Case study

How ClipMyHorse.TV made equestrian event distribution more repeatable

With more than 1000 live events each year, ClipMyHorse.TV uses Castr to manage recurring channels, competition streams, multilingual commentary, and delivery to broadcast partners.

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The Client

Bringing equestrian sports to audiences around the world

ClipMyHorse.TV is a global streaming platform dedicated to equestrian sports. It broadcasts more than 1,000 live events every year, including all FEI competitions, alongside on-demand coverage of dressage, show jumping, eventing, driving, vaulting, breeding, and training.

But streaming that many events comes with a lot of moving parts. Some competitions have multiple arenas broadcasting simultaneously. Others need separate commentary feeds for different audiences or streams delivered to broadcast partners. And while all this is happening, the platform's regular channels still need to stay online.

For the ClipMyHorse.TV team, the challenge is not simply getting a stream online. It is keeping distribution organized while the requirements change from one event to the next.

The Challenge

Every event comes with a different streaming setup

No two competitions have exactly the same streaming requirements.

One might involve several arena feeds running at once. Another might need commentary in multiple languages, with different partners receiving their own versions of the broadcast.

Meanwhile, ClipMyHorse.TV also has recurring channels that need to keep running between events.

Setting up channels, destinations, and RTMP connections from scratch for every competition would mean repeating a lot of the same work. It would also make it harder to keep operations consistent across hundreds of events.

The team needed a way to reuse what already worked while still having the flexibility to handle whatever the next competition required.

The priorities

Keep recurring channels running between competitions
Set up new event streams without rebuilding existing configurations
Distribute live feeds to ClipMyHorse.TV and its broadcast partners
Support custom RTMP destinations and internal ingest endpoints
Manage multiple commentary languages and audience-specific feeds
Keep international streaming operations organized in one place

Why Castr

One streaming platform for a calendar that never stops changing

ClipMyHorse.TV needed more than a tool for sending a single livestream to multiple destinations.

Its operations involve permanent channels, temporary competition feeds, different commentary languages, and broadcast partners with their own delivery requirements.

Managing all of that through separate systems would add unnecessary work for a team already handling a packed event calendar.

Castr gave ClipMyHorse.TV a way to manage these workflows together.

The team could keep recurring channels and destinations configured, add new streams for upcoming competitions, and route feeds wherever they needed to go. That gave them a repeatable setup without limiting how they covered each event.

The Solution

One place to manage every live event

ClipMyHorse.TV has been using Castr since 2021 to manage its live streaming and distribution workflows.

Instead of treating every competition as a completely new setup, the team can keep its existing channels and destination configurations in place, then add whatever an upcoming event requires.

This is particularly useful when several competitions, commentary feeds, and partner streams need to run alongside the platform's regular programming.

Here's how ClipMyHorse.TV uses Castr:

Multistreaming from one feed to many destinations

Custom RTMP delivery to owned and partner endpoints

Standing channels for linear and recurring programming

Event-specific streams for individual competitions

Reusable stream and destination setups across events

Separate commentary and language feeds

Regional ingest for international productions

Centralized monitoring across active channels

Setting up new events without starting over

With more than 1,000 events every year, configuring streams from scratch for each competition would mean a lot of repetitive work.

Castr makes this easier by letting ClipMyHorse.TV reuse existing channels and destination configurations. The team can keep established connections in place and make adjustments only when needed.

This keeps the setup process simple and consistent, even as streaming requirements change from one competition to the next.

Multilingual and partner feed distribution

Getting every stream where it needs to go

An international equestrian competition can have several versions of the same broadcast.

Viewers in different countries may need commentary in their own languages. Broadcast partners may also require streams delivered directly to their infrastructure rather than through ClipMyHorse.TV's own platform.

With Castr, the team can route streams to its internal ingest endpoints or external partners through custom RTMP connections.

This makes it easier to manage and monitor multiple broadcast feeds and their destinations from one place, without having to handle each stream separately.

Managing permanent channels and temporary event streams together

Some ClipMyHorse.TV channels support regular programming throughout the year. Others are created for a specific competition and are no longer needed once the event ends. Both types of streams often run at the same time.

With Castr, the team can manage its ongoing channels alongside temporary event streams, monitor what's currently live, check upcoming schedules, and see where each feed is being delivered.

Rather than switching between different setups to keep track of everything, operators have a central view of their streaming operations.

That's particularly useful when the event calendar is busy and multiple broadcasts are happening simultaneously.

The Result

A more repeatable workflow for 1000+ annual events

ClipMyHorse.TV now has a more consistent way to manage livestream distribution, even when the requirements change between competitions.

Recurring channels can stay configured, new event feeds can be added as needed, and different commentary versions and partner destinations can all be managed from one place.

For a team handling more than 1000 live events every year, this means less time spent on repetitive setup and more control over day-to-day streaming operations.

Each competition starts from a known configuration

Operators work from the same routine at every event

Audience and partner versions share one setup

One place to see what is live and what is scheduled

Fewer handoffs between ingest and final destination

The calendar can grow without fragmenting the workflow

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