Patent ID: 8171519

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a video broadcasting program causing a computer to perform a process comprising: calculating an assigned number of channels, which are assigned per video content, based on a total number of channels usable for broadcasting video contents and corresponding playback times; calculating, per video content, a broadcast start time interval when the same video content is broadcast at plural channels, based on the playback time of each video content and the assigned number of channels; setting, for each video content, channel information including, in a mutually corresponding relation, a content ID specifying the video content, the channel numbers corresponding to the assigned number of channels, and a broadcast start time set per channel number at the calculated broadcast start time interval; broadcasting the same video content at the broadcast start time set per channel number in accordance with the set channel information; and specifying, when a request for viewing the video content is received, the channel number from among the channel numbers corresponding to the content ID of the video content demanded by the viewing request based on the set channel information, which is set to a broadcast start time later than a time when the viewing request has been received, and notifying the specified channel number to a viewing request source.