With one week until the Olympic flame lights up Paris, details are trickling in of broadcast and transmission technologies being deployed by broadcasters at the 2024 Games. One of the more “out there” sports is surfing, not only in sporting flare but also in location – with the 2024 surfing competition taking place nearly 10,000 miles away from Paris on the coast of Tahiti. The logistical and technical nightmares that come from broadcasting a live event from the other side of the world, from an archipelago in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, calls for a unique set of technologies. For these reasons, France Télévisions has tapped Haivision, a specialist in live video contribution, and Obvios, a private 5G…