A/V PREMISES DECODER, A CONTENT MANAGER, A VIDEO INSERTION SYSTEM INCLUDING BOTH THE DECODER AND MANAGER, AND A METHOD OF INSERTING LOCAL CONTENT INTO A VIDEO STREAM AT A CUSTOMERS PREMISES

摘要

A multimedia (audio and video) insertion system, an A/V premises decoder, a content manager and a method of inserting local content into a multimedia stream at a customer's premises. In one embodiment, the A/V premises decoder includes: (1) a signal converter configured to convert a received digital multimedia stream to an analog multimedia stream, and (2) a content inserter configured to insert secondary content in the analog multimedia stream based on control information associated with the secondary content.