What is a webcast?

A webcast is a transmission of audio and video over the Internet enabling you to watch council meetings live from the comfort of your own home on your PC or Apple Mac.  This service forms part of a wide range of tools to promote e-democracy in Bristol.

Using this microsite

The panel on the right displays our forthcoming and most recent webcasts.  You can find older webcasts in our webcast library.  All our webcasts are archived within 48 hours and will be available for 6 months. 

When watching a webcast be sure to check out any presentation slides, related links and speaker profiles.  In an archived webcast you can use the index points to easily find a specific agenda item or speaker. 

Read the webcast player instructions to learn how to make the most of these and other features, such as sharing and embedding.

Embedding a webcast on your site

You can embed our webcasts on your own website (does not work on wordpress.com sites): open the webcast's player window, click the Share button beneath the video, select 'Embed on your site', select 'Video', check your prefered options, then copy and paste the embed code.

For forthcoming webcasts the player window becomes available on this page on the day of the webcast, just click the link to open the player and follow the instructions above.

For archived webcasts you can choose the point in the webcast at which you want the embed to start.  To do this, either enter a start time under 'Options' or click on the Share button next to the relevant agenda item.

Having problems viewing?

See the Help and FAQ section.