NRL implement Quicklink Studio and Studio-in-a-box to optimise content offering

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19/11/2019

Earlier this year, National Rugby League (NRL) turned to Quicklink in order to improve and optimise their content offering and production operations. NRL’s webcasts both on their official website NRL.com and on the NRL app have driven digital audience engagement to new heights in 2019.

The technology was employed by the NRL’s digital division who creates, produces, archives, and live-streams hundreds of hours of content to their official website (NRL.com) and the NRL app on smart devices.

NRL implemented the ST55 (Studio Browser) into their workflow for HD quality, bi-directional audio/video contributions. The Studio Browser solution enables NRL to very easily introduce players and coaches via a simple web browser to their Studio for interviews on their ‘Inside NRL’ weekly feature and other studio shows.

The ST500 (Studio-in-a-box) was also implemented at NRL’s head office for the weekly football briefing press conferences. The portable, all-in-one solution has made it very easy for NRL to deploy and is fully remote-controllable from the Quicklink Manager at their Studio control room (in a different location).

The Studio-in-a-box incorporates a Panasonic PTZ camera, inbuilt lighting and LCD touchscreen and is ideal for broadcast contributions where there are limited on-site technical resources available.

Quanah McBride (Digital Operations Lead at NRL) notes: “The Quicklink solutions have added considerable value to our production capability from the day they were commissioned”.

Quanah also explains that NRL envisage using the Quicklink solutions more and more moving forward as they look to improve and optimise their content offering and production operations even further.

About NRL
The National Rugby League (NRL) is one of Australia’s most popular and entertaining sports. With a rich history dating back to its creation in 1908, the National Rugby League telecasts have grown to become the most watched sporting programs on Australian television. At its heart, the National Rugby League is a community-based sport played by hundreds of thousands right across Australia, especially in country areas. Branching off the NRL is NRL’s Digital division; creating, producing, archiving and live-streaming hundreds of hours of content to NRL’s official website NRL.com and the NRL app on smart devices.

About Quicklink
Quicklink are the leading global provider of cost effective, high quality broadcast solutions in the fields of news, sport, entertainment and corporate media. Quicklink provides over 400 TV stations with software and hardware IP solutions for the transmission of live and edited video. Quicklink’s solutions are the best available for achieving superb video and audio quality from low speed connections up to high speed HD.