| 摘要 |
A system for enabling video content to be selected by a user via the Internet and for distributing selected video content via a multichannel video broadcasting system, for the selected video content to be received on a multichannel receiver and displayed at the user's location on a TV monitor or on a PC provided with a TV display card is disclosed. The system comprises a main video server storing a plurality of selectable video contents; an authorization server 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 video broadcasting apparatus; and a distribution server for supplying, from the main video server to the broadcasting apparatus, selected video contents to be broadcast on channels of 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. The indication is available to the user via the authorization server and the Internet; and the system is arranged to initiate the broadcast of a selected video content on the indicated available channel immediately or with a delay in correspondence with the user command.
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