Munich, February 13, 2026: The Hotel Bayerischer Hof is cordoned off, the streets in front of it lined with security forces, security at every entrance. Inside, heads of state and foreign ministers from several countries are meeting in the same room. And we set up our studio there. Every year since 2022 on behalf of Lobeco.
What could have been a single assignment back then became a permanent collaboration: 2023, 2024, 2025 and now 2026, for the fifth time in a row. Since then, Lobeco has entrusted us with the production responsibility of its studios when the conference goes live.
The 62nd Munich Security Conference will once again bring together over 450 high-ranking decision-makers from all over the world plus a global online audience that will be tuning in. Its aim: to discuss the most pressing security challenges of our time. And there are quite a few of them.
In this article, we show what it takes to deliver reliably under these conditions and why this experience counts for any demanding live format.
When safety dictates the process
Anyone who has ever worked on the MSC quickly understands that different rules apply here. Access restrictions, security zones, accredited persons who are not allowed to simply stand still even in the hotel corridor.
Set-up times are not recommendations, but hard limits. A cable that is in the wrong place at the wrong time can mean that the entire process comes to a standstill.
For our team, the conference therefore begins long before the first livestream. We now know the building, we know the processes and we have learned to work within this framework without disrupting it. Discreet miking, compact camera setups, pre-configured mobile control room. This is no coincidence, but the result of years of experience at the same location with the same team. What looks smooth on the outside is the result of millimeter-precise preparation on the inside.
20 formats in three days – what that means
In 2024, we produced over 20 different formats within three conference days. Guests came every 20 minutes. A foreign minister directly from a bilateral discussion, an intelligence expert, a panel guest who barely speaks English.
Every guest has different requirements. Different body sizes, skin tones, people who wear glasses, sometimes safety-sensitive personal preferences that we don’t know in advance. Our setup has to be adapted to a new person in seconds. There is no need to make corrections, what we show is live.
The spectrum ranges from 1:1 interviews to panels with up to four people and moderated discussion rounds. Produced in several languages: German, English, Arabic and Russian. Immediate transfer to digital platforms is not an option, but standard.
In 2025, we operated two parallel studio setups for the first time: ten people in the team, two fully equipped production environments running simultaneously. This included an official YouTube studio format and productions in close partnership with Lobeco.
What’s behind every smooth livestream
Anyone watching a good corporate event livestream sees: a professionally lit guest, clear sound, a clean picture, no pauses. What they don’t see is the architecture behind it.
Our structure at MSC is clearly organized: Studio management, picture direction, camera, sound, lighting, guest coordination, backup strategy. Every role is filled, every handover is defined. Redundant signal paths ensure that a technical failure remains in the background – literally. With a press conference live stream of this size, there is no room for unforeseen interruptions.
This is not a special feature of MSC – it is our standard. Because we know that trust in live productions comes from reliability, not from promises.
What this has to do with your company
The MSC is an extreme scenario. But anyone who understands how we work there also understands how we work everywhere.
The requirements of a corporate livestream, whether it’s a town hall where the CEO responds live to questions from the workforce, a management stream for an international management team or an association event with 2,000 viewers, are structurally the same as at the MSC. Different rooms, different faces, the same claim: that nothing is lost when it goes live.
B2B event marketing works when the production team disappears into the background and the conversation, the message and the content remain in the foreground. This does not require a standard solution, but a mobile control room that thinks calmly in complex environments and a team that knows what is at stake when the livestream begins.
Five years of MSC. The same attitude, every day.
What carries us at the Munich Security Conference is not size or volume. It is the ability to deliver in tight time frames, under pressure and with high demands, and to do so quietly, precisely and reliably.
If you are planning a production where quality is not a matter of negotiation, we would be happy to talk to you. Send us an e-mail to hello@stream1.eu or call us directly on 089 41 41 453 10. We are here for you.
