Patent ID: 8719882

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving at a server a request to access video-on-demand content of a video-on-demand package via a broadband connection, wherein the video-on-demand package includes a plurality of video-on-demand channels, a video-on-demand channel of the plurality of video-on-demand channels comprising the video-on-demand content; determining at the server if a user associated with the request to access the video-on-demand content of the video-on-demand package is authorized to receive a related broadcast package related to the video-on-demand package, wherein the related broadcast package includes a plurality of broadcast channels, wherein the video-on-demand content is available as broadcast content within a broadcast channel of the plurality of broadcast channels of the related broadcast package; authorizing equipment of the user to receive a broadcast channel of the plurality of broadcast channels of the related broadcast package related to the video-on-demand package responsive to determining that the user is not authorized to receive the related broadcast package, while blocking authorization of the user to a remaining plurality of broadcast channels of the plurality of broadcast channels of the related broadcast package, wherein the broadcast channel is received via a satellite connection; authorizing the equipment of the user to receive the video-on-demand package when authorizing the user to receive the broadcast channel of the related broadcast package related to the video-on-demand package; and updating a user device profile responsive to determining that the user is not authorized to receive the related broadcast package related to the video-on-demand package.