Patent ID: 7912098

Claim:
A system for streaming media delivery, the system comprising: a streaming media head end for generating streaming media; a video network for broadcasting the generated streaming media in a singly encapsulated bundle according to a first type of transport encapsulation; a first customer premises equipment for receiving the broadcasted streaming media; a first digital media provider network comprising first digital media middleware compatible with a second type of transport encapsulation, wherein the second type of transport encapsulation is different from the first type of transport encapsulation, said first digital media provider network for transmitting the broadcasted streaming media to said first customer premises equipment; and a first transport tagger for receiving the broadcasted streaming media originating from said streaming media head end, for converting the broadcasted streaming media from said first type of transport encapsulation to said second type of transport encapsulation, and for transmitting the converted streaming media encapsulated according to said second type of transport encapsulation to said first digital media middleware.