Patent ID: 9549208
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for use in a television broadcasting system having a master control system, the method comprising: selecting, by the master control system, a first log entry from a traffic log accessed from a traffic system, wherein the traffic log is a broadcast schedule for a given station during a given time period, and wherein the first log entry corresponds to a first video component (VC) and to a first start time; selecting, by the master control system, a second log entry from the traffic log, wherein the second log entry corresponds to a multi video source digital video effect (DVE) stored in a stunt switcher, and to a second start time, wherein the second start time is later than the first start time; causing the first VC to start being channeled through the stunt switcher proximate the first start time; making a determination that a threshold time period remains before the second start time; and responsive to making the determination that the threshold time period remains before the second start time, (i) causing a second VC to start being sent to the stunt switcher, and (ii) causing the stunt switcher to run the stored multi-video-source DVE, thereby causing the stunt switcher to output a combined video, wherein the combined video includes both the first VC and the second VC.