A professional live stream in Melbourne costs $2,750 to $3,500 ex GST for a single camera, $3,500 to $6,000 for a two-camera corporate event, and $10,000 to $19,000 for a multi-session conference. All prices in this guide are ex GST — add 10% for the inc-GST figure.
Those are not estimates. They are the actual range across the 46 events we streamed in Melbourne during 2025 and 2026. Our median live stream was $5,947 ex GST.
This guide gives you our real numbers, what drives them up and down, and the venue costs that turn a tidy quote into a surprise invoice.
Melbourne live streaming prices at a glance
| What you’re streaming | Ex GST | Inc GST |
|---|---|---|
| Single camera, one speaker, short session | $2,750 – $3,500 | $3,025 – $3,850 |
| Two cameras, panel or town hall, half day | $3,500 – $6,000 | $3,850 – $6,600 |
| Multi-camera with graphics, full day | $6,000 – $10,000 | $6,600 – $11,000 |
| Conference or member forum, multiple sessions | $10,000 – $19,000 | $11,000 – $20,900 |
Median job: $5,947 ex GST. Six in ten of our live streams land between $3,000 and $8,000.
A note on the cheap end. You will find Melbourne quotes at $1,900. We do not offer one, and it is worth knowing why: at that price the crew is one person, the internet is the venue’s, and there is no redundancy. That is a reasonable bet for a low-stakes internal meeting. It is a bad bet for an AGM, an awards night, or anything with your board watching. Every price on this page is backed by our stay-live guarantee: if a technical issue on our side stops your stream, we fix it fast or refund your fee.
What a live stream costs, by event type
One-camera webinar, AGM or board meeting — from $2,750
One camera, one operator, audio from the venue desk or our own microphones, streaming to a single destination, recording included. A three-hour single-camera memorial service ran $3,250. A short community event, $2,961.
Two-camera panel or town hall — $3,500 to $6,000
Two cameras, a switcher and a director, lower thirds, one destination plus recording. This is the most common job we do. A two-camera stream with a director ran $3,109. A recurring staff town hall sits at $3,945 to $5,600.
Multi-camera with graphics — $6,000 to $10,000
Three cameras, a dedicated director and audio operator, run-of-show graphics, autocue where presenters need it, bonded internet, multiple destinations, full-day coverage. An open day with a multi-camera stream plus event coverage, $9,276. A hospital’s national awards night, $12,310 with extended coverage.
Conference or member forum — $10,000 to $19,000
Multiple sessions across a day, concurrent or breakout streams, a full graphics package, a rehearsal day, and session recordings delivered separately. Crewed like a broadcast. A national member forum, streamed twice a year, runs $17,000 to $19,300.
Webinar series — quoted per series
Recurring webinars are priced as a package. A four-part series ran $7,285; a two-part package $12,000. Series pricing reflects the repeated setup. We do not discount for volume, because the crew costs the same on episode four as it does on episode one.
What you are paying for
A live stream is priced on crew and kit for the day, not on hours of footage. The people on site are a camera operator for each camera, someone switching between them, an audio operator on anything with more than a couple of microphones, and a producer running the show against your run sheet. The kit that matters most is the vision mixer and the bonded internet.
Multi-day events are quoted per day. There is no volume discount, because the same crew and the same kit turn up on day three as on day one.
Every price on this page is backed by our stay-live guarantee
If a technical issue on our side stops your live stream, we fix it fast or refund your fee. That is the real difference between the bands on this page and a cheaper quote: not the number of cameras, but who carries the risk if the stream goes down. Ask any supplier you are comparing us against whether they will put that in writing.
Work out your own number
Our live streaming cost calculator prices your event on the actual components: run time, how many cameras, how many microphones, and whether you need graphics, slides or video playback. It applies the same rates we quote from, so the number it gives you is the number our producer starts from.
It takes about thirty seconds and you can see the number without giving us your email.
We checked it against two years of real invoices before publishing this guide. A two-camera panel with three microphones and lower thirds comes out around $3,960 ex GST, and a three-camera full-day event with graphics lands near $8,900 — both sitting inside the bands above.
