Patent ID: 8799390

Claim:
A system to remotely manage a media content subscription, the media content subscription is provided to a consumer by a local media content provider and the system is accessible via a network by a computing device associated with a consumer, the system comprising: a local point of presence, the local point of presence comprising: a plurality of servers located within the local media market in which the local media content provider, provides the media content subscription, the servers are configured to execute computer-programmed instructions to: receive, from the computing device, a request to access media content that is available under the media content subscription that is subscribed to by the consumer; capture the media content from the local media content provider and transform the captured media content into a digital stream, responsive to the request to access media content, the digital stream is suitable to stream over the network; and stream the digital stream over the network, the consumer, who uses the computing device, accesses the media content via the network.