> Things do not have to be exactly synchronous -- people can get used to saying "over" at the end of a sentence and waiting a few seconds. As someone who has s

> Things do not have to be exactly synchronous -- people can get used to saying "over" at the end of a sentence and waiting a few seconds. As someone who has supported users of conference systems, nobody will do this, and on a human connection level it doesn’t make much sense. Ideal is lowest latency possible. TV interviews which you asked about specifically are often handled cheaply over Skype which has a ton of its own problems. You notice Anderson Cooper on CNN has no problem broadcasting from his home, but they have a $50,000 cart of direct connection + pro AV equipment that goes with it (not to mention lighting etc). Using consumer video conferencing allows them to connect to most people’s home equipment and mux it together at the station. Perhaps I’ve misunderstood though, do you have an example?