Facebook Page Streaming

Facebook Page Restrictions

There are a couple of things to note when choosing to stream to your Facebook Page! 

• When streaming to a Facebook Page, the page  must be 60 days old to link. If you do not wait the full 60 days, you may receive a message saying your page is too new when trying to link!

• In order to stream video to a Facebook Page, the page must be 60 days old and have at least 100 followers

• Once your Facebook page is 60 days old, you can link it. If you still do not have 100 followers, we will autopost the sidelineLIVE link once you start scoring. 

• You can only link a Facebook Page that you are admin of. Please check  to make sure you are an admin before attempting to link your page! Learn how to Check Page Role.

Creating a Facebook Page

You will need to create a Facebook page in order to stream to Facebook. If you already have a Facebook page, skip to Linking Your Facebook Page

1. Log in to Facebook on a web browser
2. From the left-hand menu select Pages
3. From the left-hand menu below, Your Pages, click + Create new profile or page
4. Select Public Page
5. Select Next
6. Select Get Started
7. Follow instructions on screen

Livestreaming to your Facebook Page

Keep in mind that Facebook has a minimum of 60-day waiting period before you can link a page. If you need to livestream sooner, we suggest streaming to YouTube or to your personal Facebook Profile. We also offer sidelineLIVE feed for all teams, which is available immediately for live viewing on your sidelineHD team url/live.

To livestream to your Facebook page using sidelineHD, you'll need to make sure you link your Facebook page to your team! Once done you're all set, any future streams will go to your Facebook page! Follow the steps below to learn how to link your Facebook page!

1. Sign into your sidelineHD Account
2. Select your Team Card
3. Go to Settings
4. Select Stream Settings
5. Select Stream Publishing
6. Under Additional destinations, select + Facebook
7. Select Yes, I have live stream set up
8. We will ask to use facebook.com to Sign In, select Continue
9. We will ask to post content to your timeline on your behalf and who you would like to see you sidelineHD posts, here you will need to select your audience. Select Friends to open the drop down menu of audience types
10. Select Continue as {Your Name}
11. If you have multiple profiles and/or pages, we will ask you where you want to stream. Select {Your Page Name} 
12. Select Done

You're all set! Any livestreams will now appear on your Facebook page as well as sidelineLIVE!

Facebook Video Storage

Videos streamed to Facebook, can be replayed, downloaded or shared for up to 30 days. After 30 days, they will be automatically removed from Facebook. 

Facebook is introducing easier ways to save you past streams, to learn more check out this Facebook Support Article!

Streaming Multiple Streams at Once

When streaming to a Facebook Page, you can only have one active stream per page. If you attempt to stream multiple games or teams simultaneously to the same Facebook page, only the first stream will go live. While additional streams may appear live, they will not actually start until the previous stream ends. 

Using a YouTube Page is a great way to have multiple streams at once! You will need to have YouTube linked as well, if you do not yet have Youtube linked, learn more about streaming to YouTube. 

Once you have Facebook and YouTube both linked, you'll have an option to Post to YouTube Only for your team. This will share multiple YouTube links as separate posts to your Facebook Page. This way followers of your Facebook page will be notified and be able to access links to each of your multiple streams!