Fremantle opts for QuickLink StudioCall to bring video calls to broadcast environments

The interview format ‘RTL Boulevard’, a production of Fremantle which has been broadcast since 2001 on the Dutch channel RTL4, has enhanced the integration of remote guests into broadcasts using the StudioCall system from QuickLink.

Fremantle, which produces RTL Boulevard daily, I needed a solution to include high quality remote guests y low latency on their daily live talk shows. After having previously used a tool that did not fit them 100%, they ended up betting on QuickLink StudioCall, as reported Max Blaauw, director of AI and technology at the production company: "Fremantle's main goal was to improve the quality of remote connections with an easy-to-use solution. We started using QuickLink StudioCall at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, which was not the best time to implement the technology, but we would not have been able to get through the pandemic without it."

Con StudioManager QuickLink, Fremantle could easily send a invitation by email, SMS or WhatsApp, and have remote guest connected, tested and ready to join the live show via StudioCall at “less than a minute“You can do it by connecting through a web browser, without the need to install applications or software. On the other hand, QuickLink StudioManager operators have a web-based management interface with full remote operational control over the remote guest, including camera/microphone/speaker device selection, resolution, and audio mode/gain, among other options

The system is completed in the control room with several servidores QuickLink that provide professional opportunities, such as HD-SDI and NDI, to your workflow live production. "The QuickLink solution is used year-round to present to remote callers from all over the world. There is no better alternative for remote guests than QuickLink StudioCall. We have successfully connected remote guests using various connection methods, such as fiber, 4G/5G and Starlink from SpaceX," says Blaauw

QuickLink solutions were supplied to Fremantle by VP Media Solutions, a Belgium-based media technology solutions provider.