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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide premium channel/pay-per-view (PPV) video data in a multiple dwelling facility. SOLUTION: A system 10 may comprise a headend unit 12 that receives a data stream that comprises a plurality of programs, and a multiple dwelling unit (MxU) network 14 that is adapted to receive at least a portion of the data stream from the headend unit 12 and provide at least a subset of the plurality of programs to individual users in a multiple dwelling facility 16. The method may comprise the steps of receiving a data stream that comprises a plurality of programs, distributing at least a portion of the data stream to the MxU network 14, and providing access to a specific one of the plurality of programs to each of a plurality of individual users within the multiple dwelling facility 16 via the MxU network 14 depending on whether each of the plurality of individual users has met at least one predetermined condition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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