Somewhat ironic that the BBC (along with other broadcasters, admittedly) had to use SIS Live to provide the connectivity for the election programme.

"The UK’s main news broadcasters relied on SIS live to provide uplink facilities for their general election coverage, on a night when speed, reliability and clarity were vital to ensure comprehensive reporting.

SIS Live provided 70 satellite uplink vehicles to the main UK broadcasters, as they covered the voting and results in one of the most unpredictable elections in memory. Uplink vehicles and SIS LIVE crew were deployed throughout England, Scotland and Wales, giving the broadcasters unprecedented coverage of the main electoral battlegrounds.

SIS Live’s clients, including the BBC, Sky News, ITV, ITN, and STV, took advantage of the organisations connectivity to ensure their audiences missed none of the twists and turns unfolding under the election spotlight. Most services were delivered as part of long-running contracts to supply the broadcasters with live news coverage. SIS LIVE was able to deliver coverage thanks to its permanently leased satellite capacity.

SIS Live provided the UK broadcast industry with approximately 550MHz of Ku and Ka band satellite capacity on four different satellites, some permanently contracted, with a significant amount supplied from the company’s large pool of in-house, ad-hoc capacity."