IBC2025: 5G Finally Winning for Live SportsRewind to last year and 5G was still more proof of concept than real-world scenario. “5G is here and real,” said Brad Cheney, VP, Field Operations & Engineering, Fox Sports at the IBC2025 trade event in the Netherlands. We needed upload of 120Mbps constantly across the network because that gives us the response our broadcast teams are used to. Discovery CTO Avi Saxena explained, “We cannot have an army of humans tagging live content for every goal, yellow card or record being broken. Saxena said WBD is developing a AI tool to enable fans to replay key highlights of live matches just 3-5 seconds behind the live stream.