Live stream production
Streams that hold up while people are watching — multi-source switching, rehearsed presenters, and a planned answer for every way a live broadcast fails.
The short answer
West Peek Productions is a live stream production company that has produced more than 400 virtual and hybrid experiences since 2020. We handle the stream end to end: sources, switching, audio, rehearsal, live direction, and failover.
A single-session moderated stream sits in our published $2,500 to $7,500 band. Multi-track, in-room or redundant-path broadcasts are $10,000 to $50,000 and above.
What a live stream production actually involves
Most people who say "we just need it streamed" are describing the last ten percent of the work. The stream is the output. The production is everything that makes the output survive contact with a live audience.
- Sources and switchingCameras, presenter feeds, screen shares, slides, pre-recorded segments, lower thirds and music, cut live by someone watching for the next problem rather than reacting to the last one.
- AudioThe single most common reason a stream is abandoned. Levels, mix, and the discipline of never letting a presenter's laptop microphone be the plan.
- Presenter rehearsalOn the real platform, with the real deck. An untested screen-share permission is a five-second fix in rehearsal and a five-minute silence live.
- FailoverWhat takes over when a presenter drops, a share dies, or the primary path stops. If the answer is "we improvise", that is not a plan, that is the incident.
- The recording afterwardsCut into clips and assets rather than left as a two-hour file nobody opens.
What drives the price of a stream
Four questions move a live stream budget more than anything else:
- How many live sources? One talking head is not four presenters, a demo and a video roll.
- How much rehearsal? Labour, plus the scheduling of other people's calendars.
- One stream or a series? A repeating show reuses the setup and the templates.
- Is there a redundant path? True broadcast redundancy roughly doubles the technical footprint, and for some audiences it is non-negotiable.
The full breakdown, with both published bands, is on what event production costs.
Choosing where to stream
We work on the platform you already hold a licence for wherever that is sensible — a platform migration in the four weeks before a show is a risk you are taking for no reason. If you have not chosen yet, the decision criteria are on how to choose a virtual event platform.
Where we work
West Peek Productions is headquartered in New York, with offices in Atlanta and Memphis. Live stream production is remote-first by nature: the majority of the more than 400 experiences we have produced were delivered to distributed audiences, and the location that matters is usually the presenter's, not ours.
Common questions
What does a live stream production company do that a platform does not?
A platform gives you a room and a broadcast button. A production company owns the run of show, rehearses the presenters, directs the broadcast live, and has a planned answer for each way it can fail. The platform is a tool in that job, not a substitute for it.
How much does live stream production cost?
West Peek Productions publishes two bands: $2,500 to $7,500 for a moderated single-session production, and $10,000 to $50,000 and above for summits, conferences and hybrid productions with an in-room audience, concurrent tracks or a redundant backup stream. See what event production costs.
Can you use our existing streaming platform?
Usually yes, and usually that is the right call. Switching platforms close to a show adds a category of risk that has nothing to do with your content.
How much lead time do you need for a live stream?
Two to three weeks is workable for a straightforward single-speaker session. Multi-speaker panels, live demos and hybrid rooms need longer, because the constraint is getting every presenter into a rehearsal, not our availability.
What are you trying to build?
Tell us the event type, the date, the audience size, the speaker count and the moments that must not fail. That is enough to place the job in a band and tell you what it needs.
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