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Preparing a Live Event

Preparing a live event starts with a card in the Agora admin UI. The card contains the information that the viewer will see on the portal: title, description, and event date.

Open Content -> Live Events and click New live event.

Creating the Card

When creating a card, specify the main fields:

  • Title — the public name of the event.
  • Slug — the human-readable part of the address. The field is optional: if left empty, Agora generates a slug from the title.
  • Description — a short text for the public page.
  • Start — the start date and time in the administrator's local time.
  • End — an optional end date and time.
  • IANA time zone — for example, Europe/Moscow.

After creation, Agora opens the event card. Until the page is published, the event remains a draft and does not appear in the public catalog.

Editing the Card

On the Edit event tab, you can change the same data that was provided during creation:

  • slug;
  • title;
  • description;
  • start date and time;
  • end date and time;
  • time zone.

After changing fields, click Save. If the card has unsaved changes, Agora will not allow publishing or unpublishing the page until the changes are saved.

Slug and Public Address

The slug is used for a readable public event address. It is useful to set it in advance if the link will be published in internal announcements, emails, or the corporate portal.

Use a short Latin slug without spaces, for example annual-townhall-2026. If the slug is not important, leave the field empty and use the generated value.

Dates and Time Zone

The start and end time help the viewer understand when the event takes place and help the administrator separate upcoming events from past ones.

When filling in time fields, keep in mind:

  • the form uses the administrator's local time;
  • the event card stores the exact event time;
  • the time zone is needed to display the event correctly for viewers and operators.

If the exact end time is unknown, the end field can be left empty.

Relation to the Video Stream

A live event describes the organizational part of a broadcast: the page, registration, and viewer access. Technical preparation of the video signal itself is done in the stream management section.

Before publishing an event, make sure the stream for the broadcast has been prepared separately: inputs, processing, delivery, and, if needed, redundancy are configured.