Why is the delay (ping) on professional TV video calls absurdly high?

Question

So many times I see a guy video calling another crew across the country and it can take a solid 5-10 seconds before we hear them reply. I’ve seen kids in siberia with better ping.

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Answer 1

1) Satellites are typically used unless really close. That causes delay. But even for close connections the data is still high bandwidth, watch a news segment from your cable provider and then watch it on YouTube, you can easily see the YouTube version isn’t as clear.

2) They have some delay if someone bombs the newscaster and starts swearing (this could be done for the whole feed though).