Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed
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1. A method comprising:
- collecting feed data representative of a plurality of source feeds being provided to a distributor, the source feeds being associated with respective live media events;
collecting distribution data, the distribution data being representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds by the distributor; and
comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying an on-the-fly switch occurring on a single channel between a first one of the live media events and a second one of the live media events made by the distributor, the first live media event being a live media event scheduled to be transmitted by the distributor at a first time, and generating the list comprises logging that the second live media event is actually transmitted by the distributor at the first time.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed are disclosed. An example method includes collecting feed data representative of source feeds associated with respective live media events, collecting distribution data representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds, and comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying times at which the live media events were distributed via corresponding distributions.
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1. A method comprising:
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collecting feed data representative of a plurality of source feeds being provided to a distributor, the source feeds being associated with respective live media events; collecting distribution data, the distribution data being representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds by the distributor; and comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying an on-the-fly switch occurring on a single channel between a first one of the live media events and a second one of the live media events made by the distributor, the first live media event being a live media event scheduled to be transmitted by the distributor at a first time, and generating the list comprises logging that the second live media event is actually transmitted by the distributor at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 28, 29, 30)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a comparator to compare distribution data to feed data, the distribution data being representative of media information received at a detection site and the feed data being representative of respective live media events being provided to a distributor via corresponding source feeds; and a list generator to generate a list identifying an on-the-fly switch occurring on a single channel between a first one of the live media events and a second one of the live media events at the distributor level, the first live media event being a live media event scheduled to be transmitted by the distributor at a first time, the list generator to generate the list by logging that the second live media event is actually transmitted by the distributor at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
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access feed data representative of a plurality of source feeds being provided to a distributor, the source feeds being associated with respective live media events; access distribution data, the distribution data being representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds by the distributor; and compare the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying an on-the-fly switch occurring on a single channel between a first one of the live media events and a second one of the live media events caused by the distributor, the first live media event being a live media event scheduled to be transmitted by the distributor at a first time, and generating the list comprises logging that the second live media event is actually transmitted by the distributor at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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