A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a request for an on-demand streaming service from a program source device, wherein the on-demand streaming service provides on-demand publishing of programs originating from program source devices, and wherein the publishing includes streaming of the programs via the Internet to users; obtain configuration data based on the request; spin up a live slicer server based on the request; transmit the configuration data to the live slicer server; and transmit a network address of the live slicer server to the program source device.