As media organisations face growing demand for live content alongside tighter production budgets, Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO services offer a more agile approach to live video contribution.
By combining the reach and resilience of satellite with cellular bonding technologies, broadcasters can deliver high-quality live video from almost anywhere, quickly and flexibly.
A NEW MODEL FOR LIVE VIDEO CONTRIBUTION
Traditional Ku-band Satellite News Gathering remains the gold standard for reliable, high-bandwidth delivery, but today’s broadcasters often require more agile, cost-effective and resilient solutions. Fibre and cellular networks bring the speed, but not always the coverage or resilience.
Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO bridges that gap, combining the strengths of satellite and cellular for a new era of hybrid video contribution. Delivering GEO-grade reliability with cellular-level agility, OneWeb LEO brings the ubiquity, efficiency and availability of satellite communications, via compact, light user terminals, without needing skilled engineers.
Used in conjunction with cellular bonding, OneWeb LEO ensures reliable connectivity in the field, overcoming local cellular network congestion. This blended contribution model enables video professionals to transmit high-quality live feeds within IP-based production environments, with:
- Fast deployment thanks to compact, portable terminals
- Consistent performance in remote or congested locations
- Seamless integration with IP and cloud-based workflows
- Greater operational flexibility with fewer people and less equipment on site
USE CASES GAINING MOMENTUM
Breaking news and news gathering
Lightweight terminals can be rapidly transported and deployed, helping journalists establish reliable connectivity from remote locations, disaster areas or wherever terrestrial infrastructure is limited.
Sports and outside broadcasts
For temporary venues, rallies, extreme sports and lower-tier competitions, LEO provides resilient connectivity for dynamic live production without requiring permanent infrastructure.
Backup and resilience
Even at well-connected venues, LEO can provide a valuable independent backup path, strengthening redundancy for business-critical live broadcasts.
OPENING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF LIVE CONTRIBUTION
As broadcasters rethink how and where they produce content, connectivity is becoming an increasingly strategic part of the production chain.
By combining low latency, rapid deployment and wide-reaching satellite connectivity, OneWeb LEO gives broadcasters greater freedom to cover more stories, from more places, with greater efficiency.