One thing the estimator cannot know is your venue. Setup, pack-down, testing against your platform and the backup internet path cost much the same on a one-camera job as on a three-camera one, which is why very small events rarely land below $2,750 once they are properly crewed.
Try the live streaming cost calculator
The five things that move your price
1. Cameras — and operators
The biggest lever. Every camera needs an operator, a second camera needs someone switching between them, and three or more needs a director calling shots. “Three cameras” in a cheap quote often means one operator and two locked-off boxes.
2. Run time and bump-in
Setup and pack-down take the same time whether you are live for 90 minutes or six hours, so short events carry proportionally more of the fixed cost. A three-hour stream is not half the price of a six-hour one.
3. Whether the venue can carry it
Venue internet is the most common point of failure in live streaming. Most Melbourne venues cannot guarantee upload bandwidth for the length of an event, particularly once delegates are on the wi-fi. We bring bonded connections that combine multiple mobile networks, so a venue line dropping does not take the stream down.
4. Graphics, slides and remote presenters
Lower thirds, run-of-show graphics and autocue each add setup time and usually an operator. Slides are the quiet one: pulling a clean feed from a venue’s presentation system is rarely as simple as it sounds. Remote presenters dialling in need testing against the platform in advance.
5. What you need afterwards
The raw recording is included. Session-by-session edits, captions and social cutdowns are quoted separately, because they are editing work rather than streaming work.
How many cameras do you actually need?
Nobody else seems willing to answer this, so:
| Your event | Cameras |
|---|---|
| One presenter, talking to camera or to a small room | One |
| A panel, an interview, or anything with Q&A from the floor | Two |
| A stage wider than about six metres, or an audience you want in shot | Two, ideally three |
| Awards, a full stage production, or anything being edited afterwards | Three |
The honest rule: one camera is fine when there is one thing to look at. The moment there are two things — a speaker and a slide, a panel and an audience — one camera makes the viewer choose, and they choose to leave.
The hidden cost of going cheap
Everyone has an iPhone so everyone thinks they can make a video. There’s always someone who’ll do it cheaper. We regularly get clients who tried the cheap option, got something unusable, and had to do it again.
“There are companies that tick boxes and companies that tell stories. The difference shows up in the results, not the invoice.”
The hidden cost of cheap live streaming isn’t the first invoice — it’s the second one. A failed stream at an AGM, a fundraising event with inaudible audio, a leadership address where the feed drops mid-sentence. The reputational cost often dwarfs what a proper production would have cost.
My background is in conflict zone journalism — Channel 4, the ABC. In those environments, something always goes wrong. So my brain runs contingency plans before anything happens. Over 12 years, that’s been built into the whole team.
When you’re comparing quotes, you’re not just comparing crew counts and camera numbers. You’re comparing how many things can go wrong before your stream goes down. With a cheap provider, the answer is usually one.
Melbourne venue costs most quotes leave out
This is where budgets break, and it has nothing to do with your production company.
In-house AV exclusivity
Several major Melbourne venues — convention centres, the larger hotels, some function centres — have exclusive in-house AV arrangements. You may be required to take a patch into their sound desk through their technician, at their rate, rather than using your supplier’s audio. Ask the venue before you book the supplier.
Patch fees, power and rigging
Taking audio from the house desk is often a charged service. So is three-phase power, rigging points, and anything that needs a ladder. These are venue charges, not production charges, and they rarely appear in a streaming quote.
Venue internet
Some venues charge for a dedicated hard line, and it is frequently the largest venue line item. We would usually rather bring our own bonded connection than pay for one, but ask what the venue charges, because it changes the maths.
Loading docks and bump-in windows
CBD venues often have narrow bump-in windows and heavily booked loading docks. If the only available access is two hours before doors, that is a compressed setup and sometimes extra crew.
Travel
Metropolitan Melbourne is included in our pricing. Regional Victoria and interstate are quoted separately. We have crews in every state, so an interstate event usually does not mean flying a Melbourne crew.
How to reduce your live streaming costs
Not every event needs the full setup. Here are practical ways to keep costs down without compromising reliability:
Use a studio instead of streaming on location. Our Melbourne soundproof studio in Burwood is already set up for live streaming. No venue hire, no travel, no dealing with venue internet. Studio-based streams are consistently the most cost-effective option.
