UNGA 2026 NYC Production Guide: Podcasts, Interviews, Live Streams & Video Production Near the UN

Every September, New York City becomes the center of global conversation as leaders, organizations, media, businesses, nonprofits and NGOs from around the world gather for the United Nations General Assembly.

The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly opens September 8, 2026, followed by a concentrated schedule of high-level meetings, summits, events and conversations throughout Manhattan.

For communications professionals, PR agencies, corporations, nonprofits, NGOs and media organizations, it's also one of the year's biggest opportunities to create meaningful content.

The key is planning for it before everyone's calendar fills up.

UNGA 2026: Important Dates to Know

Several dates are particularly important when planning your New York production schedule:

September 8: Opening of the 81st United Nations General Assembly

September 18: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment

September 18–28: UN General Assembly High-Level Week

September 20–27: Climate Week NYC

September 22–26 and September 28: UN General Debate

And the activity extends well beyond the official United Nations schedule.

Major summits, conferences and hundreds of related meetings, panels, receptions and events take place throughout New York during this period, bringing together leaders from government, business, media, nonprofits, advocacy organizations and other sectors.

All of that creates an unusual opportunity:

The people your organization wants to reach, interview or bring together may already be in New York.

Welcome to New York. What Do You Want to Create?

During UNGA, organizations frequently have access to something that's difficult to recreate during the rest of the year.

People.

Your CEO is in New York.

International leadership is together.

An expert you've wanted to interview is staying nearby.

Partners from several countries are attending the same summit.

A high-profile spokesperson suddenly has an opening in the schedule.

Instead of thinking only about the meetings and events your team will attend, consider what you can create while everyone is here.

Record Professional Executive Interviews

Sometimes the simplest idea is the most useful.

Bring an executive, expert, advocate or spokesperson into a professional studio and capture a high-quality interview.

That recording might become a standalone video, part of a larger corporate film, an executive message, media content or a collection of shorter digital clips.

It can also be deliberately recorded as evergreen material.

Instead of asking only about what's happening during UNGA, use the opportunity to capture your executive's perspective on the larger issues affecting your organization, industry or mission.

One well-planned studio session can provide material to use long after September.

Produce a Professional Podcast

UNGA creates an unusually good environment for podcast production because so many potential guests are already in New York at the same time.

Record one important conversation or take advantage of the opportunity to record several episodes.

Professional audio combined with multi-camera video allows the same conversation to live on podcast platforms, YouTube, websites, LinkedIn and other social channels.

Short excerpts and soundbites can extend the life of the content even further.

Murray Hill Studios offers professional video podcast production in Midtown Manhattan, with multi-camera video, high-quality audio, lighting, crew, remote guest capabilities and post-production options available depending on the project.

Already considering a podcast while you're in New York? Read our recent post, “UNGA 2026 in NYC: Turn Your Visit Into a Professional Podcast.”

Bring Several Voices Together for a Roundtable

Some subjects deserve more than a one-on-one conversation.

UNGA provides an ideal opportunity to bring executives, experts, partners or stakeholders together for a professionally produced roundtable or panel discussion.

A multi-camera production allows participants to have a deeper conversation in a controlled environment with professional lighting and audio.

The finished program can be recorded for later release, streamed live or edited into multiple pieces of content.

And not everyone has to be physically present.

Remote participants can be incorporated into the conversation, allowing an expert elsewhere in the world to join participants gathered in New York.

Schedule a Media Tour

Have a spokesperson and a timely message?

UNGA is an extremely active news period, making it an important time for organizations looking to connect experts and spokespeople with media outlets.

A media tour can allow one spokesperson to participate in multiple interviews during a concentrated block of time.

Murray Hill Studios has decades of experience producing media tours and has evolved with the industry from traditional satellite workflows to today's broadcast, digital and virtual formats.

For PR and communications teams arriving in New York without their normal production infrastructure, an experienced studio and technical team can make the process considerably easier.

Livestream a Conversation or Create a Hybrid Event

Your speakers may be in New York.

Your audience may be everywhere.

Professional virtual and hybrid production can turn a conversation happening in Manhattan into a program reaching audiences around the world.

MHS can combine in-studio and remote participants with professional cameras, audio, switching, graphics and technical oversight.

That might mean a panel with three people in New York and another participant joining remotely.

