Weddings are increasingly streamed for family who cannot travel. Free livestreams to YouTube or Facebook are common but they are also public, unreliable, and impossible to charge for. For couples whose extended family is genuinely scattered across countries, or for videographers who want to offer a paid livestream as part of their wedding package, PassCast provides a paywall, a clean viewer experience, and a 72-hour replay window without forcing anyone into a monthly subscription.
How couples and videographers use PassCast
There are two routes onto PassCast for weddings. The couple themselves can sign up for the Community tier directly and run the stream as a personal event, charging family abroad a small ticket price to cover the videographer's livestream add-on cost. Or a wedding videographer can offer PassCast as a service to their clients, run multiple weddings under their own account, and add the platform to their service stack alongside the rest of their production work.
Either way, the experience for the wedding guest watching from another country is the same. They follow a link sent in the invitation, buy a ticket through Stripe, and watch the ceremony live with a 72-hour replay if they cannot make the time difference work. There is no signup, no app to download, and no advert running over the bride's entrance.
Why a paywall, not a free public stream
A free YouTube stream of a wedding goes to whoever finds it. That is fine for some couples and uncomfortable for others. A paywall serves two functions. It restricts the stream to the people the couple actually invited, because only invitees get the link, and it provides a small budget to pay for the videographer's extra effort to run a separate livestream camera and encoder.
For videographers, a paid livestream tier is also a meaningful upsell. A standard wedding video package might run two thousand pounds. Adding a paid livestream of the ceremony, with the videographer keeping eighty percent of every guest ticket, can add several hundred pounds to the booking with minimal extra production cost.
What about the day itself
The streaming setup for a wedding is straightforward. A single camera with an audio feed from the celebrant or registrar, an encoder, and a stable internet connection. Most modern venues have wifi adequate for an HD stream, and a 4G or 5G mobile bonded encoder works as a backup. PassCast does not require the couple or the videographer to install anything special. They point a stream at the PassCast endpoint and the platform handles the rest.
See it in action
Browse live and upcoming events from organisations already using PassCast on the Community Hub.
Visit the Community HubFrequently asked questions
How much does a wedding livestream cost on PassCast?
The platform itself is free to set up. The couple or videographer pays nothing until guests buy tickets. PassCast takes 20% of ticket revenue on the Community tier. A typical wedding livestream ticket is between £10 and £25 per household.
Can family members in different countries buy a ticket?
Yes. Stripe handles international cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay automatically. A guest in Australia, the United States, the Middle East, or anywhere else with internet access and a card can buy a ticket. There is no need for the couple or videographer to set up anything for international payments.
What if the internet drops at the venue?
PassCast itself is hosted on broadcast-grade infrastructure (Mux), so the platform side will not be the point of failure. The risk on a wedding day is the venue's internet. Most professional wedding videographers offering livestream services bring a 4G or 5G bonded encoder as a backup or as the primary connection. If the stream is interrupted, ticket holders can still watch the replay for 72 hours.
Can the stream be private to invited guests only?
Yes. The event page is unlisted by default. Only people sent the link can buy a ticket. Tickets use single-device enforcement, so a guest cannot share the stream with someone who has not paid.
Is a wedding livestream awkward for the in-person guests?
A discreet livestream camera operated by the videographer is invisible to most in-person guests. PassCast does not require any visible branding, watermarks, or platform interference at the venue. The livestream runs in the background and the wedding itself is unaffected.
Can the couple keep the recording afterwards?
Yes. After the 72-hour replay window closes, the couple can request the original recording for their own private archive. Many couples use the livestream recording as a complement to the videographer's polished edit.
How do videographers offer PassCast as part of their package?
A videographer signs up directly on the Community tier or contacts PassCast for a Channel-tier setup if they run a high enough volume of weddings. They then offer a paid livestream as an add-on in their wedding package and use PassCast as the underlying platform. Many videographers price the livestream tier at £200 to £500 above the standard package, knowing the guest tickets will cover the cost.
Add a livestream tier to your wedding package
Whether you are a couple planning your own ceremony or a videographer offering livestream services, PassCast is free to start and pays out directly to your Stripe account.
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