Yup, but skype seems to have pushed aside dual 128 Kbit/s Inmarsat,
till recently the standard for far flung correspondents and reporters.
BGAN is offering better bandwidth, so may carry Skype?
Rob mentions a video version of this audio app, heavilly promoted
at Picnic years ago that turned an iPhone into a professional audio
reportingtool, though i thought the result was far inferior to 30+
year old ISDN. Rob, might be able to remind us of that app's name.
Every-one was raving about it, and the repoorter everywhere revolution.
Quoting Mike Tsinberg <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Yes thank you! I am interested to know how well consumer app technology penetrated this application or news gathering crews prefer some other more professional technology. I am sure bonded cellular with combination of more professional camera gives a much better picture quality.
Best Regards,
Mike Tsinberg
http://keydigital.com[1]
From: <opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on behalf of "dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx<mailto:dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx>" <dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx<mailto:dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx>>
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Date: Sunday, September 6, 2015 at 9:39 PM
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Subject: [opendtv] Mobile use
Hi Mike:
In what context is your question?
Local news broadcasters usually use STLs (microwave links) that are mounted to a mast on van that shoot towards a central receive antenna, often at the station or at the transmitting tower site.
Those sent to the transmit tower are backhauled to the station through a data line, if available, or another STL.
There are newer technologies that bond a cameras data stream over several Cellular carrier links and have a receive server back at headquarters (see teradek.com/<http://teradek.com/[2]>). Also, there are some cameras with the streaming built-in and are able to use WiFi or bonded cellular networks (see JVC or Sony's websites).
Reliability is challenging.
For audio, there are internet solutions such as Comrex ACCESS.
We have used Skype for election coverage at party headquarters with success. And there are new Skype products (search on Skype TX and Newtek TalkShow) for on-air use.
But yes, even mobile devices can be used. One local affiliate here in Las Vegas gives every employee an iPhone and the ability to upload video to one of their internal servers for editing an posting. Social media sites are often used for instantaneous posts of breaking news.
Or, perhaps you mean hauling video from a local affiliate to a central headquarters? Services such as BitCentral are commonly used.
Some college sports conferences are compressing and combining multiple cameras and sending them over a high-speed data link or dedicated fiber back to the conference's headquarters for live production. Search the Sports Video Group website for multiple examples (sportsvideo.org<http://sportsvideo.org[3]>).
Are these related to your question?
Dan
From: Mike Tsinberg <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [opendtv] Mobile use
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 23:34:59 +0000
I have a question to this community. What technology is used by broadcasters when they need some local content real fast? Do they use consumer products such as mobile phones/tablets and consumer apps or some other technology?
Best Regards,
Mike Tsinberg
http://keydigital.com[4]