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From: techwood!johnw@gatech.edu (John Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: ABC TV Feed Via Phone Number in NYC
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Date: 20 Feb 90 20:58:39 GMT
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In article <4058@accuvax.nwu.edu> HUFF@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Steve Huff, 
U. of Kansas, Lawrence) writes:
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>Years ago I had a phone number in NYC that allowed you to listen to
>the feed from ABC TV.  Does anybody know if this number still exists,
>and more importantly, what it is?  Thanks.

No idea on the number, but the use is, probably, an IFB. That allows
remote field crews to call in and get the feed that winds up in the
ear of the talent...with a catch...it's interruptable by the director
in the control room to give cues. Also, if they're far enough away
that the incoming feed is by satellite, the IFB is dialed up (usually
via US Sprint these days to assure fiber-optics) so that the feed
going into the talent's ear is in real-time, that is, without the
262ms delay caused by a satellite feed.

Most networks and large TV operations have a bank of automatically
answered IFB feeds available. The crew calls, and then sets up on
another line.


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