1. A method comprising: receiving, by a distribution facility interface, a multiplexed digital data stream, from a distribution facility multiplexer, the multiplexed digital data stream including television program content having a digitized video data stream, a digitized audio data stream, and switching control information; receiving, by the distribution facility interface, a video content and an audio content; generating, via the distribution facility interface, a television programming data stream including the multiplexed digital data stream, the video content, the audio content and the switching control information, wherein the generated television programming data stream is transmitted via a satellite from a distribution facility to a head end; wherein a carrier lost detection switch is configured to automatically switch to a full screen digitized video and audio data stream in response to sensing loss of at least one of the video content or the audio content: wherein the switching control information is used to select at least one of the digitized video data stream, the digitized audio data stream, the video content or the audio content, wherein the television programming data stream includes data configured to render a multi-window screen display including content directed to a national geographic area and a window containing at least one of the video content or the audio content, and wherein the switching control information controls assembly of content of a window in the multi-window screen display to include the digitized video data stream and the video content.