Program services including adaptive failover and backup services

A network device comprising:

• tuners, wherein the tuners tune to programs;
• a communication interface;
• a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
• provide, via the communication interface, a program service that includes a delivery of programs to user devices that are connected via communicative links, wherein the user devices include a set top box, and the programs include linear television programs;
• predict whether a first disruption in the program service is to occur, wherein the first disruption corresponds to a complete loss of the program service and the prediction comprises to predicting based on disruption indicators, wherein the disruption indicators include temperature of hardware resident on the server device, state of communicative links between the server device and another device, system activity logs, error logs, and hardware and software disruption signatures;
• predict whether a second disruption in the program service is to occur, wherein the second disruption corresponds to a degradation of the program service but not the complete loss of the program service;
• generate a first message that indicates a predicted disruption of the program service in response to a prediction that the first disruption is to occur or the second disruption is to occur;
• transmit, via the communication interface, the first message to the user devices;
• disconnect the communicative links via which the program service is provided, with the user devices;
• determine whether the network device is in a stable state;
• generate a second message that indicates the program service is available via the network device in response to a determination that the network device is in the stable state;
• transmit, via the communication interface, the second message to the user devices;
• and
• establish, via the communication interface, communicative links with the user devices.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computational device to:

• provide a program service that includes a delivery of programs to user devices that are connected via communicative links, wherein the user devices include a set top box, and the programs include linear television programs;
• predict whether a first disruption in the program service is to occur, wherein the first disruption corresponds to a complete loss of the program service and the prediction comprises predicting based on disruption indicators, wherein the disruption indicators include temperature of hardware resident on the server device, state of communicative links between the server device and another device, system activity logs, error logs, and hardware and software disruption signatures;
• predict whether a second disruption in the program service is to occur, wherein the second disruption corresponds to a degradation of the program service but not the complete loss of the program service;
• generate a first message that indicates a predicted disruption of the program service in response to a prediction that the first disruption is to occur or the second disruption is to occur;
• transmit the first message to the user devices;
• disconnect the communicative links via which the program service is provided, with the user devices;
• determine whether the computational device is in a stable state;
• generate a second message that indicates the program service is available via the computational device in response to a determination that the computational device is in the stable state;
• transmit the second message to the user devices;
• and
• establish communicative links with the user devices.