Patent ID: 8635653

Claim:
A method in a media device that receives a broadcast media content event of interest that is broadcast in media content transport channels from a plurality of satellite transponders to the media device, wherein the media content event of interest comprises at least a first portion followed by a second portion, comprising: receiving the first portion of the media content event of interest in a first transport channel from a first one of the plurality of satellite transponders, wherein the first transport channel comprises the first portion of the media content event of interest multiplexed together with a first plurality of media content events, wherein the first portion of the media content event of interest is broadcast only in the first transport channel, wherein the media content event of interest and the first plurality of media content events are different media content events, and wherein the first portion of the media content event of interest and the first plurality of media content events utilize a first amount of capacity of the first one of the plurality of satellite transponders; concurrently receiving a second transport channel from a second one of the plurality of satellite transponders, wherein the second transport channel comprises a second plurality of media content events, wherein the second plurality of media content events are different media content events and are different from the media content event of interest, and wherein the second plurality of media content events utilize a second amount of capacity of the second one of the plurality of satellite transponders; demultiplexing the first portion of the media content event of interest from the first transport channel; receiving a notification that identifies the second transport channel as being the transport channel that will receive the second portion of the media content event of interest when the second portion of the media content event of interest is broadcast; receiving the second portion of the media content event of interest in the second transport channel after the first portion of the media content event of interest has been received in the first transport channel and is no longer broadcast in the first transport channel, wherein the second portion of the media content event of interest resides only in the second transport channel, wherein after the first portion of the media content event of interest has been broadcast and is no longer in the first transport channel, the first amount of utilized capacity of the first one of the plurality of satellite transponders decreases, and wherein when the second portion of the media content event of interest is received in the second transport channel, the second amount of utilized capacity of the second one of the plurality of satellite transponders increases; and demultiplexing the second portion of the media content event of interest from the second transport channel.