Patent ID: 7886328

Claim:
A method for broadcasting an audiovisual program towards a terminal by way of an Internet Protocol (IP) network, from an audiovisual source associated to a signaling source, said audiovisual program being supported by at least one digital data stream broadcasted on at least one program channel, wherein the method comprises the steps of, in said terminal: a) receiving on the terminal a file descriptive of said signaling source, wherein said file comprises broadcast information necessary for receiving a broadcast signaling channel associated to the audiovisual source, wherein said broadcast signaling channel is different from said at least one program channel broadcasting said at least one data stream supporting the audiovisual program; b) subsequent to the reception of said descriptive file, extracting the broadcast information necessary for receiving the broadcast signaling channel from the descriptive file; c) with the extracted broadcast information necessary for receiving the broadcast signaling channel, placing the terminal in reception of the broadcast signaling channel; d) receiving on the terminal, through the broadcast signaling channel, program information necessary for receiving the audiovisual program from the audiovisual source; and e) with the program information received through the broadcast signaling channel, receiving from said audiovisual source, on said terminal, said at least one program channel broadcasting said at least one digital data stream supporting said audiovisual program, via said network. wherein steps c), d), and e) are repeated for each audiovisual program received.