# Broadcast Quality Validator

*/Services/Broadcast_Quality_Validator*

## Service Contract

**Sla**: Guarantees zero technical network rejections for objective parameters (such as audio loudness limits and video gamut bounds) on assets that receive a pass certification.
**Input**:
- High-resolution media master files
- Target network delivery specifications
- Caption and subtitle sidecar files
**Output**:
- Broadcast pass/fail certification
- Timecoded technical anomaly report
- Compliance-corrected media file (if applicable)
**Sla Basis**: accuracy-threshold
**Definition**: This service inspects final video and audio assets against target broadcast and streaming network specifications. It evaluates technical parameters such as gamut, loudness, framerate, and closed caption alignment to ensure assets clear ingest workflows without technical rejection.
**Solves Problem**: [Broadcast Network Rejection](/Problems/Broadcast_Network_Rejection)
**Absorbs Process**: [Media Quality Control](/Processes/Media_Quality_Control)
**Delivery Lenses**:
- human
- services-as-software
**Outcome Contract**: Submitted media files are strictly evaluated against the designated broadcast specification, resulting in a definitive pass certification or a timecoded log of exact technical violations requiring correction. Assets certified as passing will not be kicked back by the destination network for objective technical signal or formatting errors.

## Service Function Cascade

**Ai Role**: Code and generative extraction evaluate all objective signal parameters and specifications automatically, while a human intervenes only to distinguish genuine technical errors from intentional creative choices flagged near compliance thresholds.
**Cascade**:
- Kind: Code · Note: Securely fetches master video, sidecar captions, and network specification documents. · Step: Ingest Media And Specifications · Verb: ingest · Realizes: Ingest Source Material · Oversight: none
- Kind: Generative · Note: Extracts exact objective bounds from network PDF guidelines. · Step: Translate Delivery Specifications · Verb: extract · Realizes: Extract Technical Specifications · Oversight: none
- Kind: Code · Note: Deterministically evaluates gamut, framerate, and EBU/ATSC audio loudness. · Step: Analyze Signal Compliance · Verb: analyze · Realizes: Analyze Media Signals · Oversight: none
- Kind: Code · Note: Checks sidecar text alignment and formatting against video timecodes. · Step: Validate Caption Synchronization · Verb: evaluate · Realizes: Verify Closed Captions · Oversight: none
- Kind: Generative · Note: Human judges ambiguous artifacts versus intentional creative choices. · Step: Review Marginal Flags · Verb: inspect · Realizes: Inspect Media Artifacts · Oversight: review-on-exception
- Kind: Code · Note: Outputs pass certificate or exact timecoded anomaly logs. · Step: Generate Certification Report · Verb: certify · Realizes: Generate Compliance Report · Oversight: none
**Realizes**:
- [Ingest Source Material](/Tasks/Ingest_Source_Material)
- [Extract Technical Specifications](/Tasks/Extract_Technical_Specifications)
- [Analyze Media Signals](/Tasks/Analyze_Media_Signals)
- [Verify Closed Captions](/Tasks/Verify_Closed_Captions)
- [Inspect Media Artifacts](/Tasks/Inspect_Media_Artifacts)
- [Generate Compliance Report](/Tasks/Generate_Compliance_Report)
**Optimizes**:
- [First-Pass Network Acceptance Rate](/Metrics/First-Pass_Network_Acceptance_Rate)
- [Quality Control Turnaround Time](/Metrics/Quality_Control_Turnaround_Time)
- [False Positive Flag Rate](/Metrics/False_Positive_Flag_Rate)

## Service Wrapper Fanout

- [Asset Ingest Agent](/Agents/Asset_Ingest_Agent) — Agent

## Service Representative Offer

**Warranty**: The provider guarantees zero technical network rejections for objective parameters on certified files, refunding the validation fee and providing free correction processing if a passed asset is rejected.
**Price Band**: ~$2 to $15 per minute of processed media, depending on file resolution and the complexity of the target broadcast specifications.
**Pricing Kind**: UsageMeter
**Deliverables**:
- Broadcast pass/fail certification
- Timecoded technical anomaly report
- Audio loudness and gamut compliance log
- Compliance-corrected media file
**Delivery Mode**: The buyer submits master files and sidecars via API or a self-serve portal, with validation performed and billed automatically upon asset ingestion.
**Business Function**: ProvideService
**Agent Checkout Support**:
- agentic-commerce-protocol
- stored-credential

## Service Composes Headless Saas

- [Media Transfer API](/Software/Media_Transfer_API) — Secure Ingest
- [Specification Extraction Model](/Software/Specification_Extraction_Model) — LLM Document Parsing
- [Signal Analysis Engine](/Software/Signal_Analysis_Engine) — Video Audio QC
- [Caption Parsing API](/Software/Caption_Parsing_API) — Text Sync Validation
- [QC Review Dashboard](/Software/QC_Review_Dashboard) — Human In Loop
- [Compliance Reporting API](/Software/Compliance_Reporting_API) — Report Generation

## Service Delivery Cascade Diagram

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    A[Code Ingest Media And Specifications]
    B[Generative Translate Delivery Specifications]
    C[Code Analyze Signal Compliance]
    D[Code Validate Caption Synchronization]
    E[Generative Review Marginal Flags]
    F[Code Generate Certification Report]
    G[Compliance Certification Report]
    A --> B
    B --> C
    C --> D
    D --> E
    E --> F
    F --> G
```

## Neighborhood

### What it addresses

- [Broadcast Network Rejection](/Problems/Broadcast_Network_Rejection) — addresses · Problems

### Composed of

- [Caption Parsing API](/Software/Caption_Parsing_API) — composes · Software
- [Compliance Reporting API](/Software/Compliance_Reporting_API) — composes · Software
- [Media Transfer API](/Software/Media_Transfer_API) — composes · Software
- [QC Review Dashboard](/Software/QC_Review_Dashboard) — composes · Software
- [Signal Analysis Engine](/Software/Signal_Analysis_Engine) — composes · Software
- [Specification Extraction Model](/Software/Specification_Extraction_Model) — composes · Software
- [Asset Ingest Agent](/Agents/Asset_Ingest_Agent) — composes · Agents