Marina Cross
Executive Producer, Driftline Studios
Opening Keynote — The Coastline Broadcast
Where live production is heading, and why the venue is the product. [Test path: in-page YouTube embed.]
Earth Coast Test Summit
A four-day gathering of producers, broadcasters & venue builders. The permanent Earth Coast test bed — every streaming path, live on one page.
Jul 16 – Aug 31, 2026America/Los_Angeles
Welcome
You’re in.
This is your virtual venue for Earth Coast Test Summit. The full schedule is below — pick a room to join the live broadcast.
Join a room
Live now across 7 rooms
Main Stage
The big room — live broadcasts land here. [Test path: Mux day-channel; provision in admin → Live streams and the room flips live.]
Watch hereHarbor Hall
Talks & keynotes. [Test path: in-page YouTube embed.]
Watch hereTidepool Theater
Screenings & firesides. [Test path: in-page Vimeo embed.]
Watch hereCoastline Cinema
The engineering track. [Test path: direct HLS — hls.js / native Safari.]
Watch hereDriftwood Den
Partner showcases. [Test path: sandboxed generic https iframe.]
Watch hereThe Cove
Small-group conversations. [Test path: Jitsi WebRTC — placeholder until JaaS creds.]
Watch hereBoardwalk Room
Workshops over Zoom. [Test path: classic link-out — the pre-Phase-0 control.]
Join LiveSchedule
Four days, one field
Times shown in Pacific Time (PT)
- 9:00 AM – 10:00 AMWatch here
- 10:15 AM – 11:15 AMWatch here
Rocky Shore
Director of Broadcast Reliability, Northlight Events
Fireside — Producing Live Without a Net
War stories from twenty years of one-take television. [Test path: in-page Vimeo embed.]
Connect
The Lighthouse Lounge
Our virtual lighthouse lounge — a place to connect, network, and just hang out. Drop in any time during the conference.
Enter the Lighthouse LoungePresenters
7 voices
Hover any presenter to see their sessions.
- A
- The Broadcast Hour — Live from Main StageFri 11:30 AM
Ale Costa
Show Caller, Earth Coast Productions
- D
- Panel — Beyond the PlayerFri 10:15 AM
Devon Reyes
Founder, Summit Signal Co.
- J
- Case Study — The Venue as ProductSun 9:00 AM
Jonah Weller
CTO, Driftline Studios
- M
- Opening Keynote — The Coastline BroadcastThu 9:00 AM
- Closing — Replay, Retrospective & AwardsSun 10:15 AM
Marina Cross
Executive Producer, Driftline Studios
- P
- Workshop — Interactive Rooms & the Hallway TrackSat 9:00 AM
Priya Anand
Head of Production, Northlight Events
- R
- Fireside — Producing Live Without a NetThu 10:15 AM
Rocky Shore
Director of Broadcast Reliability, Northlight Events
- S
- Masterclass — Adaptive Streams in the WildFri 9:00 AM
Sandy Berm
Streaming Architect, Blue Harbor Audio
Partners
With gratitude
Event Partners
FAQ
Using the test bed
This mock conference is living documentation — every room and session pins one streaming path (see the [Test path: …] note on each).
What is this event?
The permanent Earth Coast Productions venue test bed, styled as a real conference. Presenters, partners and sessions are fictional — every one of them exists to exercise one player or routing path in production.
How do I run a real Mux live test?
Admin → the event → Live streams: provision a channel for today's date on the Main Stage room, copy the RTMPS URL + stream key, and point any encoder (OBS, ffmpeg) at it. The room flips from placeholder to live player automatically — no data ops.
- The venue resolves channels by the event-local calendar day (America/Los_Angeles).
- Disabling the channel is the instant kill switch.
- The event window runs past the visible agenda on purpose — the provisioning grid only offers dates inside it; extend end_date when it lapses.
Why do the other rooms autoplay old videos?
They pin known-stable public references (Big Buck Bunny, Vimeo's player demo, Mux's public HLS test stream) so each player path can be verified without any broadcast running.
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