Keep the camera count to two or three. If your content is a single presenter or a simple panel, a well-operated two-camera setup covers most scenarios.
Consolidate your streaming platforms. Streaming to one platform is simpler and cheaper than simulcasting to four. Pick where your audience actually is and focus there.
Bundle with video production. If you’re already producing video content, adding a live stream component to the same day is more cost-effective than booking separately.
Getting more value: the 1+8 content approach
One of the smartest ways to reduce your effective live streaming cost in Melbourne isn’t to spend less — it’s to get more from what you spend.
We call it the 1+8 approach. The hero piece is your live stream. From that same production, you extract eight or more supporting assets: speaker highlights for social, key quotes as short clips, a sizzle reel for next year’s promotion, a recap for stakeholders who couldn’t attend.
“It takes more than one touchpoint to get a customer across the line. Eight more pieces gives you eight more chances.”
The cost per piece of content drops dramatically when you plan for repurposing from the start. A live stream that generates no after-event content is a single-use asset. One that’s planned for extraction keeps working for months.
What a cheap quote usually leaves out
If a quote comes in well under the bands above, one of these is missing:
- Operators. Cameras without operators are locked-off cameras.
- A backup internet path. Ask what happens when the venue’s line drops. If the answer is not specific, there is not one.
- Backup recording. A local recording that survives the stream failing.
- Setup and pack-down time. Inside the quoted hours, or billed on top?
- A rehearsal for anything with executives or a live audience.
- Audio beyond a camera microphone. Camera-mounted audio in a large room sounds like a large room.
- Someone watching the stream itself. Not the cameras — the actual outgoing feed.
- The recording afterwards, in a usable format, with a delivery date.
- Revisions on anything edited.
Questions to ask before you accept any quote
- How many cameras, and how many operators?
- What is the internet plan, and what is the backup?
- Is there a local backup recording?
- Where is the audio coming from?
- Is setup and pack-down inside the quoted time?
- Is a rehearsal included?
- Who is monitoring the outgoing stream during the event?
- What platforms are you streaming to, and have you tested against them?
- What do we receive afterwards, in what format, and when?
- How many revisions are included on edited deliverables?
- Is metropolitan travel included?
- Are these prices ex or inc GST?
That last one catches more people than it should.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to live stream an event in Melbourne?
Between $2,750 and $19,300 ex GST, depending on cameras, duration and complexity. Across the 46 events we streamed in 2025 and 2026 the median was $5,947. A straightforward two-camera town hall is usually $3,500 to $6,000.
How much is a one-hour webinar or AGM stream?
From $2,750 ex GST for a single camera with an operator, streaming to one destination, recording included.
Are your prices ex or inc GST?
Every figure in this guide is ex GST. Add 10% for the inc-GST figure.
Is the recording included?
Yes. The raw recording of the stream is always included. Edited versions, captions and cutdowns are quoted separately.
What happens if the venue’s internet fails?
We bring bonded connections that combine multiple mobile networks, plus a local backup recording, so a venue line dropping out does not end the stream. And if a technical issue on our side does stop your live stream, we fix it fast or refund your fee.
What is the stay-live guarantee?
If a technical issue on our side stops your live stream, we fix it fast or refund your fee. It applies to every job on this page, at every price band.
How much does it cost to add a second camera?
It is the single biggest step in any live streaming quote, because a second camera means a second operator and someone switching between them. In practice it is the difference between our single-camera band and our two-camera band, so roughly $750 to $2,500 depending on the length and complexity of the event.
Do you stream to Zoom, Teams, YouTube and LinkedIn?
Yes, and to more than one at once. The cost is not the platform, it is the testing. Corporate platforms need a rehearsal against the real account.
Can we record without streaming?
Yes, and it is cheaper. If the audience does not need it live, a recorded and edited version costs less and always looks better.
How far ahead should we book?
For November and December, book by the end of September, which is our busiest delivery period. Any other month, three to four weeks is comfortable.
Get a fixed-price quote
Tell us the date, the venue, how many people are speaking and where it needs to go, and we will send a fixed quote — a number, not a range. See our Melbourne live streaming service, or read our companion guide to video production costs in Melbourne.