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Insights, tips, and guides on live streaming and video production from the LiveControl team.
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Your Brand Is Being Impacted By Your Funeral Live Stream
Most funeral homes don’t view their live stream as an extension of their brand. However, for many live and recorded viewers, this video experience wil...
August 8, 2024Using Viewer-Data to Drive Leads for Funeral Home Live Streams
Creating videos to drive leads and gather data is a well-established practice. Social media has revolutionized this landscape with free and paid subsc...
August 7, 2024
Why Funeral Homes Should Be Live Streaming
One of the most important changes we’ve seen in recent years is the shift from physical to virtual events. This shift has changed expectations for wha...
January 25, 2023
How to Live Stream a Funeral
Losing a loved one is always a difficult experience. It’s a time filled with emotions and the many logistics that go into the planning of a memorial or ...
April 15, 2022
How to Live Stream an Event
As venues begin to open up for in-person events, you might be surprised to learn that live streaming is still here to stay.
April 14, 2022
Best Cameras for Live Streaming Church
Comparing the best cameras for live streaming church services: Logitech Mevo, handheld camcorders, and PTZ cameras. Find the right fit for your house ...
April 4, 2022
What is a PTZ Camera?
PTZ cameras are the perfect cameras for live streaming events in music venues, houses of worship, and corporate settings. But what exactly is a PTZ ca...
April 4, 2022
How Much Does it Cost to Live Stream an Event?
Congratulations! Live streaming is a huge part of making events more accessible, inclusive, and memorable.
March 29, 2022
Why You Should Be Recording Your Live Streams and How To Get Started
Why You Should Be Recording Your Live Streams and How To Get Started
January 15, 2022How to Market Your Venue for Corporate-Event Use: After Hours and Live Streaming
Even if there’s already plenty of other spaces available, members of your community will always need a versatile space to host a variety of events. Ho...
December 20, 2021
A Guide to Accessible Worship: Welcoming All to Your Congregation
Making worship accessible is one of the most important actions you can take as acommunity leader in the modern age.You can use new technology to your ...
December 10, 2021
Planning an Accessible Funeral Service: A Guide for Families and Individuals
According to U.S. Funerals Online,around 2.4 million funerals take place every year. Due to baby boomers entering their late senior years, the mortali...
December 10, 2021
Background Staging Tips for Live Streams and Video Calls
Businesses all across the country are learning how to work remotely at a rapid pace. Flexjobs estimates that22% of the entire workforce in America wil...
November 18, 2021
The New Face of Community Leadership
Many people would say that it takes a combination of several traits to become a good leader. Some attributes, likediscipline and intelligence, have be...
November 18, 2021
How to simultaneously live stream your Zoom meeting to YouTube and Facebook
In order to live stream your Zoom Webinar or Zoom Meeting, you will need a premium Zoom account. From there, you will see that your options are to str...
July 21, 2021
3 Reasons Why You Should Outsource Your Live Streaming
So, you’ve just gotten the approval to start live streaming… where do you begin?
February 16, 2021
Live Streaming For Smaller Churches: What To Look For In Your Live Streaming Solution
There are several reasons people hesitate about starting to live stream, but one of the reasons that our team at LiveControl hears often is that their...
February 16, 2021Bringing The Worship Space To Their Members with LiveControl
Many churches have come a long way in their live streaming solutions from the start of the pandemic until now. One of our clients,Park Hill United Met...
February 15, 2021Focusing on What Churches Do Best With LiveControl’s Remote Production Crew In The Cloud
Written for Religious Product News: find the original blog posthere.
February 9, 2021
How Will Live Streaming Grow Your House of Worship?
The choice to live stream or not to live stream your house of worship services can be a controversial topic. Some believe that the choice to live stre...
February 8, 2021
Keep Your Audience Engaged: 4 Camera Shots For Your Church Live Stream
Now that your church’s live stream is up and running, you need to make sure that your message is received as well as it would be if your congregants c...
