Sports

Connect a venue scoreboard

Link an event to a compatible venue scoreboard system so the score, clock and period flow in with nobody scoring.

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Use this when a venue already has connected scoreboard hardware. Once the event is linked to that scoreboard, the numbers on the gym or stadium board reach your viewers without anyone tapping a phone. It suits unattended broadcasts, where an automated camera films the game and nobody from your team is at the venue.

Before you start

  • There’s no platform-wide connection to set up. Each event only needs its scoreboard ID.
  • Get the scoreboard ID for the venue or game from the scoreboard system your venue uses.
  • Make sure Is platform sport is on in Studio → System → Settings → Integrations → Platform.

Link an event to the scoreboard

  1. 1
    Open the event

    Go to Studio → Content → Events and open the game.

  2. 2
    Fill in Teams & venue

    Enter both teams’ Name, Logo, Color and Position (home/away). The scoreboard sends numbers, not names or crests, so the card needs these from you.

  3. 3
    Switch on the venue scoreboard tile

    In the Integrations card, switch on the venue scoreboard tile, which carries the scoreboard system’s logo and sits beside the Roku tile. A field for the scoreboard ID appears under it.

The Studio
Studio → Content → Events, the Integrations card with the venue scoreboard tile on and the scoreboard ID field filled in
  1. 1
    Enter the scoreboard ID

    Paste the ID exactly as the scoreboard system shows it. Spaces before or after it are ignored, but a wrong character means no live data.

  2. 2
    Save and check on game day

    Save the event. Once the board is running, the event page shows the live score, clock and period.

Test the link before you go live

  1. 1
    Open Score Ticker

    Go to Studio → Ticker → Score Ticker and open the match, or create one with NEW MATCH.

  2. 2
    Enter the same ID

    Switch on the match’s live scores option and enter the scoreboard ID in the game ID field.

  3. 3
    Press Test live

    Press TEST LIVE. A confirmation that live data was received means the ID works. A “no live data” message means the ID is wrong or the board isn’t sending yet.

The Studio
Studio → Ticker → Score Ticker, a match dialog with live scores switched on and the Test live result showing

Where else scoreboard data appears

ScreenWhat it does with scoreboard data
Studio → Ticker → Score TickerMatch cards in the ticker’s score strip overlay the live time and period
Studio → Ticker → Events FeedsA checkbox limits a feed to events connected to a venue scoreboard
Studio → Marketing → Web AdsThe live score widget format shows today’s active Score Ticker games, with a date picker and genre filter, and needs no setup
Studio → System → Settings → Integrations → OrganizationFixtures brought in by season import arrive with the scoreboard link already filled in when the schedule names a scoreboard
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