System and method for simultaneously broadcasting multiple media-components
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a system and method for simultaneously broadcasting video components (VCs). In one example, a method includes an automation-system (AS) selecting a log entry including (i) a first identifier that maps to a first VC, and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC; a recording-and-playout device (RAPD) retrieving the first VC; the RAPD sending the retrieved first-VC to an encoder; the encoder generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the sent first-VC; the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD); the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a transport-stream splicer; the AS loading the splicer with the second VC; the splicer generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the loaded second-VC; and the splicer sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD.
1. A method for use in connection with a television broadcast traffic log having a log entry that includes (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC, wherein the first identifier that maps to the first VC is stored in a first field of the log-entry that is designated for storing an identifier that maps to a VC, and wherein the second identifier that maps to the second VC is stored in a second field of the log-entry that is designated for storing data other than an identifier that maps to a VC, the method comprising:
accessing the first identifier in the first field and using the first identifier to facilitate generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the first VC;
sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD);
accessing the second identifier in the second field and using the second identifier to facilitate generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the second VC; and
sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD, simultaneously while sending the generated first-TS to the first OBD.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first VC is different from the second VC, and the first OBD is different from the second OBD.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first VC is a commercial.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier, wherein sending the generated second-TS to the second OBD comprises sending the generated second-TS to the identified second-OBD for television-broadcast.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second identifier that maps to the second VC is stored in a second field of the log-entry that is designated for storing an auxiliary value.
6. A system comprising an encoder and a splicer, wherein the system is configured for performing a set of functions for use in connection with a television broadcast traffic log having a log entry that includes (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC, wherein the first identifier that maps to the first VC is stored in a first field of the log-entry that is designated for storing an identifier that maps to a VC, and wherein the second identifier that maps to the second VC is stored in a second field of the log-entry that is designated for storing data other than an identifier that maps to a VC, the set of functions comprising:
accessing the first identifier in the first field and using the first identifier to facilitate generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the first VC;
sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD);
accessing the second identifier in the second field and using the second identifier to facilitate generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the second VC; and
sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD, simultaneously while sending the generated first-TS to the first OBD.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first VC is different from the second VC, and the first OBD is different from the second OBD.
8. The system of claim 6 , the set of functions further comprising:
identifying the second OBD based on the second identifier, wherein sending the generated second-TS to the second OBD comprises sending the generated second-TS to the identified second-OBD.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first VC is a commercial.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the second identifier that maps to the second VC is stored in a second field of the log-entry that is designated for storing an auxiliary value.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program instructions, that when executed, cause performance of a set of functions for use in connection with a television broadcast traffic log having a log entry that includes (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC, wherein the first identifier that maps to the first VC is stored in a first field of the log-entry that is designated for storing an identifier that maps to a VC, and wherein the second identifier that maps to the second VC is stored in a second field of the log-entry that is designated for storing data other than an identifier that maps to a VC, the set of functions comprising:
accessing the first identifier in the first field and using the first identifier to facilitate generating a first transport-stream (TS) having (i) program-identification (PID) data, and (ii) payload data including the first VC;
sending the generated first-TS to a first outbound-broadcast device (OBD);
accessing the second identifier in the second field and using the second identifier to facilitate generating a second TS having (i) the PID data of the generated first-TS, and (ii) payload data including the second VC; and
sending the generated second-TS to a second OBD, simultaneously while sending the generated first-TS to the first OBD.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first VC is different from the second VC, and the first OBD is different from the second OBD.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first VC is a commercial.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the second identifier that maps to the second VC is stored in a second field of the log-entry that is designated for storing an auxiliary value.