October 21, 2025
| The Cutting Room, New York
October 21, 2025
| The Cutting Room, New York
As demand for live sports coverage grows, transmission strategies are evolving rapidly to address reliability, latency, scalability, and cost. Leading sports broadcasters explore the latest developments in IP-based transport, the continuing role of satellite, and hybrid models combining the best of both. From global event coverage to REMI production, learn how organizations are future-proofing their transmission infrastructure to meet the needs of today — and tomorrow.
Eutelsat is combining the strength of its GEO fleet with the power of the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO network to explore future low-latency, high-capacity connectivity for media.
This session will focus on how satellite innovation could bring resilience, global reach, and new integration opportunities for the media industry. Together with distribution partners, Eutelsat is advancing active proofs of concept aimed at addressing current challenges and paving the way toward next-generation solutions in video contribution.
Early this year, the North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) launched the North American Spectrum Alliance, which unites broadcasters, content creators, rightsholders, venues, and others in media to protect spectrum critical for broadcasting, wireless microphones, cameras, and other production tools. With the FCC on the verge of greenlighting the next round of spectrum auctions, hear how it could potentially impact our industry.
ESPN takes the stage to discuss how it is embracing JPEG-XS for contribution of thousands of live events this year. Learn about the format’s advantages over others for backhaul and its benefits for studio and event programming, particularly in minimizing latency.
This session demystifies the current landscape of compression technologies — HEVC, JPEG-XS, J2K, MPEG-4, and emerging formats — and examines how each fits into today’s live-contribution workflows. It will break down the strengths, trade-offs, and ideal use cases for the various codecs, including considerations around latency, bandwidth, image quality, and compatibility.
As IP workflows become the norm, the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol has emerged as a go-to solution for delivering high-quality, low-latency video over unpredictable networks. This panel explores real-world uses of SRT in live production, contribution, and distribution — from remote production to international-event backhaul. Learn how broadcasters, streamers, and tech providers use SRT to cut costs, boost flexibility, and ensure broadcast-grade quality across diverse networks.
This panel will explore the growing role of cloud-based contribution workflows — from the moment action is captured in the stadium to its management, production, and distribution from centralized or remote control rooms. Industry leaders will discuss how cloud technology enables flexible, scalable, and cost-effective production models and how it’s reshaping everything from signal acquisition and encoding to routing and monitoring.
As live production shifts toward next-gen formats like UHD and HDR, the demand on bandwidth has never been greater. This panel will examine how broadcasters and technology providers tackle the bandwidth crunch with smarter, more efficient compression strategies. Whether in optimizing HEVC and JPEG-XS, leveraging 5G connectivity, or adopting emerging codecs and dynamic-encoding techniques, panelists will share how they balance visual fidelity with network limitations.
The rise of REMI workflows has transformed live sports production, enabling broadcasters to do more with less in today’s challenging economic environment. This panel will explore the critical role that modern transmission protocols play in powering reliable, low-latency, high-quality at-home production. Discover the latest innovations driving the REMI revolution and how to prepare your infrastructure for what’s next.
When the world is watching, failure is not an option. From the Olympics and World Cup to Super Bowl and other major championships, the stakes for live broadcast reliability are sky-high. This panel explores the strategies, systems, and protocols ensuring that mission-critical productions stay on-air. Experts will share how they design transmission redundancy, build rock-solid infrastructure, and coordinate across vendors and venues to deliver flawless coverage under pressure.