Leveraging over a decade of professional podcast experience working with global podcast leaders like Audible, Acast, Earwolf and more, Tim has now built his own bespoke studio, custom-designed for high quality audio and video capture to help you create high impact content for the internet as efficiently as possible.

This Auckland studio features:

• ability for up to four speakers
• best-in-class professional recording equipment, including four full-frame Lumix cameras for crisp, multi-angle 4k video
• adjustable professional studio lighting
• the ability to livestream, ideal for special presentations and events.

From podcast consulting and ideation, to a dry hire of the studio space to distributing and marketing your podcast - and everything in between. We can build a bespoke package to best suit your needs. Don’t compromise on quality, comfort or production support, grow big with Little Empire.

Strategy

Get guidance from NZ's authority in podcasting, Tim Batt, a multi award-winning podcaster with 20 million+ downloads to his name, to help your transform your concept into a viable, impactful show. Tim's professional experience includes being Acast's first ever NZ Creator Development Director and producing award-winning shows for podcast heavyweights like Earwolf, Audible, RNZ, MediaWorks and independently himself. We'll help with:

• refining your podcast idea and formatting the show
• establishing a production workflow and timeline
• create a marketing strategy to support discovery and audience growth.

Studio Hire

High-quality recording results from professional equipment meeting professional expertise. Little Empire has been purpose-built to deliver superior video and audio content, with fast turnaround times for publishing. Our sound treated studio is kitted out with:

• 4x Lumix S5ii full frame cameras
• 4x SM58A Beta dynamic microphones
• 2x Rode NT1-A condenser microphones
• 2x Amaran P60X Bi-Color LED panels
• 1x Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO video switcher/recorder
• high speed internet w/ ethernet connection for remote guests

Editing

Leverage our audio and video editing expertise in podcasting and social media asset creation to get great content at an excellent value, fast. Significant financial resource and technology expertise have been invested to create an audio/video editing system that's given us the ability to handle the large amounts of data throughput required to handle high quality 4k video, with redundancy to make sure you don't get mucked around.

We specialise in fast turnaround times and high-quality outputs. Our production system has been custom built for speed, redundancy and creating impactful online content for all major platforms, including YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels - essential for marketing your show.

Marketing

Marketing, audience growth and community building in podcasting is unique. This is an intimate and powerful medium that is very different from traditional media like television and radio, and likewise distinct from other online content. Put simply: Podcasting requires a different approach for building audiences. Use our specific experience in podcasting marketing and promotion to turn conversations into communities - from organic social media marketing to earned media and PR, to distribution networks and paid promotion.