It might be an executive speaking from a professional studio to an international employee audience.

Or it could be a fully produced webcast connecting speakers and viewers across multiple locations.

Being in New York doesn't have to limit the reach of the conversation to New York.

Take the Production On Location

Sometimes your schedule simply doesn't allow you to come to a studio.

An executive may only have a short window at a hotel.

Your organization may be hosting an event somewhere else in Manhattan.

You may want to capture interviews immediately before or after a panel, reception or summit.

In those situations, the production can come to you.

Murray Hill Studios provides professional on-location video production, with scalable crews and equipment for interviews, corporate content, panels, events and other productions.

This can also work in combination with studio production.

Use MHS as your production home base while sending a crew to another location for a specific interview or event.

Don't Forget About Content for After UNGA

One of the biggest missed opportunities is thinking only about content that needs to be released while UNGA is happening.

UNGA can be just as valuable as a content-gathering opportunity.

While everyone is together in New York, organizations can record leadership interviews, capture several podcast episodes, create evergreen thought-leadership conversations, gather footage and soundbites, produce short social content and build material for future corporate videos.

Then release that content strategically throughout the fall and beyond.

One production day during UNGA can potentially feed a communications calendar for weeks or months.

Why Murray Hill Studios During UNGA?

We're Just Minutes From the United Nations

Murray Hill Studios is located at 248 East 35th Street in Midtown Manhattan, just minutes from United Nations Headquarters.

During a period when schedules are packed with meetings, events and appearances, location matters.

Making it easier for an executive or guest to fit a professional recording into an already busy day can be the difference between capturing the interview and losing the opportunity entirely.

Flexible Production Packages

Not every project needs the same level of production.

That's why MHS offers flexible packages based on what you're actually trying to accomplish.

Need a professional studio and you're bringing your own crew?

We can accommodate that.

Need cameras, lighting, audio and technical support?

We can provide them.

Need a complete turnkey production with crew, switching and post-production?

We can handle that too.

The idea is simple: build the production around the project rather than forcing every client into the same package.

Multiple Looks Without Building Everything From Scratch

A professional production should also look appropriate for your organization.

MHS maintains a diverse collection of in-house set pieces, furniture and backgrounds that can be mixed and matched at no additional charge.

Available environments include contemporary interview settings, press-junket looks, French doors and windows, home-style settings, reclaimed wood, kitchen sets, textured panels, outdoor-style environments, curtains and other scenic elements.

That gives organizations the ability to create a polished, professional environment without automatically requiring the expense and lead time of building a completely custom set.

If a custom environment is required, MHS can discuss those options as well.

Broadcast Experience Meets Today's Production Technology

Production technology has changed enormously over the years.

The fundamentals of professional production haven't.

Preparation.

Reliability.

Clear communication.

Experienced crews.

High-quality audio and video.

And the ability to adapt when plans change.

Murray Hill Studios' experience spans traditional broadcast production, live shots and media tours through today's corporate video, podcasting, livestreaming, digital content, virtual production and hybrid events.

That combination of experience and current technology can be especially valuable during a fast-moving, high-profile period like UNGA.

You Don't Need to Know Exactly What You Need Yet

Perhaps you know your CEO will be in New York but haven't decided what to record.

Maybe you're an agency trying to determine whether a client needs an interview, podcast, media tour or social content.

Or perhaps an event is already planned and you're wondering how to get more content from it.

You don't need to have every production detail figured out before contacting us.

Tell us who's coming to New York, when they're available, what you're hoping to communicate and what you'd ideally like to walk away with.

From there, we can help determine a production approach that makes sense.

Start Planning Your UNGA 2026 Production

UNGA is approaching quickly, and production schedules will become increasingly busy as September gets closer.

If you already know your organization will need a podcast studio, interview location, media tour, roundtable, livestream, video crew or other production support, now is the time to start planning.

And if you're not quite sure what you need, contact us anyway.

You may only have your executives, experts, partners and spokespeople together in New York for a few days.

The content you create with them can last much longer.

Murray Hill Studios combines a convenient Midtown Manhattan location just minutes from the United Nations with high-quality facilities, experienced production professionals and flexible options for productions large and small.

Coming to New York for UNGA 2026? Contact Murray Hill Studios today to discuss your production and reserve studio time.