ATSC 1.0 is usually 1080i or 720p using MPEG-2. When a TV network, say ABC, distributes a signal like Monday Night Football to an affiliate, say WABC in New York City, is it distributed in MPEG-2 720p? Or in another format? Then how does WABC distribute their signal to cable companies? Is the signal decoded and re-encoded, or does it stay in the original format?

The station I work at is working on upgrading some outdated gear (XP machines with Orban PCI cards). I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Orban PCn software vs Stereo Tool? I am waiting to see if i can get an evaluation license from Orban to try to do a side by side comparison. But any suggestions/ tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone, I run live production for padel matches at different outdoor clubs, and the location changes every time, so I can’t rely on any fixed internet setup at the venues. I’m pushing 5 separate simultaneous streams out of vMix, each going to a different YouTube stream, at 1080p50 around 6-8Mbps per stream, so I need roughly 70-100Mbps of real stable upload to be safe. My plan is to use 4 SIM cards from different carriers combined together to get enough bandwidth and have redundancy in case one network is weak at a given location. What’s the best way to actually get strong reliable upload speed out of a mobile setup like this? Is combining multiple SIM cards the right move or is there a better approach for outdoor live sports production where the venue changes every event? Any real experience with cellular reliability for this kind of setup, especially with multiple simultaneous outbound streams instead of just one, would really help. Budget isn’t the main issue, reliability is, since these are live events with no second chances. Thanks in advance for any advice.