Project Legacy · Lincoln, NE
A funeral livestream, so everyone who loved them
gets to be there.
Private, unlisted livestreaming for funerals and memorial services — multi-camera capable, clean audio from the lectern, and a recording preserved for the family who couldn't watch live. From $300.
or call (402) 610-4480
Why families livestream a service now
There is almost always someone who can't be in the room. A brother stationed overseas. A grandmother two states away who can't manage the trip on short notice. A college roommate on the other side of the world who found out yesterday. Funerals come together in days, not months, and airfare, health, and distance don't bend to a service date.
Since 2020, livestreaming a funeral stopped being unusual and became something families simply expect to be offered. Most people have watched one. What most haven't seen is one done well — because the difference between a phone propped on a pew and a properly produced stream is the difference between squinting at a rectangle and actually being present for the goodbye.
That's the entire job here: making sure the people who couldn't travel still get to be there. Not a grainy approximation of the service. The service.
What a good livestream actually requires
The most common livestream failure isn't the video — it's the audio. A camera at the back of a chapel picks up the room, not the person speaking. Eulogies arrive as echo. The officiant sounds underwater. For family watching from far away, that's not a small flaw; the words are the whole reason they logged on.
We take audio straight from the lectern and the venue's sound system when there is one, with professional microphones when there isn't. Speech arrives clean and close, the way it sounded in the room.
The picture is shot on Sony cinema cameras, and the setup is multi-camera capable — one angle held steady on the lectern, another covering the wider room — switched live, so remote family sees what matters as it happens instead of one locked shot from the back. And NVAR Studios is owner-operated: the person you talk to beforehand is the person running the stream on the day.
Private by default. Always.
A funeral is not content. Every stream we produce is private by default: an unlisted link, never posted anywhere public by us, shared only with the people the family names. No public listing, no comments section, no strangers.
Nothing from a service ever becomes portfolio material. Recordings are released only to people the client names in writing — that's standing policy, not a favor. If the family wants the link shared through the funeral home's obituary page, we set that up deliberately. If they want it limited to eleven named relatives, that's exactly who gets it.
We also work respectfully within any tradition. Some services welcome cameras throughout; others restrict where equipment can stand or what portions may be recorded. We ask first, coordinate with the officiant and the funeral home, and set up discreetly — the stream should be invisible to the people in the room and vivid for the people who aren't.
The recording outlasts the day
Live is only half the point. A cousin nine time zones ahead may sleep through the service. A parent may be too overwhelmed on the day to take any of it in. The recording exists for them — to watch that evening, or next month, or in ten years when they want to hear one particular voice again.
You receive full copies from day one: the complete recording on a drive and in private cloud storage, not a link that expires when some platform changes its terms. The masters are also held in the NVAR archive on redundant storage under a written ten-year minimum, retrievable by you or the people you designate. If a drive is lost in a move or a cloud account lapses, the recording is still safe and still yours.
A phone video gets lost in a camera roll. This doesn't.
Pricing, and how to start
Livestream coverage with tribute edits starts at $300 — the private stream itself plus short edited pieces cut from the recording, and when a service date demands it, tribute edits are turned around in 48 to 72 hours. If the family also wants the gathering itself covered, memorial and event coverage starts at $500, and both can run under one quiet setup.
Timelines around a funeral are short, so the process is deliberately simple: one conversation, usually by phone, to confirm the venue, the schedule, and who should receive the link. We coordinate directly with the funeral home or venue so the family isn't relaying technical questions during the hardest week of their year.
NVAR Studios is based at 1200 N St in downtown Lincoln and serves Lincoln, Omaha, and greater Nebraska. Call (402) 610-4480, or start with a quiet conversation — no pressure and no script, just a plan for making sure everyone who loved them can be there.
What clients say
“Nvar Studios exceeded my expectations. Nvar did an excellent job with our private family and spring photo session. From start to finish, the experience was professional, organized, and stress-free, and everything was completed on time.”
Luis Villamonte · Google Review · Family Session
Common Questions
Frequently Asked
How much does it cost to livestream a funeral in Lincoln?
Is the stream private, or can anyone find it?
What happens if someone misses the live broadcast?
Can you stream from our church, funeral home, or graveside?
Is livestreaming all you offer around a service?
Start The Conversation
Start with a quiet conversation
Service dates come fast, so the first step is simple: one call to confirm the venue, the schedule, and who should receive the private link. We handle everything else, and there's no pressure to add anything beyond what your family actually needs. Call (402) 610-4480 or book a time below.
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