backhaul

Meanings

1. To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.

1. A return trip after delivery of cargo.
2. The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
3. Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
4. Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.

Etymology

From back + haul.