Can you scale to meet our requirements?

Yes, we use the powerful content delivery network and scaling capabilities within Amazon Web Services. Our team built and manages the streaming sites for SeekaTV and AcornTV with over 1M subscribers....

What security and DRM is available?

The SparqFest team has years of experience building secure cloud-based solutions. We provide encryption by delivering content as an HLS stream over HTTPS to clients. For the filmmakers and our clients, they have confidence that it cannot be intercepted by third-parties and cannot be downloaded. This is from 10+ years experience. Filmmaker exhibition...

Can you limit the number of times a work is seen?

Yes. SparqFest has a robust system of ticket entitlements that enable you to configure a maximum number of online sales of tickets in addition to limiting online replays of individual works or entire blocks....

Do you support Geo Fencing? How does it work?

Yes. Both you and your festival filmmakers and other creators have controls to manage geographic restrictions. Creators can set geographic restrictions that match their distribution constraints, and you can create specialized online screening blocks that have their own set of geographic restrictions. Restrictions may be defined at the continent, “su...

How do you store credit card information?

We don't. Our payments gateway is the well-established Stripe payments system. SparqFest does not see or handle any credit card information. Instead, your audience ecommerce transactions go directly to Stripe. If they opt to have their credit card stored, Stripe is responsible for securely storing that information....