Conflux Live · by Big Small TV

The stream that can't go black.

A broadcast-quality live show from a small crew: real cameras, a director, lower thirds, Q&A and a recording on your site before lunch. The programme is made in the cloud, so if the venue connection drops, your viewers see your holding slide, not a dead stream. For results days, investor events, town halls, premieres and launches.

Talk to us about a showSee how it works
0 sof dead air if the venue connection drops
4people run a results call that used to take 8
1team from brief to edit: the people who film it cut it
< 2 hfrom "thank you and goodbye" to the recording on your site
How it works

Three parts, one show.

The room has cameras, microphones and a director. The programme itself is made in the cloud, where a venue power cut or a dropped line can't reach it. Specialists sit wherever they are and drive the same show.

01 · At the venue

A gallery on one Mac

Cameras2 to 4, with a camera operator each; a phone with a £20 dongle works too (kit list)
Microphones and sound deskLapels, lecterns, PA; talkback to the presenter's earpiece
Slides and VTsPowerPoint plays live from the gallery, not the laptop
Conflux StudioSwitching, graphics, prompter, presenter screen, recording, every cut loggedDirector + Stream Deck
SeatsGraphics, sound and producer on their own Macs, in the room or remote
Second path: a phone's data carries on if the venue line fails
02 · In the cloud

The programme that never stops

Cloud programmeA continuous feed made on our servers. If the venue drops, the holding slide, a VT or the slides take over, then it cuts back by itself.
Backup inputsMain and backup feeds; switched for you within seconds
Replays and a 9:16 feedHighlights built while you're live; a vertical cut that follows the speaker
Event pageRegistration, moderated Q&A, questions to screen, personal links
GuestsTeams meetings and browser guest links come in as inputs
03 · Where it goes

Everywhere at once

Your event pageBranded, with the recording in place afterwards
YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, Teams, FacebookAll live from one feed; none sees a disconnect
Venue screens and overflow roomsFull-quality feeds over a web link, no long cables
Recording and editEdit-ready files as it happens, an EDL of every cut, proxies to the editor during the show
ReportEvery switch, drop-out and output, with times, by email
If the venue drops

Your viewers see this, not a spinning wheel.

On airWe'll be back in a momentHolding slide · every platform still connected09:31:04

The programme is made on our servers, not in the venue. When the line from the room stops, the cloud programme switches to your holding slide or a pre-recorded message within a second, and every platform carries on as if nothing happened. The director sees why in plain English. When the line is back and stable, it cuts to the cameras again.

Meanwhile a second internet path, usually a phone, keeps a lower-quality picture flowing, so most viewers never see the slide at all.

Packages

Sized to the show.

Each is a crew, the kit and the cloud, quoted as one price. Tell us the date and the room and we'll send a quote the same day.

Crew of 4 · one day

Results call

Half-year and full-year results, trading updates, town halls.

  • 2 cameras, a director and a sound operator
  • Branded lower thirds and holding slides
  • PowerPoint played live
  • Event page with registration and moderated Q&A
  • Holding slide if the line drops
  • Recording delivered the same day
Crew of 7 · prep day + show day

Capital markets day

Investor days, AGMs, half-day and full-day events.

  • 3 cameras, studio lighting
  • Graphics and producer seat on a second Mac
  • Presenter screen, prompter, talkback
  • Questions to screen, personal links for analysts
  • Graphics day and a highlights edit next day
Full crew · quoted

Flagship

Premieres, launches, multi-site events, red carpets.

  • Replays to screens within minutes
  • A 9:16 cut for social during the event
  • Second internet path
  • Remote talent over Teams with a clean return
  • Proxies to the editor from the floor; the highlights cut starts in the car home
What happens if…

The answers before you ask.

The internet dropsHolding slide within a second; every platform stays connected; the phone path carries on; it cuts back by itself.
A camera failsThe director cuts to another; if the feed to the cloud is lost, the backup feed takes over.
The CEO's laptop diesThe slides are already playing from our gallery, not the laptop.
A slide is wrongSend the corrected deck; it's swapped at the next natural break, never mid-slide.
An inappropriate questionEvery question is moderated before it reaches the screen.
A presenter is lateThe holding slide, a VT or a countdown plays while the running order is re-ordered live.
The gallery Mac crashesThe output keeps playing on its own and the cloud programme carries on regardless.
Someone on the crew is illEach seat can be covered by another operator on their own Mac, from anywhere.
What's built

Honest about where we are.

We build this ourselves and run it on our own shows first. This list is kept up to date: nothing goes on a client's show before it has been on one of ours. Last updated .

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Made by Big Small TV

Built by broadcasters for their own shows.

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