Patent ID: 9578380
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing a media content programming via a communication network, the method comprising: receiving, via a processor, a selection of the media content programming created by a first subscriber of the communication network, wherein the selection of the media content programming is based on a first input by a second subscriber of the communication network; receiving, via the processor, a selection of a channel number for delivering the media content programming, wherein the selection of the channel number is based on a second input by the second subscriber, wherein the channel number corresponds to an unused television channel that is available to be assigned to carry a program signal comprising media content, wherein the unused television channel comprises an unassigned television channel that is currently not carrying any media content programming; and delivering, via the processor, the media content programming from the communication network via the unused television channel, wherein the media content programming is broadcast on the unused television channel via the communication network in response to the selection of the channel number.