Client
City of Rotterdam
Starting simple with Valo START
The City of Rotterdam asked Valo to advise on studio construction and train the media support team so they could run live productions independently.
Valo advised starting simply with a small studio and basic equipment: the Valo START package, a compact and portable studio setup. A three-person media support team then received a four-day crash course in self-directed live switching.
Crash course and sabotage day
The first day introduced the livestreaming landscape: light, sound, IT, production, direction, floor management and switching. The course covered Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams Live Events, YouTube, Vimeo and Invitado.
The second and third days focused on camera operation. On the final “sabotage day”, Valo built a live simulation and deliberately introduced problems, so the team learned to solve last-minute issues themselves.
Result
The training created a media support team that can now livestream independently with a simple starter package. The city no longer needs external parties for simple online or hybrid events, and the team has a strong foundation for larger productions.
What Valo delivered
- Advice on training the team
- Hardware advice for a compact mobile studio
- Valo START package for small-scale self-service livestreaming
- Four-day hands-on training
- A sabotage day to develop problem-solving skills
- Support during the team’s first live broadcast
Price indication
A four-day course based on the mobile Valo START studio costs roughly €8,000.
Client response
“Knowledge and vision create light and stability… ;)”
Oben, Multimedia employee