Today, broadcasters and facility operators have a choice of how to find and monitor content passing through the distribution and playout chains. While traditional detection methods such as time and date searches and predefined metadata are still valid and used widely, newer and more sophisticated techniques such as digital watermarking and fingerprinting, combined with the increasing use of computer-based automation are making inroads into the market and have to be considered viable alternatives.

The challenge is to harness the potential of machine learning and decide what is the best model for specific operations, whether based locally at the user's premises or remotely on cloud- based platforms...