A method, apparatus and system for redundancy backup of video services are
provided. The method includes: receiving a data stream from a video
server; stopping delivering the data stream to an Internet Protocol (IP)
network if determining that the data stream is abnormal; and triggering
the IP network to change delivery of the data stream over to a redundant
video server. With the method provided by the present disclosure, when
the data stream played by the Near Video on Demand (nVOD) system is
detected as abnormal, a route changeover can be completed so that the
program stream of a redundant nVOD server is delivered to the IP network.