How do television broadcasts get from studios to satellites?

With regard to live television broadcasts, say from the BBC, once a camera has caught the image and sound what happens then? Does it go to a finishing room? (Where is this?) Does it then go to a ground station (where is this?) before being transmitted into space in the case of Freesat? Any assistance is much appreciated, Kind regards Kiz

It depends on the situation. For remote broadcasts, for instance, the signal goes from a remote truck, up to a satellite and then back down to a studio (which could be anywhere on the planet) where it is edited, compiled, combined with other material, etc, and then either sent back out to broadcast satellites, stored on tape or (now a days) hard drive, or sent over wires to remote receivers (your TV).

With an in studio shot, the process is pretty well the same, except the first step may be omitted, since the editing etc could be done in the same building (or not).

It's transmitted from a dish .. usually a big one, however (as you may have noticed) some News Trucks have quite little ones on the roof ???

Why not google / wikipedia this and read up on it ?