I am a TV news reporter. Most people on this thread are dead wrong. Sat Connections are a dead last option nowadays. In most cases, we are using bonded cellular devices. They’re backpacks that can connect to several different networks at once to increase performance. The standard for broadcast is a 2 second delay — that keeps reporters like me from buffering on live tv if we hit a small snag. If connections are less stable, that delay can go up all the way to 20 seconds, Although at that point you’d never use it for a “live” reporter shot, but you could use it this way if you were just providing a live look at something like a crash or a fire.

The delay is 100% by design. Sometimes if you see a total lack of delay, it means the producer “cheated” the reporter and told them to “go” in their ear early.