Patent ID: 8793728
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: an automation system accessing a stored television-broadcasting traffic log, wherein the traffic log includes multiple ordered log entries, the log entries including at least a first log-entry and a second log-entry; the automation system making a first determination that the first log-entry corresponds to a show-segment video-component (VC) of a live news program; the automation system making a second determination that the second log-entry corresponds to an initial show-segment VC of a show, wherein the show is scheduled to follow the live news program; the automation system identifying, among log entries scheduled between the first log-entry and the second log-entry, a set of optional-promotion log entries, each such optional-promotional log entry having a duration; the automation system determining a cumulative duration of the optional-promotion log entries in the identified set; and the automation system providing the determined cumulative-duration to an output device for presentation.