When global medical technology company InMode set out to connect a live conference audience with real-time surgical procedures taking place several miles away, the brief was demanding: a two-way, broadcast-quality communication between two venues, with virtually zero latency.
Stream7 built the production around Vizrt’s TriCaster® and NDI Bridge connectivity — turning two separate locations into a single, seamless event.
The Challenge
The InMode IGNITE Masterclass brings together leading plastic surgeons to explore advanced techniques using InMode’s IgniteRF and QuantumRF technology. For 2026, InMode wanted to go beyond one-way broadcast and create a genuinely interactive experience: surgeons operating at 101 Harley Street, a live audience at the Langham Hotel, and delegates joining remotely, all part of the same conversation.
That meant connecting three audiences without compromising picture quality, audio clarity, or timing. Any lag between locations would break the natural flow of conversation and undermine the educational value of the event.
The Solution: Vizrt’s TriCaster and NDI Bridge
Stream7 designed a complete two-way production workflow with NDI Bridge at its core, transmitting high-definition video and audio between the two venues with virtually no noticeable latency.
At 101 Harley Street, multiple Panasonic PTZ cameras captured the procedures from carefully chosen angles. A TriCaster® TC1 in the procedure room switched every camera feed and sent it to the conference venue in real time.
At the Langham Hotel, a second TriCaster® Vizion received the incoming surgical feeds and managed every screen across the venue — projection displays, confidence monitors, and the online stream — while also mixing additional cameras covering presenters and panel discussions.
The result: one connected broadcast, produced live across two sites, with NDI Bridge carrying the signal between them and Vizrt’s TriCaster® shaping it into a polished, broadcast-grade program at each end.
NDI Bridge allowed us to create a true two-way broadcast environment, where surgeons could hear and respond to delegates in real time while procedures were taking place. We ran a TriCaster at each venue to switch every camera feed and manage the full conference output, so the whole production felt like one connected event rather than two separate locations.
Pete Amos
Technical Director, Stream7
Real-Time Interaction, Not Just Live Streaming
Surgeons in theatre wore discreet earpieces, hearing questions from the conference floor as they operated. Delegates at the Langham Hotel could see and hear every stage of each procedure and get answers as they happened. Online delegates joined the conversation through Slido, with questions folded naturally into the discussion.
This is the difference NDI’s IP-based workflow makes: two locations behaving like one room, and clinicians talking to each other as if there were no distance between them at all.
The Outcome
- 84 delegates attending in person at the Langham Hotel
- Up to 50 online delegates joining remotely
- Two live surgical procedures broadcast in real time, with full two-way interaction
- Broadcast-quality recording of the complete event, made possible with Vizrt’s TriCaster® lineup of products
Traditional streaming workflows introduce delays that make natural conversation difficult — acceptable for a keynote, but not for live surgical education. By building the production on NDI Bridge and Vizrt’s TriCaster®, Stream7 removed that barrier, giving InMode a hybrid event that felt like one experience rather than two locations stitched together.
Why It Matters
This project shows what’s possible when broadcast-grade switching and IP-based connectivity work together: complex, multi-site medical education delivered with the reliability and picture quality clinicians and audiences expect, wherever they’re watching from.
