Patent ID: 8745678

Claim:
A method for accessing media content from a communication network, comprising: selecting, via a processor, a media content programming created by a first subscriber of the communication network, wherein the selecting of the media content programming is performed in response to a first input by a second subscriber of the communication network; selecting, via the processor, a channel number for receiving the media content programming, wherein the selecting of the channel number is performed in response to a second input by the second subscriber, wherein the channel number corresponds to an unused channel that is available to be assigned to carry a program signal comprising media content, wherein the unused channel comprises an unassigned channel that is currently not carrying any media content programming, wherein the unassigned channel is associated with a downstream frequency band; and receiving, via the processor, the media content programming from the communication network via the unused channel, wherein the media content programming is delivered on the unused channel by the communication network in response to the channel number that is selected.