For orders placed by June 30, 2025. Ts and Cs apply. See your quote for details.

Submitted by

Student Television Network

Event

STN 2025 National Convention

Location

Tampa, FL

Date

14 March, 2025

Attendees

3500
Case Study #89

Event Network used for

Point of Sale, Live Streaming (Upload), Uploading / Editing Media, Back of House

PopUp WiFi Solution

Slipstream + 11 x Beast + Captivate

Event Overview

“This one-of-a-kind convention is like the “Super Bowl” for student journalists and filmmakers, bringing the best of the best together to compete, network and learn. From Hawaii to Florida, and Wales to China, we have a unique cultural blend of voices creating content and telling stories. STN alumni have gone on to work for companies like Netflix, Warner Brothers, CBS, ESPN and more. Whether or not they pursue a career in media, they all learn vital life skills like collaboration, meeting a deadline, and problem solving. STN is a family, a network that changes lives!

STN is the largest organization of its kind in the world serving Television/Film students and teachers with curriculum, community and competitions year-round. Our mission is to “empower future storytellers”. STN currently has over 650 high school TV/Film programs as members, and over 40,000 students they impact throughout the year.

STN is hosted its national convention March 1-4, 2025 in Tampa, FL. The event is truly incredible and includes 4 action packed days with approximately 3,500+ of the BEST broadcast, film and media students (6-12 grade) from across the world coming together to network, attend sessions and workshops, tour vendor and college booths, be awarded in 3 live shows, and compete in over 40 prestigious TV/Film categories.

PopUp WiFi has been an integral part of our events success for the past 3 years. We used 11 units this year to support and enhance both front and back of house production. From the staff room, VIP lounge, teacher/sponsor check in and payments, and store purchases, the units gave the staff reliable WiFi to work from while providing a smooth and quality guest experience. We used a few units to stream and produce our 3 live shows with an attendance of 3,500. Units were also used for high speed uploads in our contest edit room and for onsite judging of over 1,000 contests, which is vital in the quick turn around time of our awards. All of the 40+ sessions and workshops were supported by PopUp Wifi, allowing both speakers and attendees to focus on the educational vs technical aspect. Our exhibitor floor also used the WiFi to share with high level sponsors and execute the red carpet event. Not only that, but our 40 digital signage screens throughout the convention center also relied and effective internet in order to maintain stunning and clear visuals and communication, which we found with PopUp WiFi.”

Producer’s Comments

“The extremely high costs of onsite wifi at the convention centers we are contracted with was not something STN could afford. However, being an media organization that relies on film and broadcast journalism visuals, onsite editing, live show streams and more, we were desperate to find a solution that could deliver what we needed while being cost effective and not compromising quality. We found that with PopUp WiFi and have not turned back since. The use of Pop Up WiFi has been a life saver and has truly changed the way we do our event. They were able to help us with both logistical and financial issues that were threatening to disrupt the success of our convention. The team goes out of their way to get on calls, answer questions, reduce costs, and even troubleshoot onsite.

If you want to up level your event with an innovative and easy to use approach, while reducing costs and removing stress, I highly suggest partnering with Pop Up WiFi!!

PopUp WiFi has taken a lot of the financial burden off of STN and allowed us to use that money to enhance other aspects of the event. Our mission is to empower future storytellers, and you can see on the students enthusiastic and determined faces that this goal is being met while at the convention. Our struggles with technical challenges are being eliminated through this sponsorship so we are able to put our energy into the student and teacher experience, which is where it should be.

PopUp WiFi has been an integral part of our events success for the past 3 years. We used 11 units this year to support and enhance both front and back of house production. From the staff room, VIP lounge, teacher/sponsor check in and payments, and store purchases, the units gave the staff reliable internet to work from while providing a smooth and quality guest experience. We used a few units to stream and produce our 3 live shows with an attendance of 3,500. Units were also used for high speed uploads in our contest edit room and for onsite judging of over 1,000 contests, which is vital in the quick turn around time of our awards. All of the 40+ sessions and workshops were supported by PopUp WiFi, allowing both speakers and attendees to focus on the educational vs technical aspect. Our exhibitor floor also used the internet to share with high level sponsors and execute the red carpet event. Not only that, but our 40 digital signage screens throughout the convention center also relied and effective WiFi in order to maintain stunning and clear visuals and communication, which we found with PopUp WiFi.

Quite honestly, if the internet did not work at our biggest event of the year with over 3,500 attendees, STN would probably have to file for bankruptcy!!

We would lose the confidence of our attendees and they would stop coming. This event brings in over 50% of our annual revenue, so if the event fails… STN fails. We were so thankful to find PopUp WiFi as a solution to our pain points and consider the team as an extension of our event family. An STN success is a PopUp WiFi success!”

Do you want to share an event success story? Submit your own case study here.

More Case Studies…

Livestream announcement of the trade show: American Dairy XPO
25th Annual San Bernardino County Sheriff’s PRCA Pro Rodeo
Long Beach Polar Bear Splash – Irish Day Parade Sales
Live Like Sam Celebration Gala