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Who can provide live scoring?
Anyone who has an Internet connection while at an event. To gain
access to the scoring system you need to create a
login which will give you initial "interim" access to all scoring
functions except being able to add your match to the public programme. To make
your matches live send an email to BallStream introducing your club and events
and our administrator will update your account to full scorer status..
Can anyone view the live scores?
Yes, anyone who is connected to the Internet.
Is live scoring difficult to maintain?
Once you have entered the match information such as the name of the
event, player's names and start time, updating the scores is as simple as typing in
the value of the ball potted and then hitting the Enter key.
Security
Only approved scorers representing a club or association are enabled
unrestricted access to the realtime score making functions. Scorers can
only control their own matches and Interim scorer accounts cannot
affect the main programme.
Is live scoring really a free service?
Absolutely! While ads may appear in some places throughout our web site you will find that
the scoreboards that your audience will use are ad free... unless you want to
include your own ads on behalf of a sponsor of your choice.
How did our
live scoring begin?
Basically, to fulfill a need... after having to return home before
watching the final of an event and only getting periodic results posted to our
club's forum, it was noticed that a system for providing live scores from an
event was non-existent. As a keen snooker player and competitor with the
resources for developing an online solution, William Kent created BallStream
specifically for snooker and billiards and the service has been designed to be
shared by anyone with an Internet connection. The live scoring is free to use
for other snooker clubs to enjoy and in turn entertain their members.
Video stream development
Once live scoring was fully catered for and with various options for scoring
methods and scoreboard display, the only thing missing was live streaming for
video. We already had a media server within our network but what is watching
snooker without the current scores displayed. So to embed a live scoreboard
into our videos we had to develop custom software because there was nothing
available. Now we have live scoring and a video stream service that is also
free to use by all snooker clubs and associations. Your audience may need to
pay to watch the videos but for any entities broadcasting the service it is
free.
Custom development
The scoring systems and scoreboard overlay for video were entirely created by
William and his partners at ArtistScope who have developed many innovative
solutions over the last decade, some of
which are better explained by actually visiting them. For example
ArtistScope is
the innovator of and has been the leading provider of copy protection software for the Internet since 1998.
ArtisBiz provides the
most secure solutions for the distribution of PDF documents and web content
where site visitors can upload content from a web browser via server
side software to provide total control document management. For any enquiries
about web site or software development please use this
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