A Theme in LIGR Live is a visual template that defines the look and feel of the graphics used during a match, including score displays, lower thirds, and full-screen overlays.

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Themes are platform-level assets built and maintained by the LIGR team. Each Theme provides a complete graphics package with a consistent visual style, so every graphic shown during a broadcast shares the same design language without needing to be styled individually.

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Customers receive Themes that have been assigned to their organisation. Themes themselves are not edited directly by customers; instead, customers configure how a Theme is applied to their Competitions through Theme Instances.

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[ Image placeholder: Example of a Theme applied to a score display and lower third graphic ]

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A Theme typically defines:

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• The design and layout of on-screen graphics

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• The appearance of lower thirds and full-screen graphics

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• Colour palettes and typography used across all overlays

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• How team names, logos, and scores are presented

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• Sponsor placement areas within graphics

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Understanding the difference between a Theme and a Theme Instance is key to setting up your Competitions correctly.

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A Theme is the master visual template, built at the platform level by the LIGR team. It contains the design system and graphic styles that organisations can reuse across their Competitions. Customers cannot modify a Theme directly.

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A Theme Instance is a customer-level configuration of a Theme. It is where organisations tailor an assigned Theme for a specific use, for example by setting Competition branding, sponsor slots, or colour variations allowed by the Theme.

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Theme Instances are assigned at the Competition overlay level, under Competition, Settings, Streams and Overlays, Overlay Settings. A single Competition can have multiple overlays, and each overlay can have its own Theme Instance and its own Automated Game Plan. This allows, for example, a main broadcast overlay and a secondary overlay to use different visual configurations at the same time.

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One Theme can have multiple Theme Instances across different Competitions or overlays, each tailored to its own context.

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[ Image placeholder: Theme Instance settings shown under a Competition overlay configuration ]

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Themes matter because they:

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• Ensure every match in a Competition looks visually consistent

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• Remove the need to style graphics match-by-match

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• Allow sponsor branding to be applied uniformly

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• Make it easy to run different visual identities across different Competitions or overlays

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• Assign a Theme Instance to each Competition overlay before creating matches, so graphics are ready to display.

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• If you run multiple Competitions, create separate Theme Instances rather than sharing one across unrelated Competitions, so configuration changes stay isolated.

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• If a Competition needs more than one visual setup (for example, different feeds or distribution channels), add additional overlays and assign a dedicated Theme Instance to each.

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• Graphics appear unstyled or blank: Check that a Theme Instance has been assigned to the Competition overlay in Streams and Overlays, Overlay Settings.

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• Wrong logos or colours appear: Confirm you are editing the correct Theme Instance for the Competition overlay in question, as different overlays can use different Theme Instances.

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• Changes are not reflected: Ensure updates were saved on the correct Theme Instance, and reload your broadcast session so the latest configuration is picked up.