Once dominated by GEO satellites, live content distribution has entered a new era as broadcasters look to blend connective technologies, bringing both flexibility and resilience. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.
For decades, broadcasters relied almost exclusively on traditional geostationary orbit (GEO) satellite transmissions for live event coverage. Today, the industry is in a state of flux with broadband global area network (BGAN) over GEO, bonded mobile broadband, high-speed consumer-grade broadband, and broadband over low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) competing for dominance in the area. As little as two years ago...
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