Client
Municipality of Rotterdam
A hybrid breakfast show at the Timmerhuis
For this edition of Politiek Café, the Municipality of Rotterdam chose a breakfast session in the Timmerhuis canteen. With participants at the table and an audience in the room, alongside colleagues watching the livestream via Microsoft Teams Townhall, the gathering took the form of a hybrid talk show.
At this fifth Politiek Café, held as part of the transition to a new city administration, employees met the new municipal executive. The conversations covered the members’ first weeks in office and the ambitions set out in the coalition agreement: housing, a strong and green economy, growing up in Rotterdam and collaboration within the city administration.
Music, video and remote guests
The format went beyond broadcasting a conversation. Music, video and a changing line-up of guests came together in a multimedia show. Guests could also join remotely to take part in the discussion, so participation did not depend on being at the Timmerhuis.
For the production, this meant bringing live camera feeds, videos, music and contributions from remote guests together in a single broadcast. At the same time, the show needed to remain easy to follow for the audience in the canteen.
Questions from the room and via Teams
The hybrid format gave colleagues in both settings the opportunity to participate. In the room, they could raise a hand and ask a question through a roving reporter. Online participants could submit their questions through the Q&A feature.
The host received online questions live through her earpiece and brought them into the conversation at the table. This involved colleagues watching on screen in the same discussion as the audience in the room.
Our approach
Valo provided the technical production on location. Multiple cameras captured the guests and the setting. Sound, lighting and large screens supported the gathering in the canteen, while the livestream brought the programme to online participants.
The production control area was in the room, with a direct view of the table and monitors showing the camera feeds. From this position, the Valo team brought together the different elements of the show: the conversations, music, video and the option for guests to join remotely.
