Case Study: Phillips Street Church of Christ achieves HD, reliable live worship streaming with Telestream Wirecast Pro

Small Congregation Uses Wirecast Pro and Matrox VS4 Live Streaming Technology

Phillips Street Church of Christ, a small 140-person congregation in Dyersburg, Tennessee, had streamed services for years but was limited by an aging SD-based setup and Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder that produced dropped frames and no HD output. With a modest upgrade budget and a need for a turnkey, easy-to-use solution that volunteers could run (and that could be portable for off-site broadcasts), the church sought a reliable way to improve production quality and viewer experience.

They selected 1Beyond’s StreamMachine, built around Telestream Wirecast Pro and the Matrox VS4 four-channel SDI capture card, enabling affordable multi-camera HD streaming and ISO recording. The system delivered 720p live streams to a Wowza server, simultaneous stream-quality and ISO recordings for post-production, and quick deployment and training (operational in under eight weeks and simple enough for volunteers, including a 12-year-old, to run). The result was noticeably higher-quality, more reliable broadcasts, faster post-production workflows, expanded reach (including viewers overseas), and greater portability for mobile broadcasts.

Phillips Street Church of Christ

Patrick Cupples

Phillips Street Church of Christ