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HiFiBerry in Broadcast: Replacing Leased Lines and Satellite Links with Audio over IP
Broadcast stations still pay thousands per month for leased lines and satellite links to distribute audio between studios, transmitters, and remote sites.
The technology works. It’s also expensive, inflexible, and increasingly hard to justify when you have a perfectly good internet connection sitting right next to it.
We’re working with broadcasters who are replacing these legacy links with compact, IP-based audio endpoints built on HiFiBerry hardware.
The setup is simple: a Raspberry Pi with a HiFiBerry audio board at each end. Analog or digital interfaces on either side, audio streamed over standard IP. No rack units, no expensive codec hardware, no monthly line rental.
What makes it work for broadcast
- Our boards support sample rates up to 192kHz/24bit — but of course they handle the 44.1kHz and 48kHz that most broadcast environments use for audio transmission just as well
- Analog and digital interface boards available — whatever your application needs
- Compact enough to deploy anywhere — transmitter sites, remote studios, OB locations
- Standard Linux platform — integrate with any streaming protocol
- Cost per endpoint: under $150 in hardware
One broadcaster told us their leased line cost per link was more than their entire HiFiBerry deployment across 20+ sites.
Need something more customized?
No problem. We’ve also created custom solutions for broadcasters with all the specific functionalities they needed. Tell us about your use case and we can recommend the best solution.
April 11, 2026
