SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAY TELEVISION DATA CAPTURE AND REDISTRIBUTION

摘要

A system for redistributing television signals including a plurality of local television receiving units which receive local television signals, a plurality of remote receiving stations, and at least one television redistributor including a plurality of local television signal input units which receive the local television signals from the plurality of local television receiving units, a storage unit operative to store the received local television signals, a request receiver which receives requests for a particular local television signal from the plurality of the remote receiving stations, a processor which processes received requests for a particular local television signal and retrieves the requested particular local television signal from the storage unit, and a request transmitter which receives the requested particular local television signal from the processor, and transmits the requested particular local television signal to the requesting one of the plurality of local television receiving units. Related apparatus and methods are also described.