Patent ID: 8667160

Claim:
A system, comprising: a) a non-transient memory having at least one region for storing computer executable program code; and b) at least one processor for executing the program code stored in the non-transient memory, wherein the program code comprising: code to cause to display to each producer of a plurality of producers, over a first computer network, from at least one remote channel control programmed engine, an instance of a client studio software application; code to control, through each instance of the client studio software application and the at least one remote channel control programmed engine, by each producer of the plurality of producers, in real-time, at least one live audio/video content produced by the plurality of producers based, at least in part, on the following activities performed by the plurality of producers at essentially the same time: i) remotely and synchronously contributing, in real-time, audio/video content to the at least one live audio/video content that is being produced by the plurality of producers and is broadcasted to a plurality of viewers wherein the viewers are distinct from the producers and wherein the viewers are remotely located from the producers, and ii) remotely sending a plurality of control messages, wherein the control messages control at least the following: 1) at least one remote live camera that records the at least one live audio/video content, and 2) how the at least one live audio/video content is being presented to the plurality of viewers; and code to incorporate, in real-time, the at least one live audio/video content produced by the plurality of producers into at least one live audio/video data stream transmitted, over a second computer network, to a viewing device of each viewer from the plurality of viewers.