FPV LIVE BROADCAST
FPV Drone Live Broadcast for TV, Sports and Events
Live FPV is the shot viewers now expect from big-event TV: a small, fast drone that follows the action and goes out live, not in the edit. Air Views Media flies live FPV and micro-drone aerials for sports, fan festivals and music festivals across the US, with feeds that have gone out on Fox Sports, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music and Twitch.
What live FPV broadcast is
An FPV (first-person-view) drone is flown by a pilot wearing goggles, so it can chase an athlete, dive into a stadium or thread a stage while the feed goes straight to the production. It adds a dimension that fixed cameras, cable cams and cranes can't.
What the public record shows about live FPV at the Games
FPV drones became part of live Olympic coverage recently. Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcaster, introduced FPV drones into live mountain-bike coverage at Paris 2024 (Sports Video Group). At Milano Cortina 2026, OBS operated 25 drones, 15 of them FPV, across outdoor sports and selected indoor sports such as speed skating (IOC). They followed alpine skiers, freestyle skiers, snowboarders and, for the first time, sliders in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.
The public reporting describes the technique in detail:
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Two cameras, two links. The pilot flies on a low-latency goggle feed. A separate broadcast-quality camera sends the program feed to the production (NBCUniversal; NewscastStudio).
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Broadcast RF into the truck. The sliding-sport drone used a COFDM transmitter that plugs into existing wireless broadcast infrastructure and camera shading in the OB truck (Dronewatch).
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A three-person team. Each OBS drone team was a pilot, a director and a technician, on a dedicated comms channel with the director in the production truck (Sports Video Group).
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Light aircraft, strict rules. The sliding drone weighed 243 grams. Drones never flew in front of athletes, and every flight was cleared with aviation authorities, federations and venues (Dronewatch; NBCUniversal; NewscastStudio).
To be clear: Air Views Media did not work on the Olympic Games and has no affiliation with the IOC, OBS or the USOPC. We fly the same kind of live FPV work for US sports, festival and event productions.
How we plug into your broadcast
RF and the feed
We plan frequencies with your RF coordinator so our video and control links stay clean at crowded venues, then hand the feed to your truck, switcher, LED wall or encoder.
Latency and timing
The pilot flies on a goggle feed of a few tens of milliseconds. The program feed's delay depends on the transmission chain. Publicly reported Olympic figures were about 15–40 ms for the pilot feed and 300–400 ms for the broadcast feed. We test end-to-end delay with your team before doors so the director can cut to the drone on cue.
Comms, spotters and cues
Our pilot is on comms with your director or show caller, and flights run on your cues. Visual observers watch the airspace and the crowd so the pilot can focus on the shot. If a move can't be flown safely on cue, it isn't flown.
Waivers and airspace
Air Views Media holds FAA waivers granted for complex live work: §107.39 operation over people, §107.31 beyond visual line of sight, §107.35 multiple aircraft by one pilot, §107.25 operation from a moving vehicle, §107.145 operation over moving vehicles, and §107.51 operating limitations. We also handle airspace authorizations, TFR coordination and venue permits. For the FIFA Fan Festival in Atlanta, that meant clearing permissions with more than seven organizations, including the FAA, FBI, GWCC, DHS and FIFA.
Sports and events we're set up to cover
Our live credits so far come from stadiums, fan festivals and music festivals. The same FPV technique carries over to:
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Stadium sports: pregame, walkouts and video-board shots
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Track and field and road running
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Cycling and mountain biking
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Skiing and snowboarding
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Motorsports, under our moving-vehicle waivers
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Surfing and action sports
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Festivals and concerts: over-the-crowd and on-stage passes
Live credits
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FIFA Fan Festival Atlanta, FIFA World Cup 2026: aerial coverage and live broadcast, connected into the Fox Sports broadcast
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Mississippi State University football, 2026 season: live broadcast with live drone feeds to the stadium video boards
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Atlanta Braves: live drone feeds for the TV broadcast and the stadium video board
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Austin City Limits 2025: over-the-crowd micro drone on Sabrina Carpenter's set, live on Hulu
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Outside Lands, San Francisco, 2023–2025: aerial livestream team for Prime Video, Amazon Music and Twitch
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UNITY at the Sphere, Las Vegas: sub-100-gram livestream drones, with the live feed shown on the Sphere's interior screen
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Vans Warped Tour, 30th anniversary: two aerial livestream teams and one FPV content team
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EDC Las Vegas and Ultra Music Festival, Miami: live and FPV festival aerials
Safety first
Light aircraft, rehearsed flight paths, defined no-fly zones and spotters on every flight. We brief your producers, venue and safety leads before the show. Our pilots are FAA Part 107 certified.
Where we fly
Based in Augusta, GA and Lynchburg, VA, we fly nationwide. Recent live work includes Atlanta, Las Vegas, Miami and California.
FPV live broadcast FAQ
Can FPV drones be used for live TV, like at the Olympics?
Yes. Olympic Broadcasting Services used FPV drones in live mountain-bike coverage at Paris 2024 and flew 15 FPV drones at Milano Cortina 2026. Air Views Media wasn't part of that coverage, but we fly live FPV and micro-drone feeds for US productions, with work that has aired on Fox Sports, Hulu and Prime Video.
How much latency does a live FPV feed have?
The pilot's goggle feed runs at a few tens of milliseconds. The broadcast feed depends on the transmission system; publicly reported Olympic figures were about 300–400 ms. We measure end-to-end delay with your team during rehearsal.
Do you fly over crowds?
Yes, where the operation qualifies. Our FAA §107.39 operation-over-people waiver is what lets us fly over-the-crowd live aerials, as we did for Austin City Limits on Hulu and Outside Lands on Prime Video.
How does the drone feed get to the production truck?
The drone's broadcast camera transmits to our receiver, and we hand the feed to your truck, switcher or encoder, with frequencies coordinated in advance.
Can you fly indoors or in arenas?
Yes. We flew sub-100-gram livestream drones inside the Sphere in Las Vegas, with the live feed on its immersive screen.
Can you follow cars, bikes or boats?
Yes. Our FAA waivers cover operation from a moving vehicle (§107.25) and over moving vehicles (§107.145), subject to each waiver's conditions and the event's safety plan.
Bring live FPV to your next broadcast
Tell us about your event, venue and broadcast setup, and we'll plan the shot list, RF and safety with your team.
Air Views Media LLC · FAA Part 107 certified · clark@airviewsmedia.com · 434-941-0305
