Patent ID: 7913287
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system of providing data programming to consumers comprising: means for directly providing an HDTV broadcast of a live television program in HDTV format to a plurality of consumer premises over a first over-the-air terrestrial transmission means, having a consistent total bandwidth, where a level of bandwidth consumed by the HDTV broadcast is independent of the number of viewers; means for monitoring a level of available bandwidth of said means for directly providing an HDTV broadcast in excess of that bandwidth which is consumed by the HDTV broadcast; means for providing rerun programs, to a viewer at one of said plurality of consumer premises, over a first over-the-air terrestrial transmission means in a volume which is commensurate with said level of available bandwidth; wherein content of said rerun programs is selected via viewership feedback of viewership information of previously commenced live broadcasts; said means for monitoring a level further configured for monitoring a variable level with intermediate levels between a bottom level of no use and a top level of fully consumed.