The Great North Run crossing the Tyne Bridge
Event technology, end to end

Technology that keeps
your event running.

From connectivity and Wi-Fi to timing, event control and broadcast — NovaConnect designs, builds and operates the technology behind complex live events. One event. One technical partner.

ConnectivityEvent Wi-FiTiming & resultsEvent controlSafety systemsBroadcast & streamingParticipant tracking
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What you need

Keep your event running

Organisers don't buy routers — they buy certainty. Four jobs, one technical partner.

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Flagship case study

How we keep the Great North Run connected

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From Newcastle city centre to the South Shields coast, NovaConnect runs the technology behind the world's biggest half marathon — timing and results, participant tracking, event apps, medical systems, TV integration and live streamed coverage, all on a network we design, build and operate ourselves.

How we work

One partner, from planning to podium

You brief one team. We carry the technology from the first site visit to the final results file.

Before the event Site survey→Network design→Build & configure→Test & rehearse
Event day Connect→Time→Track→Control→Broadcast
After the event Results→Reporting→Debrief
Designed for failure

What happens if the internet goes down?
Your event keeps running.

Primary fibre→Automatic failover→Bonded 4G/5G→Starlink satellite→24/7 NovaConnect monitoring

Every critical link we deploy has a second and a third path behind it, switching automatically before anyone notices. We design connectivity with failure in mind — so a problem with one connection never becomes an event-day crisis.

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Find your event

What are you organising?

Every event type has its own pressure points. Here's how we handle yours.

What's next

Where event technology is going

Coming soon Amazon Leo joins the bond We're preparing to bring Amazon's low-Earth-orbit constellation to live events — next-generation capacity and true multi-constellation resilience alongside Starlink, fibre and bonded 5G.
Built by NovaConnect Packet Earth — the physical internet, live Our interactive map of the internet's infrastructure: 10,000+ satellites, submarine cables and outages tracked in real time. Built in-house, because this is the world we work in every day.
Technology partners

Working with the best in the business

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The network behind unmissable live events

Tell us about your event.
We'll make the technology work.