How to live stream events?
The event is filmed by one or more cameras and the audio is captured by microphones. The image and sound are then broadcast through a video platform or a digital meeting platform.
Live stream event
Professional technology is the road to success
Today, live streaming is an increasingly common solution for meetings and events, either fully digital or in the form of hybrid events. Centas has the technology and experience to make your live-streamed event a success and achieve your desired goals.
Filming and live streaming your event in a professional way will strengthen your company’s brand. Whether it’s a panel discussion, product launch, marketing event, internal company event, training, AGM or conference, a good production is essential.
Invite more people with live streaming
There is no limit to how many people can participate in a live-streamed or hybrid event. You can welcome participants from all over Sweden or the world via any of the digital meeting tools available today. We can broadcast the live streaming itself via your own platform, via Invite People, which Centas works closely with, or via Vimeo and our own site where we can build a landing page with your logo and your profile colors. You send out a link to the participants, which they then click on to participate in the event.
Complete solutions in studio or on site
To help you find the easiest solution for you and your event, Centa offers broadcast-ready studios for fully digital and live-streamed events, as well as packages for live streaming from another location or hybrid events that have participants both on-site and digitally. We will guide you to the solution and package that best suits your needs.
We have gathered our tips for the best way to live stream, check them out to get the best digital event.
Live stream from the studio
Our broadcast-ready studios create stylish, cost-effective and professional live streamed events or webinars. When you rent a studio from us, you get access to our team of experienced technicians who take care of the technology so you can focus on the content of your broadcast.
Livestream with engagement
You will also benefit from our experience and expertise in organizing live streamed events. Our project managers will be happy to provide you with tips on how to increase engagement during a live stream or webinar. A basic tip is to often let the audience participate and engage. This can be by showing pictures, submitting questions, taking part in polls, communicating via a live feed on social media or by calling in to the discussion itself through Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet.
Technology that works gives you confidence
When you walk into one of our studios, the goal is for you to feel a sense of authority and confidence that will lift you and your event. The key is to have technology that doesn’t mess up and that you feel confident in. Technology that you simply don’t notice or need to think about, that just works.
Live stream events on site
If you have an event that you want to live stream from a special location; the office, a conference facility or a stage, we have packages with complete solutions for it. The base is our streaming racks where the streaming computer, sound mixer, image mixer and light mixer are fully assembled. In addition, we add the number of cameras and lights or spotlights required.
Professional cameras and lighting
The cameras have 4K resolution or at least HD resolution. There are two different types, one is pan/tilt cameras which are robotic cameras operated from a control at the technology site. The other is a camera on a tripod with which a cameraman films.
We have lamps for a cozy backlight and spotlights to illuminate the people leading the event. The background lights are so-called RGB lights that can change color and be adapted to, for example, your company’s profile colors.
Rama in your event
Of course, we also have products to create a nice background. We can either hang up fabric to hide an office landscape and create a nice frame for the event, or set up LED screens or entire LED walls using the beMatrix mounting system, to create a completely different environment for the event.
Events with Centas
Before a new assignment, we are happy to come out and take a look at the room from which the live stream will be broadcast. After learning about your wishes and goals, we put together a quote that we go through together. When you become our customer, you will be assigned a project manager who will work with you to draw up a detailed plan for the event, create a schedule and provide tips and advice on how best to carry out the live stream.
We rig and test
When it’s time for the event, we come out and set up the equipment well in advance, preferably the day before and test that everything works. It usually takes between two to three hours to get an empty room ready for live streaming. A strong recommendation from us is that the people who will hold the live-streamed event then rehearse the entire program before it is time for the real broadcast. This gives a more professional presentation when the time comes.
Small and large live-streamed events
No event is too big or too small for us to help you with the technology. The technology required depends entirely on the size of the event and what you want to get out of it. Large events obviously require more than smaller events.
Major events
The more advanced packages Centas has include two cameras, which is just right if there are two to three people who will be on stage and be in the picture. If there are even more people who will be holding the live-streamed event, we obviously have more cameras to set up. These are attached to our streaming rack together with the lights you want.
In the advanced solution, at least three of our technicians will be present. One who handles the sound, another who handles the stream and ensures what image is visible to the outside world, and a third who is responsible for the cameras and acts as an image producer.
Small and medium-sized events
For small, slightly simpler events where one or two people will be in the picture, two cameras are usually enough. Then a technician from us will handle all the technology and the stream.
For medium-sized broadcasts with one to two people on camera, we recommend two to three cameras. In this case, two technicians will help you, one to handle the camera and sound, and another to handle the stream.
Frequently asked questions about live streaming
Can we live stream any event?
You can live stream any event, but it is often good to make sure to adapt the format to work digitally. Centas has extensive experience in this and is happy to help with tips and advice.
What technology do I need to live stream an event?
To live stream events or hold hybrid events, you need a streaming computer, sound mixer, image mixer, light mixer, cameras and lamps or spotlights. We have everything in ready-made packages that we adapt to the size of your event.