Technical direction · Live streaming · Gaming events

Live shows that don't drop.

Webby-winning technical direction for streamers, creators, brands, and gaming events. We build the setup, run the show, and keep it on air.

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Webby Award Winner, 2022

Technical direction for Night, Mother on Twitch, winner in Virtual & Remote Entertainment, Sports & Music, with nominations for Best Audience Integration and Technical Achievement.

View on Webbys →
Production hours streamed
500+
Episodes streamed
200
Episodes produced in person
100
Projects directed
40
00:01 · Services

From one streamer to a full broadcast.

Same signal-flow discipline whether it's a first stream or a live event with a crowd watching.

Creators

Stream setup

A clean, reliable rig you can run yourself.

  • Capture, audio routing, and camera setup
  • OBS scenes, overlays, and alerts
  • Multistreaming to every platform you're on
From $500in person · full rig $1,000–$1,500
Shows & productions

Run the show

Technical direction for live and interactive productions.

  • Live switching, custom graphics, and playback
  • Remote guests and audience integration
  • Video village and on-set DIT
  • Rehearsal, run of show, and on-call fixes
$900 / day$550 half-day · gear extra
Brands & venues

Gaming events

Tournaments, club nights, and brand activations.

  • Console and PC stations, networked and tested
  • Bracket displays and big-screen output
  • Live stream of the event
From $2,500per event · stations, stream, on-site tech
Organizations

Virtual events

Conferences and celebrations people attend from anywhere.

  • Multi-day conference streams
  • Speaker prep and tech checks
  • Recording and VOD delivery
From $1,500per day
Podcasts & studio shoots

Studio production

The same studio work I do every day, for your shoot.

  • Multicam camera builds and framing
  • Mics, lighting, and teleprompter
  • DIT, media offload, and backups
$700 / daycameras, audio, lighting, prompter, DIT
Parties & activations

Game clipping booth

Like a photobooth, but guests walk away with a game clip.

  • Console stations with live capture
  • Social-ready clips of the best moments
  • Instant delivery by QR code
From $7503 hours · $200 each extra hour
Free 20-minute intro call Remote tech support $100/hr 50% deposit to book 10-hour day, 1.5x after Gear rental and travel outside LA billed separately
00:02 · Work

Clients and credits.

Night, Mother
Webby Winner · 2 Nominations

Technical director for the interactive production of Night, Mother streamed live on Twitch. Watch on Twitch →

Black on the Block
King of the Block · Live tournament

Madden and NBA 2K tournaments for LA's Black on the Block festival, run inside a mobile gaming truck and streamed live with a custom overlay and multichat. The NBA 2K bracket included a celebrity showdown between Comedian CP and Herman Wrice.

All Def

Tech services for All Def's main channel and its Gaming, Poetry, Comedy, and Women sub-channels.

Culture Genesis

All tech and streaming for Culture Genesis, supporting creators like Black Girls Rock! and Business Inside the Game.

Facebook

Tech services for the "HBCU Graduation Cookout," a virtual celebration for graduates during the pandemic, organized by Culture Genesis.

Caffeine

Tech services for "Battle Club," a debate and gaming show produced with Patrick Cloud.

KevOnStage Studios

Virtual conference production for "The Love Hour Podcast."

UAMS

Full support for a two-day virtual conference for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Khleo Thomas

Streaming and social setup supporting brand deals with Puma, KFC, Edible Arrangements, and more.

Film & TV

Additional credits include Vigilante (2024) and 117 Years of Movie Bullshit (2025). IMDb →

More shows and events

  • Black Girls Rock! AwardsLive event
  • BIG SummitVirtual conference
  • Black BlasphemyVirtual & live
  • Roast MeLive on Caffeine
  • Cancel CourtLive on Caffeine
  • Case ReviewLive on YouTube
  • Roast ThisPodcast
  • Trivia MobGame show
  • Quarantine GamesYouTube show
  • Games That Define UsYouTube show
  • Keeping The DistanceComedy show
  • Rogue CompanyPartner
00:03 · In development

The Khalos Box.

A dedicated streaming appliance that sits next to your setup and handles the hard parts. Capture, mix, go live everywhere, and come out with clips.

One-button multistreamGo live on up to five platforms at once.
MultichatEvery platform's chat in one view, all of it logged.
Touchscreen mixerSet what you hear and what your stream hears, per source.
Smarter clipsGame audio, your mic, and chat analyzed separately to find the real moments.
TranscriptionYour stream, written out and searchable.
Vertical readyWidescreen and 9:16 from the same stream.
IN console / PC ── capture
IN mic ── game ── discord
▼
● KHALOS BOX mix · scenes · record
▼
OUT twitch · youtube · kick · tiktok · +1
OUT local VOD ── auto clips ── review
Why it exists

The Khalos Box started with a bad day. I was running the King of the Block tournament at Black on the Block, out of a gaming truck, on one of the hottest days LA had all year. Mid-tournament, my streaming PC overheated.

I had a backup ready and kept the stream on air. But the backup wasn't set up to record. The live show went fine. The recording didn't make it.

The Khalos Box is the machine I wish I'd had that day: set up right every time, live everywhere at once, and always recording.

Follow the build
As technology progresses, as will I.

Khadeem Thomas · Senior quote, Class of 2010

00:04 · About

Khadeem Thomas.

Gaming is how I learned technology. Hooking up consoles, chasing signal problems, and figuring out why something wouldn't connect turned into a career spent in the field.

Before live production, I worked oil fields, solar sites, backup power, and robotics. That's where I learned to troubleshoot with a meter in hand and no room for mistakes. I bring the same approach to every show.

I started Khalos Media in March 2020, when live events moved online overnight. Since then I've technical directed shows, conferences, and tournaments, and helped actors and creators set up their streams, grow their audiences, and land brand deals.

Day to day, I'm the lead AV technician at The Lighthouse, Whalar's creator campus in Venice, a members-only space where podcasters, YouTubers, and filmmakers book studios to shoot. I keep those studios production-ready and support the creators using them:

  • CamerasBuilds, framing, and multicam setups
  • AudioMic placement and checks before every session
  • LightingSetting and adjusting looks for each shoot
  • TeleprompterLoading scripts and running prompter live
  • DITOffloading, backing up, and managing media
  • Podcast studiosVideo podcast setups, ready to record
  • OBS
  • vMix
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Elgato Stream Deck
  • Frame.io
  • Blackmagic
Khadeem Thomas behind a camera, seen through a monitor showing the ON AIR tally
  1. Field techOil field, solar, backup power, and robotics. 8+ years of on-site troubleshooting.
  2. Khalos MediaFounded March 2020. Live shows, streams, events, and the Khalos Box.
  3. Webby AwardTechnical director, Night, Mother on Twitch, 2022 winner.
  4. The LighthouseLead AV technician at Whalar's creator campus in Venice. Daily studio production for creators.
"If you need anything done when it comes to technology, coding, cameras, look no further."
Tahir Moore
00:05 · Get on air

Let's build your show.

Tell me what you're making: a stream, a tournament, an activation, or a live production. We'll figure out the setup together.

Based in
Los Angeles, CA
Khadeem Thomas on camera at a live gaming event