Conform checks, version verification, deliverable QC: the work is essential and nobody's best use of a day. It scales linearly with your output, it happens under deadline, and when it slips, the mistakes ship to the client.
- 1 operator cannot monitor 40+ tracks by ear or eye at once
- Legacy probes confirm packet presence, not what airs inside the stream
- Faults survive on air for minutes until viewers or affiliates complain
