Countdown / Starting Soon Screen

What is it?

The starting-soon screen is the pre-show scene: a branded graphic with a countdown timer and background music that runs before the actual show begins. The stream is technically live, but the program hasn't started — like a cinema screen before the movie.

Practical example

A creator goes live ten minutes early with their "Starting Soon — 09:43" countdown and a music loop. Those ten minutes do real work: platforms' algorithms begin recommending the live stream, notifications reach followers, early viewers gather and chat among themselves — so when the host appears at zero, they walk into a room that's already full instead of performing to three people.

Key things to know (non-technical)

• Its purpose is audience accumulation: live discovery takes minutes to kick in; the countdown buys that time gracefully.
• Standard kit: countdown timer + music + branding + sometimes a "say hi in chat" prompt.
• The same family includes the outro screen (thanks + next show date) at the end.
• Music choice matters — copyrighted tracks can get the whole stream muted or struck on some platforms.

In Tupic Live

A built-in starting-soon scene — auto-countdown to the scheduled time, royalty-safe music options, the creator's branding pre-applied — would make "go live 10 minutes early" a default habit on Tupic Live and measurably lift starting audiences.