Executive studios, hybrid rooms and event production.
Varto designs, installs and supports production rooms for communications, AV, IT and event teams, and, subject to fleet availability, supplies rental systems and operators when a date needs more than the room has.
Rent for the date, or install the room?
An installed room carries the weekly work; a rental covers the event that outgrows it, and can come with experienced Varto operators.
3Play rental supplied by Varto, Fanatics Fest Games 2026Rent for the date
- When it fits
- A single event, a date that cannot move, or a production bigger than the room.
- How it is bought
- Quoted for the event, subject to fleet availability.
Varto demo studio control roomInstall the room
- When it fits
- Recurring town halls, executive messages and hybrid meetings.
- Who runs it
- Your team after training, with Varto operators bookable for the events that matter most.
- How it is bought
- A capital project through AV, IT, facilities or communications. Training and ongoing support are scoped in the proposal.
Rooms and events on the record.
Varto rental systems and operators at the MTV Video Music Awards, 2024.
- Pitney BowesVarto's scope included NDI, Dante, PTZ cameras with autotracking, Allen & Heath audio, NETGEAR AV networking and Adder KVM, among related system components.See the Pitney Bowes project
- A nationally streamed charity benefitVarto supplied and operated the equipment: primary and backup TriCaster 2 Elites, seven cameras, LED wall and side screens, HyperDeck recording, LiveU bonded transmission, Restream delivery, Peplink connectivity and NETGEAR AV.
Varto also streams single corporate events with its own equipment and experienced operators, and works alongside other AV integrators on builds where Varto handles the production system: cameras, switching, graphics and streaming.
Leadership messages and recorded content, run by a small team.
PTZ cameras on stored shots, recalled from the control position, or studio cameras with an operator at each one. Either way, someone runs the switcher, the prompter and the audio.
An executive studio, in signal order
The cameras and the switcher differ between the examples; prompting, light, audio and recording are shared.
- Cameras
Example A · PTZ on stored shotsPanasonic AW-UE150AOne-inch 4K/60p over NDI, with an optical low-pass filter for LED walls.Panasonic
Example B · an operator at each cameraBlackmagic Studio Camera 6K ProSuper 35 with EF lenses and built-in ND filters for a shallower look.Blackmagic Design
A room that mixes bothSony BRC-AM7 or ILME-FR7PTZ cameras with 12G-SDI, genlock and timecode, to sit beside operated cameras.Sony - Switching and graphics
Example AVizrt TriCaster Mini X or PrizmMini X takes eight inputs from HDMI and NDI sources; Prizm takes sixteen, with 8 SDI inputs when ordered with the chassis.TriCaster
Example BBlackmagic ATEM Television Studio 4K8Eight 12G-SDI inputs; a return feed to each Blackmagic camera carries tally, talkback and camera control.Blackmagic DesignThese pairings are examples, not a rule. PTZ cameras with SDI outputs also run on an ATEM from their own controller, and studio cameras connect to a Prizm ordered with SDI inputs, with camera settings made at each camera and talkback on the intercom.
- Prompting and light
CueScript CSMV2 and Ikan Lyra PoEThe script over Ethernet on a monitor bright enough for a lit set; fixtures powered and controlled over one network cable, with the PoE budget sized before we quote.CueScriptIkan - AudioSennheiser EW-DX Dante receivers into a Yamaha DM3 or an Allen & Heath SQ with a Dante option cardWithout Dante, as on the EW-DX EM 2 or the DM3 Standard, the receivers connect over XLR.SennheiserYamahaAllen & Heath
- Virtual setoptional
Brainstorm Edison PRO or Viz Virtual Studio GoEdison PRO lets a presenter run the set with their own slides; Virtual Studio Go is operated.BrainstormVizrt - Record and share
A HyperDeck Studio for the program, SNS EVO for the media teamShared storage the editors open directly, with a short-depth model for shallow racks.Studio Network Solutions
Also quoted with the room: racks, power and cable, the network with your IT staff, and the configuration, commissioning, documentation and training.
People in the room and online, from the same infrastructure.
Remote guests arrive as clean sources, the far end hears the room without its own echo, and the room has a meeting mode and a show mode.
QuickLink StudioEdge with its caller interface: each remote guest arrives as a separate source.
- Remote guestsZoom, Teams and Webex guests as separate SDI, NDI or ST 2110 sources, by model, with talkback.QuickLink StudioEdge
- Ceiling microphonesFor rooms where the microphone stays off the table, planned with the processor and loudspeakers.Shure MXA925Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2
- ProcessingA USB port for the soft codec, and echo cancellation on the optional coprocessor.Symetrix Radius NX
- Cameras and the meeting feedThe SRG-A40 frames a presenter or a group on its own; the U4 puts the produced program into Teams, Zoom or Meet as a USB camera.Sony SRG-A40Kiloview U4
- Room to roomHDMI up to 4K60 over the managed network, with Dante on the IP350UHD.Blustream IP350UHDNETGEAR M4250
A date, an audience and a backup path.
Operated cameras follow the stage while a PTZ camera holds the wide shot, transmission gets a second path, and Varto operators can run the show or back up your team.
- CamerasTwo operated AG-CX370 or XF605 cameras and a PTZ on the wide shot; the AG-CX370 adds NDI and switcher tally.Panasonic AG-CX370Canon XF605
- Switching and recordingA TriCaster or ATEM flypack, assembled and tested before it ships, with a HyperDeck as the redundant record; rented for the date or specified for you to own.Rentals
- TransmissionLU300S for one camera, LU800 for up to four frame-synced cameras by license, LU900Q for the harshest networks, or Solo PRO straight to the platform; a Peplink router for the second connection, with SpeedFusion bonding where the model and license include it.LiveUPeplink MAX BR1 Pro 5G
- Crew commsWireless beltpacks for the stage manager, camera operators and the floor.Clear-Com FreeSpeak II
Quoted for the date: the equipment, transport and setup, the operators, and the rehearsal time the show needs. Varto is a LiveU Authorized Partner.
Budgets, approvals and support.
Scope written in plain terms, so the people approving it can see what they are buying.
Support
Support for rooms that host scheduled events: per-incident help, a Varto OnAir plan for the room and its event calendar, or Professional Services Blocks for new staff and changes. Coverage is confirmed for your equipment.
Repair
Eligible Vizrt hardware, TriCaster included, is repaired on Varto's own bench, a Vizrt Authorized Repair Center.
One event, or every week?
Bring your event calendar, the rooms you use and who on your team runs them. We will recommend renting, installing or both.