Patent ID: 8539526

Claim:
A method comprising: a master-control automation-system (AS) selecting a log entry from a television-broadcast traffic-log, the log entry including (i) a first identifier that maps to a first video-component (VC) and (ii) a second identifier that maps to a second VC; responsive to the AS selecting the log entry, a recording-and-playout device (RAPD) retrieving the first VC; the RAPD sending the retrieved first-VC to an encoder via a switching network; 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) for television-broadcast; the encoder sending the generated first-TS to a transport-stream splicer; responsive to the AS selecting the log entry, the AS loading the splicer with the second VC using a file-transfer protocol (FTP); 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 for television-broadcast, simultaneously while the encoder sends the generated first-TS to the first OBD; and wherein the AS loading the splicer with the second VC occurs before the RAPD retrieves the first VC.