PROVISION OF VIDEO-ON-DEMAND

摘要

A method of providing video-on-demand from a service provider to a customer site includes creating at least one customer profile associated with a customer site, the customer profile indicating the customer's preferences for video material having particular characteristics, selecting video material which is expected to satisfy the preferences of the customer, as indicated by the customer's profile, transmitting the video material to the customer site and storing the video material on mass storage means operable by the customer to retrieve the video material on demand. The video material is thus displayed on an associated display device in true video-on-demand fashion.