With the move from traditional broadcast to an integrated multicast network approach, broadcasters must coordinate multiple disparate transmission facilities into a single, reliable network with 99.9% uptime. This performance aligns with the standards of cellular, satellite, and wired internet service providers.

Achieving this cohesion requires new mechanisms and logistics, including:

Rapid Deployment: Maintaining expert field staff and achieving guaranteed 8-hour on-site support in the contiguous U.S.
This session will discuss best practices for emergency repairs, site evaluations, and annual maintenance cycles. It will also explore the essential role of integrated site monitoring—including environmental, power, RF systems, IP systems, security, and access control—and the ability to provide specialized equipment and fabrication quickly as part of assuring and maintaining resilience.

Furthermore, the session will discuss real-world deployments of automated and staffed intelligent monitoring systems. These systems utilize probes and complex data sets to rapidly analyze the root causes of major outages, mitigate their effects, and initiate detailed engineering solutions (such as redundancy and power backup) to eliminate them.

Near-Zero Downtime is no longer optional for broadcasters as transmission moves from bespoke systems into an integrated data delivery system.