080p Pro

Assets stored and CDN caching, lifecycle handled.

Up to 720p Pro$0.00215 / min
Up to 1080p Pro$0.00268 / min
1440p (2k) Pro$0.00430 / min
2160p (4k) Pro$0.00860 / min
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