Event Video Production Companies in NYC, Sorted by the Event You're Planning

Let's get the awkward part out of the way first.

We're Raised Media Co., a video production agency in New York. We cover a lot of events. A good chunk of that is for other agencies who bring us in for their brand clients. So yes, we do the thing this post is about.

And no, we're not on the list.

Every "top event production companies" roundup you've ever read was written by a company that put itself at number one. You knew it while you were reading. That's why those pages are useless, and it's why we left ourselves off this one.

We watch this field anyway, it's part of the job. Here's what we found, sorted by the kind of event you're planning, because that's the only sorting that helps.

First, why ranking these one through ten is silly

An event is not one job. A three-day conference with four rooms going at once needs a different team than a gala for 120 people. The crew that's great at one can be the wrong call for the other.

So nobody here is number one. Each section is a type of event, what it needs from a crew, and who to look at. Details come from what these companies say about themselves, so double-check when you talk to them.

Conferences and summits

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The hard part is coverage math. Multiple rooms, overlapping sessions, a keynote you cannot miss, and speaker content that has to be usable months later. You need a team that plans off your run of show instead of wandering in with a camera. We got into what separates good conference coverage from a recording, if you want that first.

Indigo Productions has been at this since 1991. Their client list runs big and institutional, Citibank, UBS, Deutsche Bank, AmEx, the UN Federal Credit Union, the US Department of State. They've made over 50 videos for Salesforce. If your approval chain is long, they've been through it.

MultiVision Digital focuses on corporate livestreaming and B2B video, and lands on most NYC live-event lists. Straightforward, business-minded shop.

Wizard Studios covers the whole technical side, switching, graphics, projection, video walls, plus creative. Twenty-five-plus years on it. Good when you'd rather not chase five vendors yourself.

Corporate events and leadership moments

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Different problem here. The room is usually easier. But the video has to get through internal review, work for marketing, and make execs look like people. That's craft, not camera count, and it's most of what corporate video comes down to.

TRADEMARK was started by Elle Chan and Jon Forst, both ex-Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm. It shows. They bring movie-level craft to corporate events, lighting and set design included. Worth a call when the room itself has to be the moment.

EMRG Media has twenty-five-plus years producing New York events, with Google, JP Morgan, and ABC among their clients. More event production than video-first, so ask how they handle capture or pair them with a crew.

Brand activations and experiential

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Activations are their own animal. Short windows, brand standards to hit, and content that has to land while people are still posting about it. Speed is part of the deliverable, not a bonus, and it's why brand activation coverage gets scoped differently than a normal shoot.

LUME designs concepts, produces builds, staffs the event, runs the technical show, and captures it under one roof, with in-house photo and same-day delivery. Strong option if you want one team owning the whole thing.

IDEKO does experiential production with credits including Nike, Louis Vuitton, Red Bull, and Amazon. Good fit when the build and the experience are the hard part.

Galas, fundraisers, and private events

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The one people sleep on! A gala has a program to respect and donors in the room. There's usually an impact video too, and that one video often raises more money than anything else that night. You want a crew that reads the room and stays out of it. Nonprofit budgets work differently too, worth knowing before you call anyone.

Melty Cone is NYC-based and has produced hundreds of event videos and gala fundraisers, capturing speeches, performances, and testimonials.

NYC Event Videos specializes in conference, gala, and corporate event video, shoots in 4K, and scales rates for nonprofits.

Riccardi Media focuses on gala and award-night videography with board-ready coverage, sponsor visibility, and sizzle edits, and also has nonprofit pricing.

Livestream and hybrid

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If people are watching from home, this is a broadcast, not a shoot. Different gear, different crew, different ways for it to go wrong. Livestreaming is not hitting go-live on your phone, so hire someone who does it all the time.

B Live is Brooklyn-based and built around cinema-grade multi-camera and global livestreaming, plus OTT managed services and event microsites.

Flypack New York brings thirty-plus years of multi-camera live events, remote studio production, and system integration. They also rent to other broadcast professionals, which tells you where the expertise sits.

American Movie Company handles full-service livestream with multi-camera, teleprompters, digital overlays, and real-time control. Solid for webcasts that need to look produced while they're happening.

How to pick, whatever the event

Ask what happens after the event, not just during. Coverage without a real post plan is a hard drive, and turnaround is where most disappointment lives.

Ask for a recent piece from an event like yours, the real deliverable and not the sizzle reel. Ask who owns the footage. Ask how many people are coming, because "we'll have a crew there" can mean four or one.

Two quotes that look far apart are usually two different jobs. We broke down the money side in what event video costs, and the full vetting version in how I'd vet a production company.

And yes, obviously

We cover events too. Corporate, conferences, activations, galas, a lot of it white-label for agencies who need a crew that shows up briefed and stays invisible.

But that's not what this page is for. Putting ourselves in the middle of it would have made the whole thing worthless. If one of the teams above fits your event, go work with them! They're good. And if you want to talk to us, you know where we are.

Raised Media Co. is a New York City visual production company. Video, photography, and web design, built for brands.