About Real Time 

June 25, 2017, extracts from Essential Guide,

Posted by Kenetic Team,  Reality of IP

Live broadcast television was once considered to be unique as every bit of data had to be delivered to the viewers television set in real-time. However, as IT continues to leverage its influence on television, we discover the uniqueness of broadcasting isn’t as exclusive as we may have once thought.

Real-time is a term used across many industries and has many different meanings. There will always be some delay between an event occurring and the recipient witnessing it, whether it’s due to processing delays in electronics and software, or transmission characteristics of electromagnetic propagation. The only question then is, how much delay is acceptable?