Content distribution systems, methods and user interfaces are described wherein a modulator dynamically duplicates output of multiple channels, a plurality of receivers are individually tuned to one of the multiple channels, wherein a single transport stream can be sent on the multiple channels to each of the desired receivers and wherein the distribution can occur in multiple modes, and user interfaces which allow a manager of the content distribution system to dynamically change the channels on each receiver so that each of the receivers can be tuned to one of the multiple channels through the user interface.

A split streaming system and method are provided in which a stream of data (that can be video, audio or textual data) is split and sent over a plurality of stream reflectors to a stream recipient. Each stream reflector performs time gradient replacement to manage the split streaming.

Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a first portion of a program via broadcast signal and receiving a second portion of the program via an Internet protocol (IP) based signal. The example method may further comprise combining the first and the second portions and at least one of store the combined first and second portions in a file or playback the combined first and second portions.

Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating uninterrupted playback of video streams using lower quality cached files. A video file corresponding to an entirety of a video content feature encoded at a first quality is obtained. A video stream corresponding to the video content feature encoded at a second quality higher than the first quality is then obtained. The video stream is rendered for playback on a display. In response to detecting an unavailability of the video stream at a particular time in the video content feature, the video file is rendered for playback on the display in place of the video stream and commences at the particular time in the video content feature.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for processing an adaptive media service at an encoder includes a first acquisition step of acquiring a first data stream including first image encoding data obtained by encoding a first image sequence, a second acquisition step of acquiring at least one second data stream, each second data steam including second image encoding data obtained by encoding a second image sequence and a target optimization parameter corresponding to the second image encoding data, a first selection step of selecting one data stream from a first data stream set in accordance with a condition of the receiver, the first data stream set at least including the first data stream and the at least one second data stream, and a first transmission step of transmitting the selected data stream to the receiver.

The disclosure relates to an apparatus for providing low-latency real-time broadcast content in an MMT-based streaming service and a computer-readable recording medium having a related program recorded therein. According to the disclosure, when a streaming request event for an arbitrary channel occurs, the apparatus determines whether the streaming request event satisfies an event condition for switching to a low-latency real-time broadcast mode. Depending on a determination results, the apparatus transmits a streaming request to a first or second streaming server for providing a streaming service based on a first or second media transmission technique. Then the apparatus receives and decodes a first or second streaming data packet of real-time broadcast content from the first or second streaming server and plays the decoded first or second streaming data packet.

Various embodiments for delivering application content signaling information to a receiver device may include a server generating a metadata fragment for application content items of an application to be acquired by a receiver device, adding to the metadata fragment a first set of attributes including a list of other linear services that use the application content items described by the metadata fragment, and transmitting the metadata fragment to the receiver device. The first set of attributes further may include an application launch page or launch file indicator for the application and/or an indication of required capabilities for rendering the application and its associated one or more application content items. The first set of attributes further may include a start time and an end time for at least one distribution window for the application, the distribution window may be associated with information about auxiliary application content delivered during the distribution window.

Method and apparatus for processing multimedia data received via different networks by synchronizing time stamps of video frames of multimedia data received via the different networks using time codes in the multimedia data.

Processing methods and systems for multi-display. The implementations may include establishing, by a computing device, a connection between a controlling terminal and an accessory display device. The computing device may receive activity ID information of a current presentation from the controlling terminal using the established connection, establish a mapping between the current presentation and the accessory display device based on the activity ID information, and transmit a presentation content associated with the current presentation to the accessory display device for display based on the mapping.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising obtaining media content; receiving a request from equipment of a user to view the media content; identifying a predicted field of view of the user; sending a base layer of the media content to the equipment of the user using a first stream; and sending a first enhancement layer of the predicted field of view to the equipment of the user using a second stream. The first stream and the second stream may utilize different protocols, different servers, different buffer sizes, and/or a combination thereof. While the first stream may include an entire 360 degrees of the base layer of the media content, the second stream may be limited to the first enhancement layer of the predicted field of view of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.