| 摘要 |
A system and method enable video contents to be selected by a user via the Internet (140) and distributed via a multichannel video broadcasting system, for the selected video content to be displayed at the user's location on a TV monitor (150) or on a PC (160) provided with a TV display card, immediately or with a delay in correspondence with a user command. The system comprises a main video server (200) storing selectable video contents (210,220,230); an authorization server (300) accessible via the Internet for a user to transmit user commands to select video contents that are to be displayed immediately or with a delay; a multichannel cable or satellite broadcasting apparatus (250 ;280,285); and a distribution server (350) that supplies selected video contents from the main video server (200) to the broadcasting apparatus (250;280,285), for them to be broadcast by the broadcasting apparatus. The system is arranged to provide an indication of a channel that is available to broadcast a selected video content immediately or with a delay in correspondence with a user command. This indication is available to the user via the authorization server (300) and the Internet (140). The broadcast of a selected video content on the indicated available channel is initiated immediately or with a delay in correspondence with the user command. |
