For sports and rights holders
Sports streaming: broadcast every match, keep the revenue
Combine professional live delivery, low-latency options, access controls, pay-per-view, replay, and branded OTT experiences around the rights you own.
For leagues, clubs, tournaments, promoters, collegiate programs, and sports media businesses.
Trusted by leagues, clubs, and sports broadcasters
Business outcomes
The workflow should create value, not more operational risk.
01Own the fan experience
Bring live video to a branded player instead of surrendering the audience relationship.
02Monetize the rights
Apply pay-per-view, subscription, sponsorship, or advertising models.
03Keep every event valuable
Turn live matches into replay, highlights, archives, and OTT programming.
Capabilities that matter
Technical depth, organized around the operator.
Castr keeps the full feature set available without forcing every buyer to decode a wall of capability labels before understanding the workflow.
Global live delivery
Fans stream the match over Akamai, Fastly, and CloudFront, with automatic failover if one network has a bad night.
Low-latency options
Cut the delay between the pitch and the screen, so goals land on the stream before the push alerts do.
Pay-per-view
Sell tickets to live events on your own branded player.
Access controls
Apply geographic and domain restrictions to rights-sensitive delivery.
Replay and VOD
Preserve events for on-demand access after the final whistle.
OTT apps
Build a direct-to-fan service across web, mobile, and TV.
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Compare plans and capabilities →After the encoder
Sports broadcasting software produces the match. Castr delivers it.
Production tools like vMix, Switcher, and OBS mix cameras, replays, and graphics, and then the feed needs delivery, rights control, and revenue. That is the half Castr owns.
Deliver to every fan
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Multi-CDN delivery
Playback runs over Akamai, Fastly, and CloudFront with automatic failover, so one network's regional problem does not take down the match.
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Adaptive bitrate
Transcode the feed into multiple renditions so fans on weak connections drop quality instead of buffering.
Premium and higher.
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Latency tiers
Standard HLS for reach, the Low Latency player under 15 seconds on Ultra and Events, and a sub-second add-on for interactive audiences.
Protect the rights
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Geographic rules
Allow or block countries to honor territory agreements.
Premium and higher.
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Domain lock and passwords
Keep the stream on your own site and gate closed sessions, with password protection on every plan.
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PPV and DRM
Sell match tickets through the paywall at a 9% commission, and add multi-DRM for premium rights.
DRM is an add-on on every plan.
Keep the season earning
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Replay and highlights
Matches record automatically up to 72 hours, highlights clip mid-broadcast, and saved recordings build the season archive.
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Direct-to-fan OTT
The Events plan includes a branded web app with subscriptions and a CMS, with native mobile and TV apps scoped separately.
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In-stream advertising
Run pre-roll ads from your own VAST tag when sponsorship fits better than tickets.
Standard and higher.
Pay-per-view is included on every plan, and territory and domain controls arrive on Premium and higher.
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Customer workflows
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Designed for recurring, accountable video work.
Operational complexity matters more than company size. The strongest fit is a team with a named owner, a repeatable schedule, and a real consequence if delivery fails.
Review your workflow with CastrStrong qualification signals
- Recurring seasons and tournaments
- Owned or licensed media rights
- Paid and sponsored audiences
- Live plus replay programming
Switching to Castr
Change platforms mid-season without touching the fan stream.
You do not have to cut over blind. Run Castr in parallel with your current provider while you test, and let our video team confirm the fit before anything switches.
Run in parallel
Your current platform keeps carrying the fixtures fans watch. Meanwhile, stream a friendly or a training session through Castr and judge the result before anything fan-facing changes.
Map the workflow
Bring your season calendar, territory restrictions, latency requirements, and pay-per-view model to our video team, and they will confirm which plan covers the fixtures.
Cut over with support
When the test broadcast holds up, repoint the fan-facing player and destinations between fixtures. 24/7 human support stays on hand through the first match days.
Build the complete workflow
Connect this capability to the rest of your operation.
Questions before you choose
Evaluate the workflow with confidence.
Feature and plan availability changes by tier. Use the full matrix for comparison, or let our team validate a complex setup.
How do you live stream a sports game?
Send the camera or production feed to Castr over RTMP or SRT from the venue, then deliver it through a branded player embedded on your own site, with social simulcasts where the rights allow. Sports broadcasting software like vMix or OBS handles the production side, and Castr handles everything after the encoder: delivery, access control, recording, and monetization.
Can we stream high school sports?
Yes. Schools and clubs stream games to their own player, keep the audience on their own site, and keep ticket revenue when they charge, instead of sending fans and content to a third-party network. Recordings build the season archive automatically.
Can Castr support pay-per-view sports events?
Yes. Sell tickets to live matches through the pay-per-view paywall, and keep replays behind the same paywall afterward.
How does pay-per-view pricing work?
The paywall takes credit card payments through your own connected Stripe account, so ticket money lands with you the moment a fan buys, and Castr charges a 9% commission on sales. The OTT storefront on the Events plan connects 30+ payment gateways at a 5% commission for subscription and catalog sales.
Can we restrict viewing by location?
Yes. Geographic blocking and allowlisting (Premium and higher) let you honor territory rights, and domain control keeps the stream on your own site.
What latency options exist for live sports?
The standard player delivers HLS around 35 seconds behind live, which suits most audiences. The Low Latency player brings documented delay under 15 seconds on Ultra and Events plans, and Sub-Second Streaming, an add-on on Premium and higher priced through sales, plays under two seconds for betting and watch-along audiences.
How do replays and highlights work?
Every match records automatically, up to 72 hours per broadcast, with the recording available for three days. Save it to hosting for the replay archive, clip highlights from the stream while the match is still live, and keep paid replays behind the same paywall as the live event.
Can we launch a direct-to-fan OTT app?
Yes. The Events plan includes a branded web app, typically ready within 48 hours of setup, with a CMS, subscriptions, and sales reporting. Native iOS, Android, and TV apps are scoped separately and typically take 30 to 90 days, mostly due to app store review.
Can Castr help us validate our current workflow?
Yes. Castr’s video team will walk through your current setup, from sources and destinations to audience scale, security, and monetization, and confirm the fit before you migrate.
Move from evaluation to a working broadcast
Map Castr to the workflow your team runs today.
Discuss protocols, concurrency, destinations, bandwidth, storage, security, monetization, migration, and support with a video expert.