Genuine question. For big, live events, what’s keeping Netflix and companies like Fastly from simply piggybacking off a traditional satellite feed and digitizing that?
Good question! In this case, there *isn’t* a traditional satellite feed. But more broadly, transcoding from a TV broadcast to a digital signal closer to the user would take so long that it would introduce unacceptable lag.
Lasers are inherently supersonic... Are you talking about using lasers on both sides of a satellite connection?
Not a lot of that going on except for weird quantum spy stuff.
There is a non-consumer satellite backhaul, though. That's how the signal is going to get from the field to Netflix's encoding location(s) and to NFL gamepass for Europe.
Also, TSN and other international broadcasters (and the pirate streams) will get it from the birds, not from Netflix.
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Not a lot of that going on except for weird quantum spy stuff.
that said, line-of-sight transmissions - where possible - afford some pretty interesting outcomes.
Also, TSN and other international broadcasters (and the pirate streams) will get it from the birds, not from Netflix.