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Old 09-01-2015, 09:12
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Watching the live footage of an apparent police chase along a French motorway and into a small town though countryside, are these pictures being relayed using mobile phone 3G/4g technology? The coverage seems very good with no breakups, even when under bridges which made me think it's not using satelite..
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Old 09-01-2015, 12:06
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Watching the live footage of an apparent police chase along a French motorway and into a small town though countryside, are these pictures being relayed using mobile phone 3G/4g technology? The coverage seems very good with no breakups, even when under bridges which made me think it's not using satelite..
For the 2012 "Marathon relay" around the UK the BBC used 3G - with multiple SIM cards and data channels on several different networks (AFAIR). Perhaps this is now standard kit for most TV companies?
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Old 09-01-2015, 12:08
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For the 2012 "Marathon relay" around the UK the BBC used 3G - with multiple SIM cards and data channels on several different networks (AFAIR). Perhaps this is now standard kit for most TV companies?
Sky News is using 4G in some cases.

http://cwbackoffice.co.uk/Presentati...sgathering.pdf
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Old 09-01-2015, 12:15
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It mostly wasn't quite live.. It was largely mobile (iPad usually) footage being uploaded via aps like Dejero direct to the servers of the News company (France 24) then out to folk like Sky. It was mostly 4G, it wasn't that great quality wise. The better quality footage was recorded then uploaded but not that old ie whilst the chase was still happening. There is a mandatory delay in transmissions in place just now too.
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Old 09-01-2015, 12:20
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I think France 24 must be using 3G/4G for some of their reporters, but it isn't always working out for them - sometimes there's dropouts for a few seconds or bad audio
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Old 09-01-2015, 12:24
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The security services are restricting the networks in the seige area, which is likely causing issues elsewhere.
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Old 09-01-2015, 14:17
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Sky news,Sky sports news and Sky sports use EE 4G on a regular basis for news reports as so easy to deploy and also very good cost wise.

Like in the Glasgow bin lorry situation there was no chnce to get Sat trucks to the event quickly but reporters with phones can be taken in cars or motobikes if needed.

The quality over 4G is nowhere near as good as using a Sat truck but is good for fast deployment
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Old 09-01-2015, 18:50
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Thanks for that - that was very interesting to read!
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Old 09-01-2015, 19:17
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Thanks for the link fascinating stuff

Im not surprised that O2 couldn't cut it. With EE offering ever faster 4G LTE speeds im sure Sky will do very well.
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