Remote Guests That Sound Like They’re in the Studio,
and Audiences That Get to Talk Back.
Streaming a show out to an audience is one job. Bringing people into it is another. A podcast guest in Denver. A panelist joining from a hotel room. A pastor on a mission trip who needs to appear in Sunday’s service. A virtual town hall where the questions are the whole point.
Video calls technically work for that, and it shows. Compressed audio, frozen faces, a guest who has to download an app and create an account five minutes before air.
Sidestreet Virtual Events gives your remote guests a simple browser link that just works, records them at studio quality on their end, and brings them into the program with the same polish as the people in the room. For virtual and hybrid events, it adds live Q&A, polls, and audience interaction that actually feels live.
Two Directions of the
Same Broadcast Craft
Remote guest contribution. Guests click a branded link, check their camera and mic, and they’re in, with no app and no account. Their video and audio travel over real-time connections built for low delay, so conversation flows without people talking over each other. Each guest is also recorded locally at full quality, so the edited podcast or highlight reel sounds like everyone was in the same room, even if someone’s connection hiccupped during the live show.
Interactive audiences. For virtual and hybrid events, viewers can submit questions, vote in polls, react in real time, and, when you choose, be brought on screen to ask their question in person. A producer moderates everything behind the scenes, so the host only sees the questions worth answering.
It plugs straight into the rest of our production work. Remote guests can appear in a live stream we’re delivering through Sidestreet Live Distribution, in a recorded podcast, or in an in-room event on the big screen. And because our crew comes from broadcast news, we know how to make a guest on a laptop look and sound like they belong on the program.
What We Provide
Remote Podcast Guests
Browser-based guest links with local high-quality recording, so remote interviews sound like they happened in the studio.
Learn moreRemote Guests for Live Shows
Panelists, speakers, and interviews brought into live streams and in-room events with broadcast-style switching and graphics.
Learn moreLive Q&A & Polls
Moderated audience questions, real-time polls, and reactions that turn a one-way stream into a two-way event.
Learn moreVirtual & Hybrid Events
Town halls, shareholder meetings, conferences, and trainings with remote attendees who can participate, not just watch.
Learn moreBranded Green Rooms
A branded check-in space where guests test their setup and wait with a producer before they go live.
Learn moreRecording & Post-Production
Every guest and every session captured separately and cleanly, edited into podcasts, highlights, and on-demand replays.
Learn moreCommon Questions
Straightforward answers to what we hear most from Sidestreet virtual events clients.
No. Guests join from a link in their web browser on a laptop or phone. We send a short checklist ahead of time and check their camera, mic, and lighting with them in a green room before they go live.
Three ways. The connection is built for low delay, so conversation is natural. Each guest is recorded at full quality on their end, so the final product doesn’t sound like a video call. And they come into a produced program with switching, graphics, and a producer managing them, instead of a grid of boxes.
Yes, when you want them to. A producer screens requests, brings selected people into a green room, and puts them on air when the host is ready. Everyone else can still submit questions and vote in polls.
It works well for them. Remote attendees can ask questions and participate in real time, and the session can be limited to verified attendees. For formal votes, we’ll work alongside whatever voting or proxy process your counsel requires.
It depends on the number of guests, the length of the event, and how much production you want around it. Podcast guest setups are quick and inexpensive. Full hybrid events follow our standard production day structure, with platform usage billed at cost. We quote it after one conversation.
Remote guests can join from anywhere. Our crews are based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and travel throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, New Orleans, and New York for in-room productions. The full list of areas we serve is at the bottom of this page.
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Who Needs to Be
in the Room?
Tell us about your show, podcast, or event and who’s joining from somewhere else. We’ll map out how to bring them in so it looks and sounds right.
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