Is there someone in the stadium watching the game and updating it super fast? I’ll often get alerts before it happens on TV. They have so much information on each play and I want to know how they get it all.
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You have it spot on – someone is sitting watching the game and writing updates as they happen and sending them out.
Think of someone sitting writing updates on a Facebook or WhatsApp group message.
The reason these will update differently from things like a TV broadcast are down to the delays in some broadcast systems – the processing and transmission of the broadcast can take slightly longer using some systems than others, so one signal may take a few seconds longer to appear. Some broadcasts also use a purposeful delay to allow the network some control (the ability to preview and stop a broadcast if needed) or to add in subtitles or other information.
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