January 21, 2021
Make Sure Your Message Is Heard: 5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Live Streaming Audio
Now that live streaming your church’s services is the norm, it’s time to make sure that your live stream is as engaging as your sermon would be in per...
January 21, 2021
How Does Live Streaming Increase My Church's In-Person Attendance?
Now that churches are starting to re-open, if you have already started live streaming you might be wondering whether the accessibility of your service...
January 19, 2021
Tips From Experienced Church Live Streamers
The world of live streaming house of worship services is still new territory to many people. It sounds daunting from the hardware and software to the ...
January 19, 2021
Five Ways To Increase Your Online Giving
Now that online worship has become the norm, it's important for houses of worship to have all aspects of their service online, including tithing and d...
January 15, 2021
How To Use Metrics To Improve Your Live Stream
Now that your house of worship has started live streaming, it’s time to find out whether your live stream is successful. The best and most accurate wa...
January 15, 2021
Lighting Up Your Live Stream: Four Common Lighting Problems and How to Fix Them
Are you wondering why you might be losing viewers for your live stream? Poor lighting could be one of the contributing factors.
January 15, 2021
Live Streaming Etiquette: Avoid These 4 Common Live Streaming Mistakes
Live Streaming Etiquette: Avoid These 4 Common Live Streaming Mistakes
January 15, 2021
Platforms To Encourage Online Giving
Now that worship is primarily done online due to stay-at-home orders, churches have had to adapt every part of their service to this new norm. Accepti...
January 15, 2021
Take Your Congregation Online: Start Building Your Virtual Church Community
Worshipping from home may not be the same as physically gathering in church every Sunday, but that does not mean that your community has to be any les...
January 15, 2021
You might have noticed that your lighting doesn’t look as good on your live stream as it does in person. The common suggestion is to add more lights, but that can be an expensive solution that will not necessarily fix the issue.
You might have noticed that your lighting doesn’t look as good on your live stream as it does in person. The common suggestion is to add more lights, ...
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Do It Yourself Streaming Series: Hardware vs. Software
This is the age old question, which can be widely debated… should I invest in individual hardware components that I can beautifully rack mount OR shou...
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Do It Yourself Streaming Series: IP vs. NDI vs. PoE vs. HDMI vs. SDI vs. The World
There are many choices when it comes to choosing a video protocol. It affects everything from your installation to your hardware to your resolution an...
January 5, 2021
Do It Yourself Streaming Series: Mac Or PC? What Specs Do I Need In A Streaming Computer?
Mac vs PC, Toyota vs Honda, Pepsi vs Coke, it’s just preference on the machine… right? Well, not exactly.
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Do It Yourself Streaming Series: When Should I Update My Streaming Software?
Everyone experiences this all the time – we log onto our computers to find the “update software” pop-up on the screen. When is the best time to pull t...
January 5, 2021
How to link directly to your YouTube Live Stream or embed directly on your website
Most of our clients need an easy way for their members to view the live stream. I’m going to talk abouttwo different approachesto link your live strea...
January 5, 2021
How your internet speed affects your live streaming.
When you think of live streaming, there are two things that are most important: Hardware and Internet Speed. Understanding your limitations and requir...
December 17, 2020
How to easily incorporate pre-recorded video content into your Zoom call
As people become more familiar with Zoom, it is natural next step to want to upgrade the viewing experience with enhanced production tools. The
September 30, 2020
How to optimize and improve your Zoom connection
We have all been there when hosting a Zoom meeting - the audio and video becomes choppy and the sound becomes distorted. Below are tips and tricks to ...
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Why Zoom is only the beginning for live streaming services for Houses of Worship
Zoom has forced many Houses of Worship, along with other organizations (think comedy clubs, gyms, and concert venues) to adapt quickly to the live str...
September 30, 2020
Why should I live stream to both YouTube and Facebook?
To maximize your viewership, you’re going to need to broadcast your live stream to everywhere your audience lives. Facebook not only has the best anal...
May 12, 2020