News Channel uplinks

[joeh]

I was just woundering, how to the local and national news channels uplink there moblie truck signals up to the satellites in the sky and then back down. Do they each own a bird, or who supplies them?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

They rent the Satellite Space and use a group of satellites and transponders to beam their live shots anywhere they want.

 

[ats7627]

Although most local only news spots are transmitted from the truck to the station via a microwave link

 

[TopRamen]

yeah,

only the big events are worth the money to go via satellite... usually only national broadcasts are done over satellite.

anyone know how far microwave transmissions can reach?

 

[joeh]

thanks guys for your repsonces. here were i get my locals from, all 3 news stations have trucks, with a dish and a big tower (microwave transmitter) mounted on them. Thanks

 

[TuxCoder]

I assume either those are fairly directional transmissions, or each local TV station is licensed only to transmit on certain frequencies. That way for example WSOL doesn't accidentally pick up WWTF's remote feed when they cut to their live shot.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yes they are on specific frequencies, however microwave is also LINE OF SITE, that means if the microwave truck does not have a shot to a microwave link or to the studio then microwave does not work.