CPC H04N 21/2187 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2347 (2013.01); H04N 21/23892 (2013.01); H04N 21/4405 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method of mass distribution of independent live content comprising:
accepting input of live content production proposal data by one or more user interfaces coupled to a media server, the media server operating a website displayed on the one or more user interfaces;
storing live content production proposal data in a database coupled to the media server;
providing notification to the one or more user interfaces that input of live content production proposal data is complete;
displaying on the one or more user interfaces live content production proposal data;
accepting input via the one or more user interfaces of review data for the live content production proposal data;
storing review data for the live content production proposal data in the database;
accepting input by the one or more user interfaces of live content production data in accordance with the live content production proposal data;
storing the live content production data in the database;
receiving, by the media server, live content comprising a real-time broadcast of a live performance associated with the live content production data;
storing live content in the database;
generating by the media server, a content signal representative of the received live content and associated live content production data;
encrypting, by a multicast network coupled to the media server, the content signal and multiplying the encrypted content signal to generate a multicast signal, the multicast signal comprising a plurality of encrypted unicast signals;
transmitting, by the multicast network, the multicast signal via a data communication network to one or more receivers coupled to the multicast network via the data communication network.
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