PROGRAMMING CONTENT RECONSTRUCTION IN A CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM

摘要

A method for transmitting content, comprising: identifying a plurality of programming content for transmission to a receiver controller; indentifying an amount of bandwidth available for broadcasting a first portion of the plurality of programming content in a broadcast network, the broadcast network is configured to have a bandwidth that is variable for content transmission; separating the plurality of programming content into at least the first portion for broadcast transmission and a second portion for unicast transmission based on at least one of demand by viewers and the amount of bandwidth available for broadcasting in the broadcast network, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the plurality of programming content includes nonlinear content; and transmitting the first portion of the plurality of programming content to the receiver controller using the amount of bandwidth available for the broadcast transmission, wherein a rate of transmission of the nonlinear content is independent of a rate for real-time viewing of the nonlinear content at the receiver controller; and transmitting the second portion of the plurality of programming content to the receiver controller using unicast transmission.