Generation of national broadcast log from local broadcast log

A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions configured to be executed by a processor implementing a national scheduling service, the program of instructions comprising:

• at least one instruction to receive, at the national scheduling service, a local broadcast log including media item identifiers, the local broadcast log generated by a local subscribing station;
• at least one instruction to verify the local broadcast log by the national scheduling service, wherein the at least one instruction to verify includes at least one instruction to check the local broadcast log for compliance with digital rights management (DRM) requirements;
• at least one instruction to approve the local broadcast log for inclusion in a national log based, at least in part, on a trust level associated with the local subscribing station;
• at least one instruction to generate, by the national scheduling service, the national log based on the local broadcast log, by:
• generating a national clock including clock positions to be filled by media items identified in the local broadcast log;
• populating the clock positions in the national log using the media items identifiers included in the local broadcast log;
• setting default editing restrictions for the national log;
• and
• at least one instruction to transmit the national log to other local stations for broadcast.

A schedule subscription server comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• memory coupled to the processing circuitry;
• a communications interface coupled to the processing circuitry and the memory, the communications interface configured to receive a local broadcast log including media item identifiers, the local broadcast log generated by a local subscribing station;
• the processing circuitry configured to:
• verify the local broadcast log, wherein verifying the local broadcast log includes checking the local broadcast log for compliance with digital rights management (DRM) requirements;
• approve the local broadcast log for inclusion in a national log based, at least in part, on a trust level associated with the local subscribing station;
• generate the national log based on the local broadcast log, by:
• generating a national clock including clock positions to be filled by media identified in the local broadcast log;
• populating the clock positions in the national log using the media items identifiers included in the local broadcast log;
• setting default editing restrictions for the national log;
• and
• the communications interface further configured to transmit the national log to other local stations for broadcast.