Can I run a webinar and live stream simultaneously?

Yes. You can host a webinar in Riverside and live stream the same studio session to external destinations such as YouTube, Facebook, or LinkedIn at the same time. This lets you have two types of audiences:

  • Audience members who join the webinar inside Riverside
  • Viewers who watch the live stream on external destinations

During the session, hosts and producers manage both audiences from the same studio.

Chat visibility when running a webinar and live stream at the same time

Role

Where they watch

Who sees their messages

What they can see in the chat

Guests Inside the Riverside studio Only people in the studio All messages in the public chat
Audience members Inside the Riverside studio Only people in the studio All messages in the public chat
Viewers External platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Viewers on the same platform. If omnichat is supported, their messages also appear in the public chat. Messages from their own platform. If omnichat is supported, they see messages from hosts and producers. 

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  • Audience members watch the webinar inside Riverside and do not appear on the external live stream.
  • Viewer comments from external platforms appear in the public chat only if the destination supports omnichat.
  • Messages sent by audience members and guests are visible only inside Riverside and never shown to viewers on external platforms.
  • Live stream viewers cannot join the Riverside studio.

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