Comments on: LifeChurch.tv Satellite Broadcasting FAQ Part 1

By: How to Do Multi-Site through Satellite Link Ups - - churchonline247.com

How to Do Multi-Site through Satellite Link Ups - - churchonline247.com — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:12:01 +0000

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By: LifeChurch.tv Satellite Broadcasting FAQ Part 2 at LifeChurch.tv : swerve

LifeChurch.tv Satellite Broadcasting FAQ Part 2 at LifeChurch.tv : swerve — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:23:12 +0000

[...] This information may be a bit technical, but I (or our team) continue to get several questions about this topic so I will do my best to post the answers here so that it can benefit others of you. This is a continuation of the previous post on the topic. [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:03:48 +0000

Is there someone that I could talk to at LifeChurch.tv about satellite? We are looking into this seriously, so I would love to hear some deeper details.

By: Bobby Gruenewald

Bobby Gruenewald — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:58:15 +0000

Everything is subject to change of course. Right now we are currently streaming using Akamai. We encode using encoders from Viewcast. We send about 8 different stream (different bit rates and redundant streams) to Akamai who relays it to several servers around the world.

By: Don Gulley

Don Gulley — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:30:04 +0000

Question: How are you streaming on your internet campus. ARe you using a seperate hosting company then inserting then integrating it into your site? What equipment have you gotten to help with this process.

By: Bobby Gruenewald

Bobby Gruenewald — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:30 +0000

Sam, We broadcast most all of our experiences. There are a couple of exceptions…experiences after 12:30am on Sunday are played from a recording. In Phoenix, they do not have daylight savings time so we are off and “tivoing” it certain experiences and times of the year, but it is always “weekend-of”

Bob,

I’ll hit the questions regarding companies and staffing in part 2 tonight or tomorrow.

John,

You are correct…we have a redundant uplink at our Edmond campus that we are able to use in case of a disaster or something. The cost I gave does not account for that.

By: Rich Schmidt

Rich Schmidt — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:38:08 +0000

John,

I’m pretty sure the uplink is only needed at the main campus, where the signal is being sent UP to the satellite. All the campuses receiving the signal just need receivers. And they can add as many of those as they want, as long as each campus buys the receiving equipment.

By: John

John — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:41:30 +0000

I think I understand that you all can broadcast for 2 different campuses. Perhaps it is just me, but I’m a bit unclear. Did the $200K cover building the uplink for both campuses or was that a per campus number.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:11:14 +0000

Do you have a list of good companies to work with for purchase and install of this equipment? Also, what do you do or recommend for staffing to run this technology?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:23:52 +0000

So do you broadcast your satellite feed live to all the campuses for every service or do you broadcast it out once and all the campuses record that one showing and during the service the specific campus just hits “Play” when they’re ready?

By: RC of strangeculture

RC of strangeculture — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:49:45 +0000

Huh? That’s interesting…thanks for sharing, I would have never asked because I wouldn’t have even known to act…I just thought things like that were magic. :-)

By: Kyle T. Panter

Kyle T. Panter — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:54:29 +0000

Bobby, so what you are telling us is that there’s no way to “kink” a satellite feed - unlike a water hose?