APPROVED ≠ DELIVERED

“Final” rarely means finished.

Every production has a moment when the word “final” starts to lose its meaning.

The notes are cleared, the mix is done, the team exhales.

Then the deliverables list comes back around.

In broadcast and streaming, approval is only part of the job.

The real test is getting the master out the door, clean and on-time.

Delivery has become the last creative act. Not the paperwork after it.

This week’s SiGNAL looks at what happens in that space.

• How lean crews, smaller budgets, and global post pipelines have changed the definition of “done.”

• How QC, captions, metadata, and upload are now part of the story we make.

• And why the quiet work that happens after “approved” is what keeps the industry standing.

Approved Isn’t Delivered is about finishing well.

The milestone is not the note that says “we’re good.”

It’s the confirmation that the show made air.

That’s the job.

🎥 Watch the 4-minute episode ⤵