Patent ID: 8549577

Claim:
A method for media broadcast signal reception and distribution, the method comprising: monitoring reception quality of at least some of a plurality of channels included in a media broadcast signal received at a headend, the headend including a frequency agile band-pass filter to receive the media broadcast signal for distribution to a plurality of reception sites; sending, via a processor, a first set of commands over a communication network to the frequency agile band-pass filter to cause the frequency agile band-pass filter to tune to and attenuate a first channel included in the media broadcast signal, the first set of commands being sent in response to determining that the first channel is experiencing a degradation of reception quality determined to be caused by a first type of channel interference; remotely commanding, via the processor, a switch at the headend to replace a first output signal from a first receiver providing the first channel for distribution to the plurality of reception sites with a second output signal from a second receiver processing an output of the frequency agile band-pass filter; and sending, via the processor, a subsequent second set of commands over the communication network to the frequency agile band-pass filter to override attenuation processing invoked by the first set of commands, the subsequent second set of commands to cause the attenuation processing by the frequency agile band-pass filter to be bypassed during reception of the first channel, the second set of commands being sent in response to determining that the degradation of reception quality is being caused by fading in addition to the first type of channel interference.