A translator device located in a premises comprising: a first interface connecting said translator device to at least one voice server via a video content network using a voice protocol requiring both a server component and a client component; a second interface connecting said translator device to a premises network configured in accordance with a premises network protocol; and a client component of said voice protocol, wherein said translator device, provided with said client component, is configured to receive a notification comprising information about one or more voice mail messages from said at least one voice server, to generate an event notification by translating said notification between said voice protocol and said premises network protocol, to broadcast said event notification, configured in accordance with said premises network protocol, over said premises network in response to receiving said notification and to generate a response to a request for said information about said one or more voice mail messages, said request for said information received over said premises network on said second interface from a client device located in said premises network, and wherein said translator device is further configured to translate at least one control action received from said client device and configured in accordance with said premises network protocol to at least one control action configured in according with said voice protocol, to provide said at least one control action configured in according with said voice protocol to said at least one voice server for controlling playback of one of said one or more voice mail messages at said client device, to receive said one of said one or more voice mail messages from said at least one voice server, and to transcode said one of said one or more voice mail message formatted in accordance with a first format that cannot be consumed by said client device to an audio message formatted in accordance with a second format that can be consumed by said client device, wherein said audio message is transmitted to said client device for playback. a first interface connecting said translator device to at least one voice server via a video content network using a voice protocol requiring both a server component and a client component; a second interface connecting said translator device to a premises network configured in accordance with a premises network protocol; and a client component of said voice protocol, wherein said translator device, provided with said client component, is configured to receive a notification comprising information about one or more voice mail messages from said at least one voice server, to generate an event notification by translating said notification between said voice protocol and said premises network protocol, to broadcast said event notification, configured in accordance with said premises network protocol, over said premises network in response to receiving said notification and to generate a response to a request for said information about said one or more voice mail messages, said request for said information received over said premises network on said second interface from a client device located in said premises network, and to receive a notification comprising information about one or more voice mail messages from said at least one voice server, to generate an event notification by translating said notification between said voice protocol and said premises network protocol, to broadcast said event notification, configured in accordance with said premises network protocol, over said premises network in response to receiving said notification and to generate a response to a request for said information about said one or more voice mail messages, said request for said information received over said premises network on said second interface from a client device located in said premises network, and wherein said translator device is further configured to translate at least one control action received from said client device and configured in accordance with said premises network protocol to at least one control action configured in according with said voice protocol, to provide said at least one control action configured in according with said voice protocol to said at least one voice server for controlling playback of one of said one or more voice mail messages at said client device, to receive said one of said one or more voice mail messages from said at least one voice server, and to transcode said one of said one or more voice mail message formatted in accordance with a first format that cannot be consumed by said client device to an audio message formatted in accordance with a second format that can be consumed by said client device, wherein said audio message is transmitted to said client device for playback.