> ... hence the beaming back to trucks. Almost all of the television/radio broadcasting stations have their own uplink trucks (and directing rooms for their ow

> ... hence the beaming back to trucks. Almost all of the television/radio broadcasting stations have their own uplink trucks (and directing rooms for their own camera's) on site. My guess is they send it there to allow the stations to intermix their own signals before sending it out, as well as to give the live reporters (which are at the finish) to view the most recent image without going though satellite delays.